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1. Gencom in talks to acquire Rosewood London
Green Street News reports the Hong Kong-based Cheng family office that owns the 308-room Rosewood London is in talks with US hotel owner Gencom to sell the property for approximately £300 million ($406.3 million).
According to CoStar, the High Holborn-located hotel is held by holding company HPI U.K., which became the owner in 2021 for an undisclosed price. The property has been affiliated with Rosewood since 2013. The hotel brand closed the hotel then for extensive renovations. In December 2025, Yahoo Finance Singapore reported the Cheng family had put the hotel on the market.
2. Global bond yields hit 19-year high
Bond yields have hit a 19-year high, with investors saying the worrying trend has no end in sight, according to The Wall Street Journal. Lenders and fixed-income investors benefit when yields increase, but those seeking debt face higher costs, including governments. Interest rate increases are known to follow. The newspaper said the 30-year U.S. Treasury bond went above 5.3% for the first time since 2007, and the 10-year yield came close to its highest level since early 2025.
The ongoing war in Iran is chiefly to blame according to investors. The WSJ added “the deluge of tech-company bonds vying for debt funds’ cash” and “the (U.S.) economy’s resilience in the face of interest rates that were once considered high enough to slow growth significantly.”
3. Ascott-owned Quest hotel firm admits data breach
Quest Apartment Hotels, which has approximately 160 hotels in Australia, New Zealand and Fiji, said in a letter to customers is investigating a security breach, Australian Broadcasting Company reports. Quest's statement added that the breach includes data and records held before June 2025 and “we identified unauthorized access to a database system arising from a vulnerability through a third-party service provider.”
A division of Ascott Limited, Quest said it has alerted the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner and the Australian Cyber Security Centre of the development.
4. Oliver Cromwell-linked Hind hotel to reopen
The 34-room Hind Hotel in Wellingborough, England, is scheduled to reopen next year, a little more than 12 months after it closed, according to the BBC. Oliver Cromwell — lord protector of the United Kingdom for the only 11 years in which the country technically was a republic — is believed to have stayed and used as a headquarters in 1645 before the Battle of Naseby, the final decisive battle in the English Civil War.
A new owner, The Hind Group, has bought the hotel out of liquidation from the administrators of former owner, Hind Wellingborough Ltd. The BBC added that “the hotel was put up for sale by Wellingborough-based Prop-Search with a guide price of £1 million.” The Grade II-listed hotel is currently undergoing a renovation.
5. American Airlines to bring back screens to US domestic flights
American Airlines plans to return TV screens to its domestic flights across the U.S. and expand the number of seats in its first and premium categories.
The screens will reappear in “all new Airbus and Boeing aircraft deliveries starting in 2028, as well as on retrofitted aircraft,” the company said in a statement.