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The top hotel pipeline cities in Canada at the close of the second quarter are led by Toronto, Vancouver, and Niagara Falls. Plus, more hotel deals and development news.

Hilton surpasses 500 open hotels across Florida. Minor Hotels debuts four brands. A couple of dual-brand hotels open. And more hotel development news.

Truman and Marriott International, Inc. announced plans to open three hotels in Calgary, including W Calgary, JW Marriott Calgary, and an Autograph Collection Hotel on Stampede Park.

We have our first Filipino lodging stock trading in the U.S. as Hotel101, which went public via a merger with a SPAC.

Exclusive Resorts reached a strategic agreement with Accor to take a significant minority stake in the French hotel giant’s OneFineStay luxury vacation rental brand.

Jalisco announced $1 billion investment for 38 new hotels by 2028, with Hyatt investing $295 million in three Puerto Vallarta properties.

Marriott signed agreements for hotels in: Detroit, Michigan; Muskoka, Canada; Gulf of Papagayo, Guanacaste, Costa Rica; and Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; bringing the Marriott Branded Residences total open and pipeline portfolio to around 300 projects.

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

Hotel sector busy with Ryman acquiring JW Marriott Desert Ridge and Choice Hotels opening six Everhome Suites.

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.