The U.S. hotel industry reported positive year-over-year results in the three key performance metrics during the week of 3-9 December 2017, according to data from STR.

Marriott International's select-service brands drove the company's expansion in the Asia Pacific region this year with the most rooms signed in 2017.

Benchmark, a global hospitality company, named Lorena Chappell director of sales and marketing for Hotel Contessa, a Benchmark Resorts & Hotels property located on the Riverwalk in historic San Antonio.

Aries Conlon Capital closed on two nonrecourse commercial-mortgage-backed-securities permanent loans totaling $9.9 million for Best Western Plus hotels in Washington and California.

Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group inked its first Radisson Red hotel in Peru.

A rising tide of both domestic and international travelers to Africa is driving the current demand away from luxury properties and toward mid-scale lodging options and niche segments, including serviced apartments.

Rosewood Hotels & Resorts' has been tapped by German real estate company Bayerische Hausbau to manage the Rosewood Munich, set to open in 2023.

Consumer dining trends tend to be more volatile than lodging trends.

According to the latest stats from MKG, France recorded its strongest occupancy since 2008 in the period between January and September this year.

InterContinental Hotels Group is making its first step into the Varanasi market with the signing of two new hotels opening in 2021.

Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts will manage a beachfront luxury-home enclave that will be built next to its recently renovated hotel in Costa Rica's Peninsula Papagayo by the end of 2019.

Rosewood Hotel Group has introduced a new brand called KHOS focused on the modern business traveler as described by Rosewood CEO Sonia Cheng.

Singapore-based real estate firm First Sponsor Group has formed a joint venture with its two key shareholders, City Developments and Tai Tak Estates, to buy the Le Méridien Frankfurt Hotel in Germany for €85 million in late December 2017 or early January 2018.

Oklahoma City continues to be a launchpad for new midscale hotel brands.

The U.S. hotel industry reported positive year-over-year results in the three key performance metrics during the week of 26 November through 2 December 2017, according to data from STR.

South Korean LED maker LG Innotek has said it developed an ultraviolet (UV) packaged LED capable of delivering 100 mW of radiometric power in the deep-UV or UV-C band.

AccorHotels will manage a new Raffles Hotels & Resorts hotel with Dubai-based developer Nakheel. The Raffles The Palm Dubai Hotel and Raffles Residences will be developed in the PALM360 tower, which is still under construction.

Wyndham Hotel Group is expanding its presence even further across the Asia Pacific region with the addition of a new Wyndham Hotels and Resorts-branded hotel in Indonesia’s Lombok Island.

Osram Opto Semiconductors said it is leading a government backed consortium to develop what Osram described as a high-power, mass-market ultraviolet (UV) LED chip.

Following a $27-million, multi-phase renovation, Hilton Hotels & Resorts added its newest hotel to its portfolio of more than 570 hotels across six continents.