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December 4, 2025
Luxury hotel developers say Caribbean is primed for branded residences, personalized experiences
WILLEMSTAD, Curaçao — For the most part, luxury hoteliers in the Caribbean region won't be talking about new developments without mentioning residential opportunities in the same breath.
November 17, 2025
Emotions and memories guide luxury hotel design
PRAGUE, Czech Republic — Developing and maintaining luxury hotels takes a lot of planning and data-driven decisions, but equal amounts of emotion and soul are required, too.
November 14, 2025
Caribbean hospitality performance stabilizes after post-pandemic surge
WILLEMSTAD, Curaçao — After heating up over recent years, the Caribbean hospitality market has stabilized this year while supply continues to grow.
November 14, 2025
Seattle boutique hotel receives regal renovation that nods to its history
What was once a Ford Motor training facility is now a freshly renovated 59-room hotel in a charming neighborhood just north of downtown Seattle.
September 19, 2025
Literary hotels that showcase a novel guest experience
Books transport their readers to new destinations within the pages. In turn, some hotels have taken a novel approach to providing a literary experience to guests.
September 10, 2025
Pace slows on Saudi giga-projects, but tourism growth remains major priority
The pace of investment in developing vast swaths of Saudi Arabia as part of its Vision 2030 ambitions has slowed so far this year.
September 5, 2025
Socri Limited sells Miami home for record price
Nearly ten years ago, Montpellier, France-based Socri Limited was in the news. And with good reason: the links between commercial real estate, the specialty of the group chaired by Nicolas Chambon, and luxury residential real estate in Miami were not obvious.
August 27, 2025
Host's strategy for weathering hurricane damage at its beachfront, at-risk properties
Some of the most desirable travel destinations are also the most at risk for climate disasters, and hotel owners — such as Host Hotels & Resorts — have to be strategic about how they manage both their portfolios and the increasing amount of climate risk.
August 21, 2025
Experts share best practices for hotel design that promote flexibility, timelessness
NASHVILLE, Tennessee — The creative process for designing a hotel and the spaces inside draws on a wide variety of factors to balance the wants and needs of both guests and hoteliers.
July 18, 2025
Thinking inside the box: How hotel designers innovatively employ guest psychology
Among the skills required of hotel designers and architects, there's a budding trait that is becoming increasingly necessary and forces them to tap into a practice outside of their standard curriculum: proficiency with psychology.
July 17, 2025
The largest US hotels by room count to open in the first half of 2025
A steady number of new hotels opened in the U.S. in the first half of 2025, including the largest hotel opening in California in 33 years and three new hotels near Universal Orlando Resort in Florida.
July 11, 2025
California hotel openings pick up the pace in first half of 2025
The number of hotel openings in California grew during the first half of the year, and a large part of that is thanks to one hotel.
July 3, 2025
Deep dive: Here are some of the world's most interesting hotel pools
Not all hotel pools are created equal. From gorgeous views to interesting design elements, some pools stand out with their various cool factors, and temperature has nothing to do with it.
June 17, 2025
Growing environmental risk reaffirms need for green, resilient hotel development
NEW YORK — In a world with increasing environmental threats such as hurricanes and wildfires, the hotel and real estate industries must make changes to their building and design processes.
June 13, 2025
Hotel development execs see opportunities for investors willing to weather the near-term storm
NEW YORK — Marriott International's Noah Silverman believes that 2025, so far, is best described as a "story of two quarters" when it comes to investor sentiment in hotels.
April 15, 2025
Renovations revive 114-year-old Grand Galvez, signaling new era
An over 100-year-old hotel referred to as the “Queen of the Gulf” has never had more of its original splendor than now thanks to its current ownership — so much so that it had Hollywood calling.
March 26, 2025
First Texas Waldorf Astoria to open in 2027
Texas will soon be home to its first Waldorf Astoria Hotels & Resorts  location thanks to a collaborative partnership.
February 20, 2025
Long-vacant Millennium St. Louis to be demolished in $670 million revitalization project
A long-vacant hotel in downtown St. Louis, Missouri, will be torn down and redeveloped, and the nonprofit leading the initiative just revealed the details of the project’s $670 million plans.
January 28, 2025
IHG Hotels & Resorts brings on new lending partner to drive US development
IHG Hotels & Resorts is working with a new partner on a co-lending construction program to spur hotel development for the brand company.
January 24, 2025
Tones come down to earth as hotel designers embrace color of the year
Color is one of the greatest components of design in any hotel. It gives that look of warmth and luxury to a property and invokes a feeling from guests. Designers incorporate colors in various ways when they create rooms and public spaces in hotels.