October was a strong month for hotels in the UK, with a 9-percent, year-over-year increase in profit per room for the month, according to the latest data on full-service hotels from HotStats.

Just a year after expanding its presence to China, Indian hospitality chain Oyo Hotels and Homes has 180,000 franchised and leased rooms and more than 4,000 hotels under under franchise, manchise (a hybrid of franchise and management) and lease agreements across the country, making it one of China's top-five hotel chains.

London has long held a reputation for being on the cutting edge of culture and this is no less true in the hotel sector, where new concepts often debuted in the capital.

Since launching fewer than 18 months ago as Wyndham Hotels & Resorts’ first soft-brand, Trademark Collection by Wyndham, has expanded significantly in Canada with a dozen recently signed hotels and resorts across the country.

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts revealed an updated brand identity for Ramada Encore by Wyndham.

To generate profits, hoteliers need to spend money the right way.

Both hotel brands are making their debut in the country and are on schedule to open by mid-2019.

The Longevity Health & Wellness Hotel is slated to open in June in Alvor, Portugal.

分享 Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Print Charlestowne Hotels and Curio Collection by Hilton welcome The Foundry Hotel as the newest high-end, boutique property in Asheville, N.C. A historic preservation of the city’s former 20th-century steel foundry, the hotel joins Charlestowne’s portfolio of adaptive-reuse projects.

Almost 50 years after Hyatt opened its first hotel in China, the company has a solid footprint in the country.

The hotel construction pipeline in the Middle East set another cyclical high in the third quarter with 617 projects and 180,097 rooms, according to the latest data from Lodging Econometrics.

Radisson Hospitality has officially changed hands.

Perkins Coie represented Integrated Capital, a private real estate advisory and investment firm, in the negotiation of a $57 million refinancing loan for the Atlanta Marriott Perimeter Center hotel.

IHG has added two senior executives to reinforce the company's development presence in Europe.

IHG has signed a management agreement with the Al Arabiya Real Estate Company, owned by Kuwaiti conglomerate The Bukhamseen Group, to bring the company's Staybridge Suites brand to Kuwait. The Staybridge Suites Kuwait Salmiya is due to open in January 2022.

Italian real estate company Gruppo Barletta has tapped Rosewood Hotels & Resorts to manage the Rosewood Venice, which is set to open in 2020 as the brand’s second property in Italy and eighth in Europe.

Hotels in the Middle East and North Africa recorded a 34.8-percent year-over-year decrease in profit per room in September as revenue levels slid and costs escalated, according to the latest HotStats data tracking full-service hotels.

Bangkok-based Minor Hotels has taken a minority stake in the Global Hotel Alliance, an independent group that has 33 brands with more than 550 hotels in 77 countries across its platform.

Life House, a hotel company from Rami Zeidan of Starwood and programmer Yury Yakubchyk, launched a collection of lifestyle hotels, with its first two properties located in Miami’s Little Havana and South Beach neighborhoods.

Marriott International and Eagle Hills have signed a deal to open the St. Regis Tamuda Bay in 2020, marking the brand’s debut in Morocco.