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.

2018 Hotel Plus Mockup Room Show will debut in the Shanghai Hospitality Design & Supplies Expo (HDE) organized by UBM Sinoexpo in Shanghai New International Expo Center during April 26-29, 2018. The show will vividly present well-designed projects of a wide range of hotel rooms as usual. But in 2018 edition, there are more high-end boutique hotels joining HDE.

AccorHotels Group plans to bring German-based 25hours Hotel brand into India.

Walt Disney World Hotels will likely see a significant jump in parking revenue as Disney plans to add parking fees at its Florida hotels starting next week, according to Travel & Leisure.

Food and beverage is a large part of the hotel experience, and hoteliers do their best to provide guests with unique options and dining experiences, starting with breakfast and extending into the night.

Despite calling it a “relatively low season,” China Lodging Group CEO Jenny Zhang happily shared during the fourth-quarter earnings call that the company achieved 15% revenue-per-available-room growth in the quarter.

The U.S. hotel industry reported positive year-over-year results in the three key performance metrics during the week of 4-10 March 2018, according to data from STR.

Saudi Arabian investor Prince Alwaleed bin Talal has sold his stake in the Four Seasons Hotel Damascus to Samer Foz, a businessman linked to President Bashar al-Assad.

The Amanyari ("peace water," in Sanskrit) will open at the Costa Palmas "resort community" on the Eastern Cape of Mexico's Baja Peninsula in 2020.

Travelers posted 27% more hotel reviews in 2017 than a year earlier, and most of that growth can be attributed to Google.

Hilton is set to open a new hotel in Copenhagen, Denmark through a franchise agreement with BC Hospitality Group. The Hilton Copenhagen City Centre will open in the city center in 2020.

STR tracked 567 individual hotel transactions and 35 portfolio sales in 2017 to produce the Hotel Transaction Almanac, a comprehensive annual report detailing hotel asset trades over the past year in the U.S.

InterContinental Hotels Group has followed through on its plan to buy a luxury brand, agreeing to acquire a 51% stake in Regent Hotels and Resorts for $39 million in cash.