California hotel performance is expected to diverge more sharply by region in 2026, with revenue per available room, or RevPAR, outcomes increasingly shaped by supply growth and pricing power rather than pure demand recovery.
The hotel CMBS market in the Southeast experienced shifts in 2025. The overall origination balance decreased compared to a year ago, although the number of loans originated increased year over year. The diverging trend suggests that the average CMBS loan size has shrunk due to a shift towards smaller deals amid a continuously challenging lending environment.
As one of Saudi Arabia's giga-projects nears its first phase of openings, its head developer says they hope it will be a source of pride for the country's citizens.
An office-to-hotel conversion has been granted full planning permission and listed-building consent at 27-28 Clements Lane, a Grade II-listed Victorian site in the City of London.
Leisure travel remains the backbone of hotel demand, fueled by experiential trends and event-driven tourism. However, leisure travel has been down this past year with inbound international travel lagging pre-pandemic levels, and corporate travel and group bookings are recovering unevenly, making for a challenging environment for hotel owners and operators. Here are some of the top hotel real estate stories of the past year.
The national hotel development pipeline has remained muted in recent years. However, hotel construction activity in Florida shows no signs of stopping.
Travel planning is never easy. Picking a destination requires effort, and searching for attractions and points of interest can be draining. Most important, selecting accommodations that offer comfort, elevate the experience and fit a budget could be the most daunting task.
The U.S.-Canada trade dispute that erupted in 2025 resulted in a slight decline in arrivals to Quebec from the U.S., from 344,000 in August 2024 to 312,000 this past August, a modest drop that's part of a larger, longer-term trend of fewer Americans coming to Quebec.
The U.S. hotel industry is facing another year of limited options for increasing the average daily rate, or ADR, with the current forecast calling for an average gain of just 1%, well below the expected level of cost increases for many expense line items.
Business travel is a primary demand source for hotels in Atlanta. The market is home to 18 Fortune 500 corporations, 37 Fortune 1000 companies and many regional headquarters. Several submarkets that cater to corporate travelers include the Central Business District, or CBD, Buckhead, Galleria-Marietta, Alpharetta-North and Perimeter Center-Roswell.