HotelREZ has announced that Scandinavian-based hotel group First Hotels has joined the company to drive strategic growth, supporting regional expansion. First Hotels franchise group follows First Hotels Collection, which has been successfully collaborating with HotelREZ since 2023. As a result of this, HotelREZ has added 20 hotels across Norway, Sweden and Denmark to its roster […]
Travelodge has begun construction of an 80-room hotel in Douglas, its first on the Isle of Man. The budget hotel chain, which operates more than 610 sites across the UK, Ireland and Spain, is building the property at Villiers Square on Fort Street. The site is 300 metres from the ferry terminal and close to […]
Project License’s hotel portfolio has been sold to Estee Group at a guide price of £14m.The portfolio comprises three regional hotels including two Holiday Inns in Dumfries and Darlington, alongside a Mercure in Sheffield Parkway, marking a combined total of 227 bedrooms. All three hotels benefit from “future upside potential”, ranging from providing redevelopment opportunities, […]
Quarry Walk Park, a 43-acre lodge and log cabin holiday park near Alton, Staffordshire, has been put up for sale with a guide price of £6m. The site includes 65 lodges, log cabins and glamping pods, and operates year-round. Planning permission is in place for a further 12 lodges, and infrastructure including hardstanding, roads and […]
Hyatt Place Tampa/Wesley Chapel, a LBA Hospitality managed hotel – Image Credit Quore Hotel management company updates its preventive maintenance processes across all hotels; Deployment of customized templates for building, life safety, mechanical, and guestroom preventive maintenance now complete Quore, a leading provider of workforce management solutions for hotels, announces the completion of a fully-customized […]
India’s InternaIndia’s Tourism Sector Hits New Highs: International Spend Reaches ₹3.1TN – Image Credit WTTC According to the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC), India’s international visitor spend reached a new high of ₹3.1 trillion in 2024, a 9% increase from the previous record set in 2019. This surge in spending is part of a […]
Phishing Scams on Booking.com: A Growing Concern for Travelers and Hotels – Image Credit Unsplash Milo Boyd of the Mirror reports that phishing scams targeting Booking.com users are increasingly sophisticated. These scams cause significant financial losses and undermine trust in the travel industry. These scams not only affect unsuspecting travelers but also place a heavy […]
HVS Report – A Look at the Washington, D.C., Lodging Market – By Christian Cross – Image Credit Unsplash+ New international tariff and trade negotiations are having far-reaching global implications, and the impacts of cuts initiated by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) are rippling throughout the country. These national and global decisions are also […]
Image Credit NYU International Hospitality Investment Forum The start of June always brings the industry together in New York City, and we HVS attendees enjoyed our time at the NYU International Hospitality Investment Forum this year. It was great to see many of you there and share our recent experiences in the industry. This article […]
Kristi Grotsch – Hotel Manager – Four Seasons Hotel Toronto – Image Credit Four Seasons Hotels Four Seasons Hotel Toronto announces the appointments of Kristi Grotsch as Hotel Manager and Dario Mazzoli as Director of Food and Beverage, adding two key leadership roles to the flagship property’s dynamic senior management team. Kristi joined Four Seasons […]
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