The Ritz-Carlton, San Francisco, welcomes guests and locals alike to ring in the Chinese New Year, which falls on Feb. 16, with curated offerings available throughout the month.

The European Hotel Lending Survey 2018 reported that, over the past year, cautiousness due to increased political risks and economic policy challenges had been replaced with a more positive outlook for hotel lending.

Best Western’s SureStay brand opened two new hotels in Quanah, Texas, and Kearney, Mo.

During the final quarter of 2017, more than €171 million worth of hotels changed hands in Ireland, outpacing the previous three quarters.

Choice Hotels International was running a global reservations system as old as the World Wide Web

California executed the most individual sales transactions of any state with 369, which is a 14.6% increase from 2016. The state also set a record for median price per room at $106,496.

2017 was a stronger year for demand than expected, and that could mean good news for the hotel industry’s earning potential this year, according to new research from Moody’s.

The U.S. hotel industry reported positive year-over-year results in the three key performance metrics during the week of 28 January through 3 February 2018, according to data from STR.

Speaking at last week’s Gulf & Indian Ocean Hotel Investors’ Summit, Aboudi Asali, CEO of Hospitality Management Holding, said developing a hotel in Sudan at first seemed challenging, but the work has paid off.

The first Avid hotels will have sound-baffling headboards, breakfast areas with seven food "zones" and bathrooms with quartz counters.

STR released 2017 performance results for hotels in the U.S., Canada, Caribbean and Mexico.

The overall outlook of the U.S. hotel industry shows demand will continue to rise in 2018 and outpace supply, according to industry forecasters speaking at the recent Americas Lodging Investment Summit, reports HNN’s Stephanie Ricca.

NH Hotel Group assembled a new expansion team to boost company growth across its brands NH Hotels, NH Collection and Nhow.

Hoteliers are leveraging technology to connect with guests before they even arrive on-property, leading to an enhanced guest experience and, in some cases, a boost to the bottom line.

The Baird/STR Hotel Stock Index closed January at 5,200, up 6.4% from the end of 2017.

AccorHotels Group reached the final stages of a €6.6-billion deal to sell half of its real estate subsidiary AccorInvest.

Delta Hotels & Resorts will reflag the Radisson Resort Orlando-Celebration near Walt Disney World this fall after the 718-room hotel undergoes a multimillion-dollar renovation.

The Four Seasons Resort Nevis will launch a seven-month renovation in April.

For hotel brands that want to be on the cusp of new design elements and incorporate buzz-worthy details, incorporating trending colors can be one way to achieve that, design experts said.

Mama Shelter will enter the UK market in 2019 with Mama Shelter Shoreditch.