Development

  • The exterior entrance of the InterContinental Indianapolis.
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    Top hotel openings of Q1 2025

    IHG Hotels & Resorts, Trailborn, Reside and more opened properties in the luxury, outdoor-focused and extended stay categories.

    By • April 22, 2025
  • Hyatt Hotels opened its first Hyatt Studios extended stay hotel in Mobile, Alabama.
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    Hotel development to remain healthy despite economic woes: Hyatt exec

    Hyatt Head of Americas Development Dan Hansen shares why developers continue to be bullish on extended stay and how traveler demand for homelike accommodations is shifting.

    By • April 18, 2025
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    Accor, Ennismore add 17 hotels in the Americas

    The European hotel companies will manage beachfront properties through an agreement with Mexico-based Royal Holiday Group.

    By • April 18, 2025
  • Hotel Equities appointed Greg O’Stean as its new chief development officer, succeeding Joe Reardon.
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    Hotel Equities appoints new chief development officer

    Hospitality industry veteran Greg O’Stean succeeds Joe Reardon, who will now focus on strategic partnerships as vice chairman.

    By • April 16, 2025
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    B&B Hotels taps US CEO amid expansion

    Amir Mustafa will helm the European midscale hotel company’s U.S. business as it scales across the Atlantic.

    By • April 16, 2025
  • Hyatt Hotels opened its first Hyatt Studios extended stay hotel in Mobile, Alabama.
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    First Hyatt Studios extended stay hotel opens in Mobile, Alabama

    The upper midscale property marks a milestone for Hyatt as it aims to capitalize on growing extended stay demand.

    By • April 16, 2025
  • A rendering of a hotel and residences project in Miami
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    Courtesy of Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group
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    Miami’s Mandarin Oriental to proceed with layoffs, closure to make way for residences

    The Brickell Key property will lay off some 430 employees ahead of its demolition to make room for a new two-tower hotel and residences complex.

    By • April 13, 2025
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    Courtesy of AC Hotel by Marriott Savannah Historic District
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    Marriott opens AC Hotel in ‘growing’ Savannah

    The hotel in the city’s historic district aims to capture leisure and business travelers to the increasingly popular Georgia destination.

    By • April 11, 2025
  • President Trump Holds "Make America Wealthy Again Event" In White House Rose Garden
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    Sweeping new tariffs put future construction projects at risk

    Despite exemptions for key building materials, import taxes announced Wednesday by President Donald Trump could lead to a slowdown in new work, experts say.

    By Sebastian Obando • April 4, 2025
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    Graduate by Hilton expands to Colorado

    The historic Hotel Boulderado in Boulder joins the college town-focused brand, which Hilton acquired last year to grow its lifestyle offerings.

    By • April 3, 2025
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    Universal Orlando adds latest hotel to growing Epic Universe theme park

    The 750-room Terra Luna resort, developed in partnership with Loews, debuted next to its “fraternal twin” Stella Nova in the soon-to-open Florida theme park.

    By • April 2, 2025
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    Courtesy of Marriott International
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    Marriott to revamp, convert Utah ski hotel

    The 128-key Park City Peaks Hotel will become Hotel Thaynes, a Tribute Portfolio Hotel after a $21 million renovation as development in the ski destination ramps up.

    By • April 1, 2025
  • President Donald Trump attends a cabinet meeting at the White House on Feb. 26, 2025.
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    Trump’s tariffs: Tracking the status of international trade actions

    The U.S. has rolled out a deluge of tariffs, sparking responses from trading partners. Here's where each tariff – threatened or realized – currently stands.

    By Philip Neuffer , Edwin Lopez • Updated April 11, 2025
  • Hilton converted Angad Arts Hotel St. Louis under its Tapestry Collection brand.
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    Hilton converts St. Louis hotel under Tapestry Collection

    Angad Arts Hotel St. Louis joins the brand amid Hilton’s push in the rapidly expanding lifestyle segment.

    By • March 31, 2025
  • The interior of an apartment-style hotel room at a StayApt Suites hotel.
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    StayApt Suites continues expansion with 5 Pennsylvania hotels

    The apartment-style accommodations provider is growing nationwide to keep up with evolving traveler demand for more “home-like” stays.

    By • March 28, 2025
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    Waldorf Astoria to make Texas debut

    The Hilton luxury brand plans to open a hotel and residences in the state's Hill Country region in 2027.

    By • March 27, 2025
  • A guest room at Boston's Omni Parker House hotel.
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    Boston’s Omni Parker House to undergo multimillion-dollar renovation

    The project will revamp the historic hotel’s guest rooms, lobby and meetings and events space to keep up with modern traveler demand.

    By • March 26, 2025
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    LivAway Suites expands in Phoenix area with third groundbreaking

    The extended stay operator is building a hotel in Surprise, Arizona, as part of a strategic push in the state.

    By • March 26, 2025
  • A rendering of Cordish Cos.' Live! Casino & Hotel Virginia.
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    Cordish Cos. breaks ground on Live! Casino & Hotel Virginia

    The 450,000-square-foot resort project, a collaboration with Bruce Smith Enterprise, will bring a 200-key upscale hotel, 1,600 slot machines and a concert venue to Petersburg.

    By • March 25, 2025
  • The interior of an apartment-style hotel room at a StayApt Suites hotel.
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    StayApt Suites inks franchise agreement for 5 apartment-style hotels

    Developer Capstone Stay will use a modular construction approach to build the properties, which are slated for “key” Midwestern markets.

    By • March 21, 2025
  • A rendering of Hilton's Canopy at Deer Valley in Park City, Utah.
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    Hilton joins hotel players betting on ‘premier’ Utah ski destination

    A new-build Canopy by Hilton lifestyle hotel adds to a recently opened Grand Hyatt and a Four Seasons underway at Park City’s Deer Valley Resort.

    By • March 20, 2025
  • City Express by Marriott Duluth in Georgia opened.
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    Marriott opens first US City Express amid domestic midscale expansion

    City Express by Marriott Duluth in Georgia is the first of more than a dozen brand hotels slated to open this year.

    By • March 19, 2025
  • An exterior rendering of Choice Hotel International's new prototype for its upper midscale Country Inn & Suites by Radisson brand.
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    Choice Hotels unveils revamped prototypes for upper midscale brands

    The new “value-engineered” Comfort and Country Inn & Suites by Radisson models include spaces created to drive revenue for owners and modern design elements for guests.

    By • March 19, 2025
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    CHIPS Act on the chopping block? What that could mean for extended stay hotels.

    President Donald Trump called on Congress to kill the law, which funds infrastructure projects nationwide. Its repeal could pose a threat to extended stay hotel demand.

    By • March 17, 2025
  • A rendering of the exterior of Pendry Nashville.
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    Pendry Hotels to open luxury hotel, residences in Nashville, Tennessee

    The 326-room property, set to break ground "immediately" in the Paseo South Gulch district, joins the city's booming development pipeline.

    By • March 17, 2025