April 2022

The hospitality industry has experienced a tough few years. The pandemic and inflation brought new challenges and guest demands and expenses, and the last update hoteliers want to

SAN FRANCISCO—Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants, part of IHG Hotels & Resorts’ Luxury & Lifestyle Collection, announced a 199-room hotel set to open in spring 2023 on

In the two years since the start of the global COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. hotel industry has made significant progress toward recovery. U.S. hotels recaptured 83 percent of pre-pa

CHICAGO—Hyatt Hotels Corporation announced the opening of Hyatt Centric Santa Clara Silicon Valley, marking the latest lifestyle property to debut from the Hyatt Centric brand. T

MeetingPackage announced a partnership with Amadeus to provide hotel customers the ability to automate and transform their meetings and events sales processes across direct and ind

DALLAS—For National Pet Day on April 11, 2022, Motel 6 and BestPlaces have teamed up to find the top pet-friendly U.S. cities for pet owners to travel to, with many pets travelin

FRONT ROYAL, Virginia—Blue Sky Hospitality Solutions (BSHS) announced the completed phase one of the multi-million conversion of the Holiday Inn Front Royal to the DoubleTree by

NEW YORK— PMZ Realty Capital LLC announced they closed over $80 million in financing to end Q1 2022. “A large amount of capital has been sitting on the sidelines looking for de

HENDERSONVILLE, Tennessee—Reflecting continued seasonal slowing in spring break travel, U.S. hotel performance fell slightly from the previous week, according to STR’s late

ARLINGTON, Virginia—Knowland released its monthly meetings and events data for March 2022. Meetings volume from February to March increased 55.5 percent. Even more significant is