Some pools at Florida properties under Trump Hotels International have been shut down by health inspectors multiple times over the past year, Quartz reports.

Revenue per available room was down 7.9% to $105.33 in the Middle East, with average daily rate down 8.8% to $148.43 and occupancy up 0.9% to 71% for the quarter.

While it continues to open properties in new markets around the world, India-based hospitality company OYO Hotels & Homes is launching a new experiences division in its home country.

Selina has raised $100 million in fresh financing, the Tel Aviv-based blended hospitality startup said Wednesday.

A majority (81 percent) of consumers would like to receive local experience and hotel upgrade recommendations from their hotels, according to new research.

Marriott is hitting back at Airbnb, which has been expanding its reach into the hotel industry, by rolling out its own home-rental service.

The competition is at an all-time high for hotels to earn guests’ loyalty and many have turned to the latest technology to help them do so, whether it’s Japan’s hotel staffed entirely by robots or the new FlyZoo hotel using facial recognition in lieu of room keys.

KHP Capital Partners closed on $361 million of commitments for its fifth discretionary real estate fund.

Radisson’s Country Inn & Suites could be “three to four times larger than we are today.

Real estate investment trust Summit Hotel Properties announced the sale of six properties totaling 815 guestrooms for $135 million.

Hotels in the Buffalo, New York, area are getting more business after a slow first quarter, thanks to the Men’s Frozen Four NCAA hockey championship, The Buffalo News reports.

Hotels in the U.S. reported positive year-over-year results in the three key performance metrics for the week ending 6 April, according to data from STR, parent company of HNN.

U.S. stocks were expected to open higher today “as investors digested central bank messaging and the latest developments in the U.S.-China trade talks,” The Wall Street Journal reports.

A career in finance was always a natural fit for Leeny Oberg, who is now three years into her role as Marriott International’s EVP and CFO, Hotel News Now’s Dana Miller writes.

Marriott and Expedia Group announced in a joint statement that the companies have signed a new multiyear agreement.

Marriott International has opened its 7,000th property: The St. Regis Hong Kong.

IHG has opened three hotels in Russia, CIS and Georgia in recent weeks with a further five set to open over the coming months.

South Africa-based Newmark Hotels, Residences, Reserves & Lodges has signed on for a comprehensive suite of central-reservation-system solutions from the newly merged Pegasus/Travel Tripper.

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts is expanding its presence in Europe with the opening of Ramada Hotel & Suites by Wyndham Yerevan in Armenia, a first for the brand in the country.

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts announced today that the 900 hotels under the La Quinta brand have now been moved to the same central reservation, property management, loyalty, digital and call-center systems as the 19 other brands under Wyndham, according to a news release.