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President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev attended the opening of the Hilton Garden Inn Aghdam hotel in the city of Aghdam on December 23, Azernews reports.

Taliban officials in the western Afghan city of Herat have detained the manager of a hotel and one of his employees for shaving his beard and wearing a tie, local sources say.

The UK government has granted planning permission for the first Universal Studios theme park in the UK.

Swiss-based Kokomo Capital has purchased Seehotel Waltershof in Rottach-Egern on Lake Tegernsee from German real estate company Rodex Haus-und Grundverwaltungs.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attended the opening ceremonies of hotels in a tourist zone of the country with his daughter Ju Ae, as he sought to highlight the country's economic progress before a key party congress due to take place early next year.

The billionaire Cheng family have put a luxury London hotel up for sale as they grapple with liquidity challenges at debt laden Hong Kong property group New World Development Co.

The Vatican is giving up its traditional guest house in the center of Rome: The "Domus Paul VI" in Via della Scrofa, previously accommodation for cardinals, bishops and priests at moderate prices, will be converted into a four-star hotel in future.

Rosewood Hotel Group has confirmed continued momentum in its global development pipeline, announcing that all planned 2025 openings remain on schedule, including a landmark debut into the alpine sector with its first-ever ski resort, Rosewood Courchevel Le Jardin Alpin.

The American Hotel & Lodging Association (AHLA), the trade association that advocates for every segment of the hotel industry, has become the latest trade association to join the U.S. Food Waste Pact (Pact), a joint initiative led by ReFED and World Wildlife Fund (WWF) to reduce food waste across the food system.

A recent decision by the Berlin Regional Court has opened the door for more than 1,000 German hotels to seek compensation from Booking.com for damages arising from anticompetitive best-price clauses. 

Whitbread has received planning consent to transform Dorset House, a former office building located on Stamford Street in Southwark, London, into a 421-room hotel under its hub by Premier Inn brand. This development marks the first hub by Premier Inn south of the River Thames and is part of Whitbread's recent expansion efforts in Central London.

In a historical collaboration between Merlin Entertainments and Warner Bros. Discovery Global Experiences, a world-first Harry Potter land and accompanying hotel should open in Germany in the near future. The new universe will be part of Legoland Deutschland Resort in Gunzbürg.

Duetto, the hospitality industry’s leading provider of revenue and profit software, today announced its first global flagship event: PERFORM, a summit dedicated to revenue and profit performance for hotels.

Malaysia is home to the First World Hotel, which was recognized by Guinness World Records as the largest hotel by number of rooms.

Singaporean hotel investor City Developments Limited has acquired a major London hotel asset, in a GBP280 million deal. CEO Kwek Long Beng described his purchase of the Holiday Inn Kensington High Street as a once in a lifetime opportunity.

British multinational hospitality company InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) and Serbia's company LUSS Leisure have signed a contract for the construction of a Crowne Plaza hotel on the Zlatibor mountain in western Serbia, one of the country's top tourist destinations, the town administration of Cajetina, where Zlatibor is located, said.

Hotels are reopening on the Grand Canyon National Park’s South Rim on Wednesday after the park halted overnight accommodations for over a week due to water-line breaks, the park said Monday

LOTTE Hotel announced on Dec. 15 that it has signed a contract with the Catholic Archdiocese of New York to purchase the LOTTE New York Palace hotel site. The acquisition amount is approximately $490 million (about 7 billion won). LOTTE acquired The New York Palace Hotel, New York’s first five-star hotel and Manhattan landmark, in 2015 and reopened it as LOTTE New York Palace, but at that time, it only purchased the building while leasing the land.

Hong Kong-based Chow Tai Fook Enterprises (CTFE), the private investment holding company of the Cheng family and the parent firm of debt-ridden New World Development (NWD), has no plans to sell its prized Rosewood brand, according to sources familiar with the matter.

Mövenpick Hotels has locations across multiple continents and became famous for its guests getting to eat free desserts for 60 minutes daily.

Construction of the long-awaited 151-bed Pestana Piccadilly could begin in late 2027, seven years after it was granted approval.

Mandarin Oriental Qianmen, Beijing launched a wellness-focused collaboration this week with Tong Ren Tang, a traditional Chinese medicine brand with more than 300 years of history.

Peak Edge Hotel, the independently owned four-star rural retreat on the edge of the Peak District, has significantly expanded its helicopter landing capacity, increasing from a small number of landing spots to eight dedicated landing spaces on its private grounds.

Park Hotels & Resorts has updated its non-core disposition activity, which it said will included exiting another three properties that were on expiring ground leases, including the 266-room Embassy Suites Kansas City Plaza, the 850-room DoubleTree Hotel Seattle Airport, and the 245-room DoubleTree Hotel Sonoma Wine Country. Collectively, the hotels generated minimal EBITDA in 2025.