Tribe Collection's Shamim Ehsani on the future of hotels in Kenya
Shamim Ehsani, co-founder of Tribe Collection, speaks to Globetrender about expanding his hotel footprint beyond Nairobi, to both beach and bush.
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Airport Hotels are back - but they aren’t an autopilot investment
The category that was considered one of hospitality’s most predictable asset classes behaves a little differently in a post-pandemic world. You can’t blame it. Work culture and travel patterns have changed, and the powers of technology have somewhat…
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How public support can make a deal stack up
Public support can take many forms when it comes to getting a project off the ground, but today, there is one critical type of support many hotel developers don’t just want, they need: public incentives…
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What Makes a Hotel Feasibility Study Truly Reliable?
A hotel feasibility study can make or break a development project. But too often, these studies lean toward optimism rather than reality. The pressure to “make the deal work” creates confirmation bias that can cost developers millions of dollars…
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Site to be Turned into Europe’s Largest Hotel
StepStone and Proprium’s a&o Hostels acquires former office in central Berlin for conversion into Europe’s largest hostel.
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The 2026 ALIS Conference made one thing clear: the hotel industry is navigating an unusual moment where capital is plentiful, deal flow is scarce, and the operating landscape is rapidly and constantly shifting. Optimism was evident but grounded…
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Hospitality investors need to target wealthier travellers to protect against volatile market
The luxury and Middle Eastern markets are two of the key opportunities for the hospitality industry in an increasingly uncertain world.
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World’s priciest hotels charge record prices in defiance of luxury slowdown
The world’s most expensive hotels charged record prices last year as wealthy travellers splashed out for access to amenities such as hyperbaric oxygen therapy and sound baths, defying a slowdown in the broader luxury sector…
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Proof is the new leverage in hotel transactions
The hotel transaction market is moving again, but not as it did when debt was cheap and assumptions carried weight. Today’s capital is more selective, more structure-driven and far less interested in forward narratives…
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How the UK Building Safety Act is reshaping hotel development
The UK Building Safety Act was introduced in 2022 to enhance building safety regulation in response to the Grenfell Tower fire tragedy. Although widely supported, it has resulted in higher costs and longer timescales…
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Conversions still key to making development numbers stack up
Soaring construction costs and wary banks across much of the world have led to the growing popularity of conversions among hotel developers.
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Revo Hospitality files for insolvency in Germany and Austria, hotels keep running
Revo Hospitality has filed for insolvency under self-administration, affecting around 125 hotels in Germany and Austria, with operations continuing while a restructuring process is implemented.
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Dar Global launches The Trump International Golf Club, Wadi Safar
The golf course will be spread over 2.6 million square meter site, and feature a gated community, a luxury Trump hotel and premium residences
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Singapore’s Luxury Hotel Boom: How the Lion City is Winning the High-End Tourism Bet
For decades, Singapore has been known as a global financial hub and a model of urban efficiency. However, as we move into 2026, the Lion City is undergoing a glittering transformation.
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Why Blackstone is bullish on real estate for 2026
It’s that time of year again when everyone starts making predictions for what they think will happen over the next 12 months. A lot of this involves saying that the thing you like/have a vested financial interest in will do better. Sometimes that…
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A deeper look into Saudi Arabia’s heritage-led luxury play
It’s not every day that a capital city is redefined from its edges. Yet just beyond the north of Riyadh, the $63 billion Diriyah project aims to do just that, with the Kingdom framing the development of what is essentially a whole new city as a…
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Irony of Asia’s outdoor lodging market
It’s low-cost, high returns, fast payback. Yet, few takers. Players in Asia’s outdoor lodging want that changed and here’s why and how.
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How infrastructure investment boosted tourism in these two countries
Hotels don’t exist in a vacuum. You’d need to be an investor with very deep pockets to not only build the property but also the required travel infrastructure to bring people to and from the destination…
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