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Las Vegas’s oldest hotel is replacing all of its tables using real cards and dealers and replacing them with electronic gaming versions. The Golden Gate Hotel & Casino is "reimagining" its casino floor and, in a Downtown Vegas first, removing live dealers, according to Circa Resort & Casino CEO Derek Stevens.

The boom in foreign visitor arrivals has passed 1- and 2-star hotels by, leading to a wave of closures over the past 15 years. In 2009, there were 1,568 1-star hotels in Greece and 4,368 2-star units. At the end of 2024, according to Hotel Chamber data, 1-star hotels had declined to 1,147 and 2-star ones to 3,251, a total loss of 1,538 hotels or nearly 2 per week.

Mainland Capital and Russell Property Group have announced today they have signed a hotel management agreement with Marriott International, Inc. to operate the iconic Noah’s Hotel redevelopment in Christchurch, under the Sheraton Hotels and Resorts brand.

ONYX Hospitality Group has launched its first-ever chain-wide MICE campaign. Targetted at event planners, ‘ONYX Onward – Unlock double benefits that matter most’ is the name of an offer that rewards across ONYX’s portfolio of hotels and resorts, including in Thailand, Malaysia, Laos and Sri Lanka.

The latest data from the German Federal Statistical Office reveals a remarkable milestone for the country’s tourism sector in the first half of 2025. Overnight stays across Germany surged to an unprecedented 223.3 million, surpassing the previous record set just one year earlier in the first half of 2024 by a modest but meaningful 0.1%. 

 Limestone Capital, a leading experience economy private equity firm headquartered in Switzerland, has acquired a stakeholding of just over 30% in Nokken, a UK-headquartered provider of design-led modular cabins.

A hotel in central China is gaining attention online for launching a 'pet sleep-accompanying' service that lets guests have a dog stay with them for a day

Croatian hotel owner and operator Arena Hospitality Group said on Friday that its lease for the Park Plaza Wallstreet Berlin Mitte hotel will expire on September 8, four months earlier than planned.

A historic pub reportedly visited by King Charles I during the English Civil War has gone up in flames.

An easyJet pilot has been suspended after allegedly being found drunk and naked at a luxury hotel in Cape Verde.

Amajor asset in North Sydney is being taken to the market as investor appetite for office assets heats up, with values on the rise.

IHG’s one million-room milestone is impressive. So is the pace of conversions. But revenue pressure in key regions can’t be ignored.

Lots of people scroll TikTok to plan their next vacation — or dream of when they can next escape the grind. Now, they can book a hotel directly in the app.

Choice Hotels International has purchased InnVest Hotels’ remaining 50% share in Choice Hotels Canada, shifting to a fully direct franchising model in the country from the previous master franchising framework.

Travelodge, the UK’s first budget hotel brand, which operates over 610 hotels across the UK, Ireland and Spain, has exchanged contracts to acquire four former Ibis hotels as part of its UK growth strategy focused on rebrand opportunities. This announcement brings the total number of other operators’ hotels acquired by Travelodge to 16 this year.

Lifestyle hotel TRIBE Hotels is expanding its presence across Europe with openings in Poland, Hungary and France, with new hotels set to debut in Slovenia, Portugal and Germany.

Housekeepers at Radisson Blu Canary Wharf in London are set to walk out at the end of this week in the first hotel workers’ strike in England in 46 years.

Spanish hotel group Ona Hotels & Appartements has announced its entry into the Moroccan tourism market with the launch of three luxury hotels in the cities of Marrakech and Saïdia, through a deal with the Be Live Hotels chain — a move that strengthens the presence of global hotel brands in Morocco ahead of the 2030 FIFA World Cup.

Bringing back a known partner helps G6 with its goal to add more than 150 franchised hotels this year.

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The prestigious Park Hyatt Melbourne, widely considered one of Australia's true trophy assets, has sold to KS Hotels in what is the largest hotel transaction in Australia this year, and in Melbourne since 2017.

Saudi-grown hotel brands will be introduced across Qiddiya City under a new strategic partnership between its developer and Adeera, the hospitality group backed by the Public Investment Fund.

 European real estate investment manager ActivumSG has completed the €175 million acquisition from Spanish REIT Millenium Hotels Real Estate of the newly developed Fairmont La Hacienda located in the exclusive San Roque waterfront enclave along Spain’s Costa del Sol.

Dutch fairytale theme park Efteling has opened its new hotel, and with it set the Guinness World Record for the largest ribbon bow.