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Hotel Equities announced its Founder and Chairman Emeritus, Fred Cerrone, has decided to retire effective November 22, 2025. Plus more hotel deals and development news.

J Street plans to convert Tower 180 in Downtown San Diego into a 560-key dual-branded Hyatt Place and Hyatt House hotel.

WTTC research shows sharp drops in U.S. international visitors, with arrivals from Germany plunging 28% in concerning tourism trend.

Multiple hotel companies announced property openings globally, including Peachtree Group receiving USCIS approval for a SpringHill Suites in Utah.

Highgate Hospitality Management is planning to build a new hotel on a 5.42-acre property in Denver, Colorado, near the airport.

The U.S. lodging sector in 2025 is expected to see muted growth with a modest RevPAR increase of 1.5%, driven by higher ADR but constrained by stable occupancy and macroeconomic pressures.

Hilton plans to exceed 300 hotels in the Caribbean and Latin America within three years, expanding its presence significantly in countries like Argentina, Peru, Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico, the Dominican Republic, and Brazil, while introducing new brands and entering new markets.

Wyndham Hotels and Decameron have formed an alliance to expand all-inclusive offerings with nine new resorts in Mexico, Panama, and Jamaica, with some joining the Trademark Collection and others joining the Ramada brand.

The Fed Chief made it pretty clear there will be no interest rates lowered for some time and the markets seemed to like the certainty.

Canada’s hotel industry showed lower occupancy but continued growth in ADR, according to CoStar’s January 2024 data.