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Eat.Drink.Sleep Hospitality to Develop Hotel in Placerville, California
Eat.Drink.Sleep. | January 20, 2022
SAN DIEGO, CA -- January 20, 2022 -- Eat.Drink.Sleep (EDS), a privately-held, San Diego-based company offering integrated hospitality management services, including developing and managing hotels and restaurants, has received unanimous approval from the Placerville Planning Commission for a 106-room hotel located at 3001 Jacquier Road to be named Mackinaw Hotel. The property was designed by Eat.Drink.Sleep in partnership with Coston Architects and EDS’ design division, Second Sight Design. The hotel is expected to open in late 2023. Additionally, Second Sight Design announced it has been retained by Visit Bakersfield for social me...
Hyatt Unveils Plans to Introduce the Destination by Hyatt Brand to Asia Pacific
Destination by Hyatt | January 19, 2022
CHICAGO, IL – January 19, 2022 – Hyatt announced today that the Destination by Hyatt brand will makes its debut in Asia Pacific with two properties in Mainland China. The brand is expected to launch in the region with a hotel set amidst the scenic mountains of Qingchengshan in Sichuan Province, and will then be followed by a beachfront hotel in Dalian, Liaoning Province. The Destination by Hyatt brand features a diverse collection of independent hotels that embody the true spirit of their location. Each property is purposefully crafted to be a place of discovery, connecting guests to people and place through immersive experiences, au...
Charlestowne Hotels Experiences Exponential Growth in 2021, Increases Portfolio by 20% and Continues to Achieve Above-Average RevPAR Growth
Charlestowne Hotels | January 18, 2022
CHARLESTON, SC – January 18, 2022 – Charlestowne Hotels, a leading hospitality management company known for its customized, owner-centric approach to management, closes out 2021 with significant additions to its growing portfolio and enhancements to its corporate infrastructure. The management company has continuously achieved above-average RevPAR growth across its properties and 2021 proved to be no exception. Through November 2021, Charlestowne saw a 90% RevPAR increase year over year and an 11% increase compared to pre-pandemic levels in 2019. “After the pandemic sparked an industry-wide evolution, our team used 2021 as a t...
Hotel Construction Down Around the World, Except in Asia Pacific Region
STR | January 17, 2022
HENDERSONVILLE, Tennessee — January 17, 2022 — Asia Pacific is the only world region showing increased hotel construction activity in comparison with the end of Q4 last year, according to December 2021 data from STR. December 2021 (% changes in comparison with December 2020) Europe In Construction: 221,789 rooms (-7.6%) Final Planning: 163,805 rooms (-4.9%) Planning: 159,232 rooms (+4.7%) Total Under Contract: 544,826 rooms (-3.5%) Germany (45,121) and the U.K. (31,464) continue to lead Europe in total rooms in construction. Asia Pacific In Construction: 473,983 rooms (+5.0%) Final Planning: 170,210 ro...
Sonder Holdings, Inc. Expands Operations with More Than 25 Newly Opened Buildings in Over a Dozen U.S. Cities
Sonder | January 14, 2022
SAN FRANCISCO, CA - January 14, 2022 - Sonder Holdings Inc. (“Sonder” or the “Company”), a leading next-generation hospitality company that is redefining the guest experience through technology and design, announced today it has added over 25 new buildings across the U.S. to its portfolio in the second half of 2021. The Company’s growth covers over a dozen cities, including top tourist destinations such as New York City, Nashville and Seattle. Sonder’s new locations include both hotel and apartment style spaces – all designed to provide flexible accommodations to serve a wide range of traveler needs. Sonder’s East Coast exp...
Keyestone Group and Hyatt to Collaborate on China’s First Hello Kitty Hotel in Hainan
JdV by Hyatt | January 13, 2022
CHICAGO – January 13, 2022 – Keyestone Group, a Hong Kong-based conglomerate focused on the development and management of high-quality premier projects in the Greater China region, and Hyatt Hotels Corporation (NYSE:H), a leading global hospitality company, today announced plans for China’s first Hello Kitty Hotel in Sanya, Hainan. The hotel will be developed by the Keyestone Group and added to the JdV by Hyatt brand. It is expected to open by 2025 as part of the Sanya Hello Kitty Resort – the first Hello Kitty theme park in Hainan Province. A vibrant addition to the JdV by Hyatt collection of independent properties, the hotel...
Marriott Signs Agreement With TEMES S.A. to Debut W Costa Navarino in Greece
W Hotels Worldwide | January 13, 2022
Marriott International, Inc. today announced it has signed an agreement with TEMES S.A., a leading developer and operator in high end tourism and real estate, to debut the W Hotels Worldwide brand in Greece with the opening of W Costa Navarino. Expected to open in summer 2022, W Costa Navarino is anticipated to mark the latest addition to the ever-expanding W Escapes portfolio in Europe following locations in Spain, Switzerland and Portugal. The new W Escape will be located in Navarino Waterfront, the newest integrated resort of Costa Navarino - the prime sustainable destination in the Mediterranean. The 13-hectare beachfront destination i...
The Kessler Collection to Develop Boutique Hotel in New Bern, North Carolina
The Kessler Collection' | January 12, 2022
ORLANDO, FL - January 12, 2022 - The Kessler Collection, a portfolio of 12 artistically inspired boutique hotels, has purchased the historic Elks Building in New Bern, N.C. for $2.25 million with plans to develop the property into a 50-room boutique hotel. Set to break ground in early 2023, the luxurious boutique hotel will boast 50 guestrooms, 1,500 sq. ft. of meeting and event space, an intimate speakeasy on the lower level and a specialty coffee shop and restaurant on the street level. The hotel will offer the brand's signature accommodations with custom interior design and curated artwork, all while weaving in a thread of educati...
IHG and PT Pancaran Kreasi Adiprima to Convert Bali Hotel to InterContinental Brand
IHG Hotels & Resorts | January 12, 2022
IHG Hotels & Resorts and existing partner, PT Pancaran Kreasi Adiprima, are excited to expand the world’s first and largest luxury hotel brand, InterContinental Hotels & Resorts, to Bali Indonesia. The 120-key all-suite and villa resort InterContinental Bali Sanur Resort will be a rebrand of the hotel formerly known as Fairmont Sanur Beach Bali, and will relaunch with a fresh identity and ready to welcome guests who want to live the InterContinental Life. The beachfront resort is located on Sanur Beach which is known for its long stretch of sandy beach with shallow waters and boasts 26 villas, each with a private pool, as well ...
Beemok Hospitality Group Reveals Investment Plans for The Charleston Place
Beemok Hospitality Group | January 12, 2022
Charleston, SC – January 12, 2022 – Beemok Hospitality Group, a Charleston, SC-based company with a growing portfolio of world-class hotels, restaurants and entertainment venues, today announces its investment plans for The Charleston Place, the company’s flagship asset. A landmark in Charleston’s historic district, The Charleston Place will officially transition from Charleston Place, a Belmond Hotel, to The Charleston Place, a locally owned and managed independent luxury hotel, on March 1, 2022. The Charleston Place has hired renowned architects and designers to lead the transformation, including Pierre-Yves Rochon (PYR), a lege...
Marriott International Signs Agreement With OCT Properties to Open W Nanjing
Marriott International | January 10, 2022
SHANGHAI, CHINA — January 10, 2022 — Marriott International, Inc. today announced it has signed an agreement with Nanjing OCT Properties to bring the W Hotels Worldwide brand to Nanjing. W Nanjing is set to become an awe-inspiring addition to eastern China with its anticipated opening in 2025, located along the southern bank of the iconic Yangtze River. “We are pleased to strengthen our eight year collaboration with OCT Group with another exciting project,” said Gavin Yu, Chief Development Officer, Greater China. “This signing underscores Marriott International's commitment to its continued growth in emerging first-tier ...
IHG Hotels & Resorts Signs Hotel Indigo in Downtown Minneapolis
IHG Hotels & Resorts | January 10, 2022
ATLANTA, GA – January 10, 2022 – IHG® Hotels & Resorts, one of the world's leading hotel companies, announced the signing of the Hotel Indigo Minneapolis Northstar Downtown in Minneapolis, MN. The 17-story Hotel Indigo will showcase 218 guest rooms, a neighborhood restaurant and bar, a fitness center, and a business center. The hotel will be located in the heart of downtown Minneapolis, within close proximity to the city's most prominent corporate and leisure demand generators. The current location for the Hotel Indigo first opened in 1962 as an independent hotel named the Northstar Hotel. This hotel is pa...
Marriott International Signs Agreement to Bring JW Marriott Brand to São Paulo
Marriott International | January 7, 2022
Marriott International, Inc. today announced that it has signed an agreement to debut JW Marriott Hotel São Paulo in Parque da Cidade, a Class A, LEED-certified mixed-use complex located in one of the city’s main and burgeoning business districts. JW Marriott Hotel São Paulo will be converted from an existing luxury property and is anticipated to serve as Marriott International’s first luxury hotel in São Paulo. The hotel is expected to open in Q2 2022. Strategically located along Avenida Nações Unidas within proximity to major business and exclusive entertainment areas in the city, JW Marriott Hotel São Paulo is expected to fea...
IHG Seals Four-Hotel Destination Resorts Portfolio Deal With Strategic Partner Sun Group
Sun Group | January 6, 2022
IHG Hotels & Resorts, one of the world’s leading hospitality companies, is proud to announce a four-hotel, 2,709-room portfolio deal in Vietnam with long-standing partner Sun Hospitality Group (a member of Sun Group), the renowned tourism-focused real estate developer. Following the success of the award-winning InterContinental Danang Sun Peninsula Resort, the companies will extend their partnership across two world-class, integrated development projects that will open in 2026. The multi-property agreement includes the 616-room Holiday Inn Resort Yoko Park Onsen in Quang Ninh Province – the first large-scale hot spring resort in...
Marriott International Signs Agreement With Melco Resorts & Entertainment to Bring Macau’s First W Hotel
Marriott International | January 3, 2022
Marriott International, Inc. today announced that it has signed an agreement with Melco Resorts & Entertainment to bring the W Hotels Worldwide brand to Macau. Scheduled to open in December 2022, W Macau - Studio City is expected to become an iconic addition to the world-class leisure destination through its detail-driven, unexpected design, signature Whatever/Whenever® service, and innovative programming. “Macau’s super-charged energy and unique identity as an entertainment hub, together with its mix of Eastern and Western culture, makes it a natural fit for W Hotels,” said Henry Lee, President, Greater China, Marrio...
US-Led Consortium Wins Bid for Redevelopment of Historic Mogamma El Tahrir Into ‘Cairohouse’, a Luxury Lifestyle Hotel and Mixed-Use Compl
Oxford Capital Group, LLC | December 22, 2021
CAIRO - December 22, 2021 - On December 6th, 2021, an international consortium of developers and investors including Oxford Capital Group, Global Ventures Group and Al Otaiba Investments were selected as the winning bid to develop and repurpose the historic Mogamma el Tahrir Complex on Tahrir Square as CairoHouse, a groundbreaking mixed-use development, which will be a catalyst for a reimagined Downtown Cairo and future investment in the Egyptian economy. Chicago-based RKF Global provided legal and strategic consulting on the opportunity. Representatives of Chicago-based Oxford Capital Group, Global Ventures Group, along with UAE-based Al...
Cycas Hospitality Signs Strategic Partnership With Borealis Hotel Group
Cycas Hospitality | December 22, 2021
Two of Europe’s leading hotel companies, Borealis Hotel Group and Cycas Hospitality, have this week announced a strategic partnership to open and operate new, branded hotels across Europe. The first phase of the collaboration was revealed this week with the signing of a hotel management agreement for Cycas to operate the 108-room Motto by Hilton Rotterdam Blaak, as well as a second, new hotel that will be announced in early 2022. Set to open mid-2022, the Rotterdam hotel – a converted, former bank – represents the first Motto by Hilton to open in the Netherlands, as well as the urban lifestyle brand’s European debut. The Motto bran...
Cambria Hotels Breaks Ground on First Western New York Hotel in Niagara Falls
Cambria Hotels | December 21, 2021
ROCKVILLE, MD - December 21, 2021 - Cambria Hotels, an upscale brand franchised by Choice Hotels International, Inc. (NYSE: CHH), continues to expand around the country with the official start of construction on the Cambria Hotel Niagara Falls. This is the fourth hotel to break ground in Q4 2021 and tops off a year of growth across the brand with new openings in popular cities like Louisville, Orlando, and Napa Valley, as well as an additional hotel in Nashville, and a fifth hotel in Washington, D.C. The 120-room hotel is expected to open in the Spring of 2023. Representatives from Choice Hotels, franchisee and developer Plati Nia...
Wyndham Signs With Ceres Development for Three New Wyndham Hotels
Wyndham | December 21, 2021
PARSIPPANY, NJ - December 21, 2021 - Wyndham Hotels & Resorts (NYSE: WH) – the world's largest hotel franchising company with approximately 9,000 hotels across nearly 95 countries – announced today an agreement with Ceres Development for three new Wyndham hotels, two in Indiana and one in Ohio. These newly rebranded hotels, celebrating their openings, continue the Company's steady conversion growth, where it experienced 100 percent more domestic conversions in third quarter 2021 compared to third quarter 2019. "Joining Wyndham Hotels & Resorts will allow us to collaborate with the company's global sales, marketing and l...
IHG Partners With China Duty Free Group to Bring Dual-Branded Regent and Hotel Indigo Property to Hainan
IHG Hotels & Resorts | December 21, 2021
IHG Hotels & Resorts today announced a new partnership with China Duty Free Group to develop two new luxury and lifestyle hotels in Hainan, the Regent Sanya Haitang Bay and Hotel Indigo Sanya Haitang Bay. This partnership resonates with China's national strategy to build Hainan into an international hub for tourism and shopping, and augment its role as a free trade port. Situated close to Sanya International Duty-Free Shopping Complex, the two hotels are expected to open in 2026 and will help transform the Haitang Bay area into a world-class tourist and leisure resort by offering distinctive guest experience. ...
IHG Hotels & Resorts Signs InterContinental Grenada Resort
IHG Hotels & Resorts | December 21, 2021
ATLANTA, GA – December 21, 2021 – IHG® Hotels & Resorts, one of the world's leading hotel companies, is proud to announce the signing of the InterContinental Grenada Resort. The 150-room Caribbean hotel will be built on La Sagesse Beach, approximately 30 minutes from the Maurice Bishop International Airport and the town of St. George’s. The InterContinental Grenada Resort will feature more than 30 private suites, an array of restaurants and bars, a luxurious spa and pool with bar and grill, fitness center, approximately 6,000 square feet of meeting space and a business center. The property is expected to open in 2025. Known as a...
Dream Hotel Group Unveils Plans for Downtown Miami Flagship in 2025
Dream Hotels | December 20, 2021
NEW YORK, NY – December 20, 2021 – Celebrated hotel brand and management company Dream Hotel Group today announced plans to open a 165-key, 10-story hotel as part of a hospitality-driven entertainment complex situated along the historic Miami River in the heart of Downtown Miami, Florida. Scheduled to open in 2025, Dream Miami will be the hospitality and entertainment centerpiece of Riverside Wharf, a 200,000-square-foot, dual-tower development set to enliven the skyline in Miami’s developing residential, commercial, retail and tourist destination. The project is being led by Miami-based developer MV Real Estate Holdings in conjuncti...
Hyde Hotels Bringing Hyde Paradox Hotel London City to the UK
Hyde Hotels, Resorts & Residences | December 15, 2021
NEW YORK, NY - December 15, 2021 - Hyde Hotels today announced Hyde Paradox Hotel London City, which will be coming soon to the historic location by the Old Bailey in the heart of London. The 110-room property will occupy 15 Old Bailey, a building originally known as the 'Spiers & Pond Hotel'. Built in 1874 by architect Evans Cronk and converted to office use in the early 1900s, the latest re-conversion by Hyde London City owners, OB Capital seeks to return the asset back to the iconic hotel that it once was. This stylish property will provide a sanctuary for those in-the-know seeking a luxurious hideaway while in the city. Hyde Hotel...
LXR Hotels & Resorts to Debut in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
LXR Hotels & Resorts | December 15, 2021
Riyadh, KSA – December 15, 2021 – Hilton (NYSE: HLT) announced today the signing of the latest property from LXR Hotels & Resorts, the company’s collection of independent luxury properties, in Diriyah, Riyadh, KSA. Projected to open by 2026, this captivating boutique resort represents the brand’s introduction to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and will be located within Diriyah, an 11-square kilometre development that is set to redefine luxury living complete with high-end retail offerings, lavish restaurants, residential and administrative buildings, educational institutions, recreational spaces, and galleries and museums. Nestled...
