
Ritz-Carlton Reserve Comes to Shanghai for the First Time
What does a Ritz-Carlton Reserve look like in the middle of a major city? Marriott’s Shanghai answer, opening 2030, offers a first look.

What does a Ritz-Carlton Reserve look like in the middle of a major city? Marriott’s Shanghai answer, opening 2030, offers a first look.

Coral Spring’s Ocean Eden Bay gets a new name and a round of guest upgrades as it joins the Ocean Allure collection this November

A 30-story tower with 114 residences is coming to Guadalajara, backed by GFA and Hilton, with amenities spanning over 3,000 square meters

IHG has signed a further Kimpton hotel in Thailand, a country where it has a strong and growing pipeline of boutique hotels

As Indonesia’s travel market grows, Fusion Hotel Group strengthens its regional footprint by adding two midscale hotel brands from Topotels

Groves Hospitality has broken ground on an 81-room Home2 Suites by Hilton in Loxahatchee, FL, with a fall 2027 opening planned

EVT Hotels and Resorts breaks ground on Rydges Tauranga, a 158-room waterfront hotel

Hyatt is bringing its Hyatt Regency brand to Armenia, as the country attracts international hotel brands to its growing tourism offer

A 107-key hotel is coming to Riyadh’s Al Olaya district as IHG and Morina Development sign the region’s first Noted Collection franchise

An eight-million-square-meter resort is taking shape inside Saudi Arabia’s first UNESCO World Heritage site

Minor Hotels expands in Malaysia with Avani Kota Kinabalu, strengthening its lifestyle portfolio alongside Anantara Desaru Coast Resort

Aparthotel group Bob W has added two sites in Valencia, as it looks to build its presence across Spanish cities

Choice Hotels grows Cambria brand with two openings in Texas and Oregon, citing 50+ upscale properties in the development pipeline

Hongkong & Shanghai Hotels will renovate the Peninsula Hong Kong and Peninsula Tokyo in a combined $268 million project, following a return to profit

First Hospitality has added five lifestyle hotels to its management portfolio, expanding into new markets in Arizona, California, Wisconsin, Indiana, and Missouri

Accor has officially welcomed Treasure Island into its Handwritten Collection, making the 2,884-room resort the largest hotel in its global portfolio

Pride Developer and Marriott International announce a new Autograph Collection hotel in downtown Buenos Aires, set to open after a 30-month build

Aparthotel brand Supercity has launched its ninth UK site, opening a new build property within the historic walls of the city of York

Project of the Week: a new AC Hotel by Marriott is under construction at Valor Acres in Brecksville, Ohio, with a 2027 opening planned

White Lodging breaks ground this month on a 295-room Autograph Collection hotel in Charlotte’s South End, its fifth Autograph property. Opening late 2028.

Third party operator Aleph Hospitality has signed its first hotel in Pakistan, which will be a Crowne Plaza in Multan

Minor Hotels brings NH Collection to Innsbruck, Austria, adding a fourth city to its portfolio alongside Vienna, Salzburg and Graz

Two of Hard Rock’s flagship Mexico resorts are getting full makeovers, with reopening set for December 2026

Ulusaba’s Rock Lodge and Safari Lodge closed in January 2026 for a full redesign by Luxury Frontiers and Orbic, with a 20-suite reopening planned for 2027

Hyatt has added a hotel in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe to its growing African pipeline

Conversions made up nearly 40% of IHG’s signed Thailand deals in 2025. Its latest: a 158-room Ao Nang hotel becoming a Holiday Inn Express by year-end 2026.

Hyatt and Lindner Hotel Group open Me and All Hotel Leipzig, a 282-room property near Leipzig Central Station, expanding Hyatt’s Lifestyle portfolio

Club Med and VICI Properties broke ground on Club Med St. Croix, the brand’s first U.S. resort, with a fourth-quarter 2027 opening planned

Anantara expands in Türkiye with a new retreat and branded residences in Çeşme, part of the Castello Fontana masterplan, opening in 2030

Accor and EXTENDAM’s 209-room TRIBE Paris lands inside a low-carbon district set to open in 2028

Beckons confirms a multi-million-dollar lodge near Uluṟu-Kata Tjuṯa, its first new build since 2026

Innisfree Hotels breaks ground on a 215-room Hampton Inn and a teen arts academy in Pensacola

IHG will bring its Regent brand to Chengdu in 2029, taking over the top floors of a 233-meter tower in a deal with Newhope Real Estate

Take a look inside TMGOC’s plan to turn a landmark Savannah tower into a five-star Ritz-Carlton

Nammos Hotels & Resorts and Smokva Bay announce Nammos Resort Montenegro, a luxury hotel and residences project on the Budva Riviera, opening 2029

Pyramid Global Hospitality becomes operating partner for Naples Bay Resort & Marina following a joint venture with Western & Southern Financial Group

Dusit International adds two new ASAI Hotels in Southern Thailand: a 116-room property in Hat Yai and an 85-room hotel in Patong Phuket

Phase 2 is underway at V Orman Resort in Turkey: a 204-room 5-star hotel built into a sloped, forested site, opening in 2027

Harilela Hotels will open a 326-room The Hari hotel in Singapore in spring 2027, converting the Holiday Inn Orchard City Centre

Crowne Plaza returns to Austria with a new Vienna hotel, bringing IHG’s local portfolio to 11 properties and 20 nationwide

A new 291-room Hyatt Regency next to Tucson’s convention center aims to close a long-standing gap in the city’s meetings market

A new development in Stockholm’s harbour district is to be a Hotel Indigo, opening in 2029

Minor Hotels brings NH Hotels & Resorts to the Middle East for the first time, with a 121-room property planned for Riyadh’s Prime Square development

Hyatt brings Alila to Japan for the first time with a 60-room retreat in Hakone, opening in 2028

A new Dusit Princess hotel is coming to the Himalayan foothills near Rishikesh. Construction starts now; doors open in 2031.

At a stroke, the LUX Collective has signed a partnership that will add five luxury resorts across Rwanda, under its LUX and SALT brands

IHG is bringing its culturally rooted HUALUXE brand to Taiwan for the first time, signing a 199-room Taipei hotel with local partner Fullon Hotels & Resorts

The former International Palms Resort site in Cocoa Beach is becoming a $420 million Westin

Hampton Inn is coming to Kennesaw. Atlanta developer Vector Hospitality has broken ground, targeting a suburban market it has worked in for nearly 20 years.

Scandic Hotel Group is building out its second brand, Scandic Go, and in Stockholm will innovate with a novel underground hotel