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Hilton and Travel + Leisure kicked off the industry’s earnings season.

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.

Hyatt launches new Unscripted brand with 40 hotels in talks. IHG sees total global conversion signings nearly doubling between 2023 and 2024.

If a "Trump Slump" materializes for a long stretch, analysts at Trust and Baird speculate about what it might mean for the hotel sector.

There's a proposed 15-story hotel that may be built next to the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center.

Yet the hotel industry continues to expand globally with multiple new properties and several boutique hotel openings.

In January 2025, Canada’s hotel industry reported year-over-year gains in occupancy, ADR, and RevPAR, with British Columbia and Vancouver leading occupancy while Prince Edward Island and Calgary lagged.

Mint House’s acquisition of Locale brings its short-term rental portfolio to 13 markets across the U.S.

Aimbridge Hospitality is restructuring its finances by converting $1.1 billion in debt to equity, securing $100 million in new capital, and shifting majority ownership to its first lien lenders, with completion expected in early 2025.

Universal Studios is undergoing major expansions in Hollywood and Orlando, including new hotels and the opening of the Epic Universe theme park in 2025.