Development

Germany is seeing renewed interest from hotel investors in 2025, with transaction volumes climbing and confidence returning in core city markets.
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London’s high-end hotel market is heading into its heaviest period of new openings in more than a decade, raising fears that a wave of luxury room supply could outstrip demand and put pressure on prices in one of the world’s most expensive cities…
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The buyer pool has widened in Singapore and heritage hotels such as QT are rare. Seller Sunray may be smiling to the bank.
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Mori Trust is looking for overseas partners to launch condominiums in Japan that can be rented out like hotel rooms, its chief executive officer said, as the company seeks to profit from the nation’s tourism boom…
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Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic’s governing party drafted a special law to push through a real estate project, championed by Jared Kushner, Donald Trump’s son-in-law, on a historic site.
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Hotel investors looking to mitigate the impact of economic, geo-political and natural events on their next wave of active projects should be focusing on the project management budget as their point of control…
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When Bloomberg broke the news in August that Accor was looking at an IPO for its lifestyle hotel business Ennismore, it gave the impression that the French hotel company was eyeing the disposal one of its most prized assets…
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Group business accounts for an increasing piece of business for the nature-focused brand who has taken on a partner to grow the platform.
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A modest rebranding sees Swire Hotels launch Upper House, as it plans much greater international growth
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The two cities have much more in common than meets the eye—including an eye-popping number of hotel rooms. But Dubai is racing ahead in more ways than one.
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Trump Residences Gurgaon, launched in May, sold out all 298 units in five hours, developer Tribeca trumpeted on its website. Featuring two 51-story towers, it is the Trump Organization’s fifth branded residences project in India, a market it entered…
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The diversification of holiday destinations is a major trend in leisure hospitality as travellers seek new experiences beyond the beach, unique locations away from the crowds and cooler temperatures in times of heatwaves. And mountain resorts stand…
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Latin America’s hospitality sector is experiencing solid construction activity that reflects growing confidence in the region’s tourism and business travel prospects, according to the latest data from Lodging Econometrics…
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Hospitality brands are leading the pack in merger and acquisition (M&A) deals this year, but an improving macroeconomic climate could see more real estate investors pile in, according to experts in the sector…
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 What began as a side business rooted in Korean culinary tradition has become a full-fledged export strategy for the nation’s top hotels. As premium kimchi gains traction among global consumers, luxury hotel brands are ramping up production and…
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Head of Hospitality Investments Shai Zelering said the PE giant wants to focus on the operations fundamentals of the business through capital infusions or collaborations.
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Describing himself as “not a strategist, but an opportunist”, Surinder Arora, founder and chairman, The Arora Group, told delegates at the Annual Hospitality Conference (AHC) 2025 that he was “optimistic about the future of hospitality in the UK”…
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Inflation-hedging, diversification, real estate appreciation and strong asset management convince affluent investors to spend nearly €1 billion in H1 2025.
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Upper-midscale brand strengthens position in the resilient upper-midscale segment through rapid conversions, franchising and geographical diversification.
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The appetite from developers, brands and buyers for branded homes that are not physically attached to a hotel is growing.
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SMALL but resilient. This was how the Philippines’ publicly listed hospitality companies and travel firms are described in an investment brief, having grown by 63 percent in revenue to US$1.8 billion (P102.96 billion) in the last three years…
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Les Hôtels de Paris now has the capital and plan in place to settle its liabilities and finance development.
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Palm Jebel Ali, the world’s largest palm-shaped island, is Nakheel Properties’ ambitious new archipelago project off the coast of Dubai. The project forms a central part of the Dubai Economic Agenda D33 and is aimed at increasing Dubai’s luxury…
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As Malaysia’s tourism and hospitality industry eyes a post-Covid pandemic boom, hotel investors are being urged to look beyond traditional profit measures or risk owning assets that could quickly lose value in an evolving marketplace…
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