The rise in visitors to theme parks, cultural attractions, Expo 2020 and in affordable hotels has put Dubai's hospitality industry on track for continued growth past 2020.

Marriott International built a 4,200-square-foot “vignette” of its new vision for Sheraton Hotels & Resorts, the third-largest brand in its portfolio and its largest outside of North America in terms of room count.

MCR, the seventh-largest hotel owner-operator in the United States, now is managing the 259-room Miami International Airport Hotel.

Hotel and brand management company Dream Hotel Group and Mexico-based Tamayo Desarrollos have set plans to open the next Chatwal hotel in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, in 2020.

Following its recent acquisition of the La Quinta hotel brand, Wyndham Hotels & Resorts revealed new benefits for members of its Wyndham Rewards loyalty program and members of La Quinta Returns, specifically 1:1 point transfer between the two programs and complimentary status match.

Investment in Croatia's hotel industry is predicted to reach €1.2 billion by 2022, according to report from Ernst & Young.

Changes in latitudes isn't the only change afoot for Margaritaville, the Jimmy Buffett-inspired hospitality company. The company is launching a new boutique select-service hotel brand called Compass by Margaritaville Hotels and Resorts.

Radisson Hotel Group subsidiary Radisson Hospitality has signed a deal to open the Radisson Blu Hotel, Al Ahsa in Saudi Arabia.

AC Hotels is a lifestyle brand within the Marriott International global portfolio. AC Hotel Sunnyvale Cupertino is the first property in a cluster of planned hotels in the Bay Area to be introduced by owner T2 Hospitality and managed by Evolution Hospitality.

The 252-room Pod Philly will be an 11-story micro-hotel spread across 100,000 square feet of space.

Executives from Omni Hotels & Resorts along with Gov. Charlie Baker, Mayor Martin J. Walsh, the Massachusetts Port Authority (Massport) and New Boston Hospitality began development on the Omni Boston Seaport Hotel.

Across the street from The Palm restaurant and across the bay from the Bal Harbour Shops is the Grand Beach Hotel Bay Harbor.

Hyatt Hotels signed a franchise agreement with Henderson Park and Hines to open the Greece's first Grand Hyatt hotel.

Aberdeen, Scotland is forecast to see surging RevPAR growth in the second half of 2018 for the first time since 2014, according to a report from Savills.

As Brexit looms over a sector already suffering from staff shortages, employers are preparing for a “talent war” with training and even loans being used to attract employees.

For 2018, Canada's hotel transaction volume is expected to fall short of last year's $3.5 billion, according to data from Colliers International. However, the group forecasts the total will meet the $2.3-billion average achieved between 2011 and 2017.

Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts signed a new property in Ho Chi Minh City as part of the Swiss hospitality company's expansion across Vietnam.

As France slowly recovers from a tourism downturn sparked by a spate of terrorist attacks in 2015 and 2016, Paris’ hotel market is modernizing and diversifying its room supply.

Egypt's hotel occupancy rate reached record levels in the first quarter of 2018, reaching its highest level since 2010, according to an STR report.

Revinate, the software as a service (SaaS) company that enables hoteliers to transform guest data into revenue, continues rolling out its 2018 Global Hotel Reputation Benchmark Report.