Hilton’s Luxury and Lifestyle Brands Open Their 1,000th Hotel
Hilton reached 1,000 luxury and lifestyle hotels globally with recent openings in Paris, Cape Town, Dallas, Osaka, and Costa Rica, planning 150-plus more in 2025.
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Kim is Vice President of Gaming USA Corporation, the previous owner of the Daily Lodging Report, now owned by Skift. Kim is the primary writer of the Daily Lodging Report – North America. Kim moved to Southwest Florida in July of 2020 and recently became a first time grandmother to baby Susie.
Hyatt Launches Unscripted While IHG Doubles Conversion Signings
Hyatt launches new Unscripted brand with 40 hotels in talks. IHG sees total global conversion signings nearly doubling between 2023 and 2024.
Everhome Suites Expands U.S. Footprint
Hotel sector busy with Ryman acquiring JW Marriott Desert Ridge and Choice Hotels opening six Everhome Suites.
Global Tourism Rises 5% Year-Over-Year
Over 300 million tourists traveled internationally in the first three months of 2025, a 5% rise from last year and 3% more than in pre-pandemic year 2019.
Pebblebrook Sues San Francisco Over Hotel Valuations
Pebblebrook has challenged the market value assessments that the city assigned to and used to collect taxes from a group of downtown hotels purchased by the REIT in 2018.
DoubleTree by Hilton Opens 700th Property
DoubleTree by Hilton has added 40 properties in the past year, including in Nice, Laos, the Azores Islands, and Malta. Meanwhile, Canada's hotel industry reported mixed year-over-year performance in April, plus other hotel news.
Marriott Debuts Its Newest Brand and Wyndham Debuts New Initiatives
Marriott International, Inc. announced the global launch of its new collection brand for the midscale and upscale lodging segments - Series by Marriott. Meanwhile, Wyndham had a flurry of announcements at its customer conference.
Trinity Investments to Sell Phoenix Hotel for $865 Million
U.S. hotel RevPAR was down by -0.1% year over year in April. The Easter shift, geopolitical/tariff impact, were blamed for the sluggish month. Group RevPAR was down -2%.
First Hospitality Opens Up Investment Arm to Outside Capital
First Hospitality unveils $400 million fund to acquire premium hotels, opening decades-old investment division to outside investors.
Brookfield Buys Generator's European Operations for €776 Million
Brookfield Asset Management has acquired the Generator Hostels' European brand and hotels for €776 million from Queensgate Investments.