Spotlight Series: Essex Hotel Management
Essex Hotel Management, led by President Barbara Purvis and Business Development Director Christopher Wietig, was featured in Hotel Business' Spotlight Series. The interview highlighted how Essex differentiates itself from other operators through a data‑centric approach and a transparent owner partnership model. The firm offers third‑party management services that leverage artificial intelligence for pricing, operational efficiency, and guest experience. Essex’s technology stack, including predictive analytics and IoT, positions it to meet evolving market demands.
Noble Promotes Seven Executives Across Its Platform
Noble Investment Group announced the promotion of seven executives across its asset management, design and development, capital markets, and client solutions units. Jeff Pennington and Denise Kauble were elevated to vice‑president roles overseeing financial planning and asset management, respectively. New...
Extended Stay America Suites Expands in Houston
Extended Stay America opened a new Extended Stay America Suites in Houston’s Galleria district, adding a 146‑room property owned by SAI RAM Galleria LLC. The brand highlights its strategy of expanding in high‑barrier, high‑demand urban submarkets that serve corporate, healthcare...
JLL Arranges Refinancing for Tri-Branded Marriott Property in Nashville
JLL’s Hotels & Hospitality Group arranged a five‑year refinancing loan for the Marriott Nashville Tri‑Brand, a 506‑room hotel owned by North Point Hospitality. The property, one of only two tri‑brand Marriott hotels in the United States, combines AC, Residence Inn and...
Marriott Names Federico Greppi President, CALA
Marriott International has appointed Federico Greppi as president of its Caribbean and Latin America (CALA) division, marking the first time a Latin American leads the region. Greppi, formerly CALA COO and previously CFO overseeing franchise operations, succeeds Brian King, who...
3H Group Secures Financing for Renaissance Dallas North Hotel Renovation
3H Group and Dallas Lodging Associates secured a five‑year floating‑rate loan from Western Alliance Bank, arranged by JLL Hotels & Hospitality, to fund a comprehensive renovation of the Renaissance Dallas North Hotel in Las Colinas. The 337‑room, 12‑story property, featuring...
Renaissance Framingham Hotel & Conference Center Opens
Colwen Hotels and XSS Hotels have completed a multi‑year renovation of the historic Castle Hotel in Framingham, Massachusetts, unveiling the Renaissance Framingham Hotel & Conference Center. The property anchors the new Framingham Hotel Collection, a three‑brand campus that includes a...
The Cooper Debuts on Charleston Waterfront
Beemok Hospitality Collection has launched The Cooper, a 191‑room waterfront hotel in Charleston featuring 25 suites and over 20,000 square feet of meeting and event space. Designed by Champalimaud Design, the property blends Lowcountry craftsmanship with residential‑style guestrooms, many offering...
WorldHotels Appoints Jennifer Parks as VP, Development – North America
WorldHotels has appointed Jennifer Parks as Vice President of Development for North America, where she will steer the expansion of the BWH Hotels brand. Reporting to President Ron Pohl, Parks will coordinate with owners and partners to grow the portfolio...
PMI Promotes Laura Herzog to COO/EVP
Purchasing Management International (PMI) has promoted Laura Herzog to Chief Operating Officer and Executive Vice President. In her expanded role, Herzog will steer operational strategy, drive execution across the firm, and reinforce PMI’s commitment to exceptional client service and accountability. CEO...
G6 Hospitality Launches Procurement Platform
G6 Hospitality, the parent of Motel 6 and Studio 6, has unveiled G6 Marketplace, an enterprise‑grade procurement platform for its US and Canada franchise network. The digital hub consolidates suppliers, inventory, pricing and ordering, allowing franchisees to source supplies, lock...
Hyatt Names Julienne Smith Head of Americas Growth
Hyatt Hotels Corporation has appointed Julienne Smith as head of Americas growth, tasking her with expanding the brand portfolio across North America, Latin America, and the Caribbean. Smith will drive growth for Hyatt’s Luxury, Lifestyle, Classics and Essentials brands while...
Core Brands Powering Expansion
Choice Hotels International’s core brands are powering a rapid expansion, driven by strong conversion rates in the midscale segment. The company’s development team, led by SVP Jason Cowan, highlighted a streamlined renovation process that shortens downtime for property owners. Brand...
Roomiy Finance Launches NOI-as-a-Service Platform
Roomiy Finance, a prepaid distribution platform for hotels, has introduced NOI-as-a-Service, a profitability product that converts future room nights into predictable cash flow without adding debt. The service works alongside existing revenue‑management systems and charges a single flat fee, eliminating...
Bridge and Kalibri Enter Strategic Partnership
Bridge Marketplace and Kalibri have formed a strategic partnership to embed Kalibri’s AI‑powered hotel market data into Bridge’s investment platform. The collaboration gives hotel owners, lenders, and brands direct access to real‑time performance metrics, RevPAR composition, and demand segmentation within...
Dreamscape Hospitality Adds Courtyard by Marriott Bradenton Sarasota/Riverfront
Dreamscape Hospitality announced it will manage the Courtyard by Marriott Bradenton Sarasota/Riverfront, a 153‑room waterfront hotel in downtown Bradenton. The property offers river views, an outdoor pool, fitness center, The Bistro, and flexible meeting space, and is located near the...
Stonebridge Names Skip Adams VP, F&B
Stonebridge Hotels has appointed Skip Adams as Vice President of Food & Beverage, tasking him with steering the strategic direction and operational performance of F&B programs across its portfolio. Adams brings nearly three decades of leadership in luxury resorts, full‑service...
Kolter Hospitality Unveils Fort Lauderdale Hyatt Place Renovation
Kolter Hospitality has completed a multimillion‑dollar renovation of the Hyatt Place Fort Lauderdale Cruise Port and Convention Center. All 126 guest rooms were refreshed with new carpet, paint, furnishings and fully renovated bathrooms. Public areas—including the lobby, pool deck and...
OTH Hotels Resorts Adds Two Gettysburg Properties
OTH Hotels Resorts has taken over management of the Courtyard Gettysburg and Wyndham Gettysburg, adding roughly 400 guestrooms to its portfolio. The Courtyard offers 152 rooms and 2,000 square feet of meeting space, while the Wyndham provides 248 rooms and...
TPG Hotels & Resorts Reveals Renovation, Repositioning of Voco College Station Aggieland
TPG Hotels & Resorts has completed a full renovation and repositioning of the 166‑room voco College Station Aggieland, formerly a Tryp Hotel by Wyndham, near Texas A&M University. The property now operates under IHG’s voco brand, featuring modern guest rooms,...
Peachtree Originates $18M in Financing for Byways Portfolio
Peachtree Group has originated $18 million of financing for the Byways Hospitality portfolio, comprising $12 million of USDA‑backed bridge loans and $6 million of Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy (C‑PACE) financing. The capital supports acquisition and renovation of three historic West Texas hotels—Holland...
OysterLink: U.S. Hospitality Shows Cautious Readiness for 2026 World Cup
With less than 100 days to the 2026 FIFA World Cup, U.S. hoteliers are tempering earlier optimism as OysterLink’s analysis predicts a modest 1.7% rise in national RevPAR. Early booking data show many FIFA‑allocated room blocks filling at only about...
Travis Murray Appointed MXR Hospitality EVP, Operations
MXR Hospitality has named former McNeill Hotel Company president Travis Murray as its first executive vice president of operations. Murray will oversee the hotel portfolio’s day‑to‑day management, brand and owner relationships, and drive growth of MXR’s third‑party property‑management business. He...
PM Hotel Group Promotes Fran Owen to SVP, Sales
PM Hotel Group has elevated longtime sales leader Fran Owen to senior vice president of sales, giving her oversight of commercial initiatives across its full‑service and select‑service brands. Owen, who joined the firm in 2014 and spent more than seven...
Mike Schnaare Promoted to Lawrence Group CEO/President
Design firm Lawrence Group has promoted longtime president Mike Schnaare to president and CEO, while co‑founder Steve Smith moves to executive chairman. Schnaare, with the firm since 1997 and a leader of its healthcare practice, has driven over $40 million in...
The Vanderpump Hotel in Las Vegas to Open in May
Lisa Vanderpump’s first hotel, The Vanderpump Hotel, will open on the Las Vegas Strip in May 2026, replacing the former Cromwell property. The boutique resort will offer 188 guest rooms and suites designed with moss‑green and lilac tones, gold and...
Hosted PBX in Hospitality: What Hotel Owners Should Re-Evaluate in 2026
Hotel operators are re‑examining their hosted PBX deployments as 2026 brings new operational demands. While hosted systems eliminated on‑site hardware, many still mirror legacy PBX architectures, limiting flexibility for modern integrations. Cost predictability is eroding due to scaling licensing fees...
Allegretto Vineyard Resort Joins Preferred Hotels & Resorts
Allegretto Vineyard Resort has joined Preferred Hotels & Resorts' L.V.X. Collection, the luxury tier of the independent hotel group. The 170‑room Paso Robles property offers a Mediterranean piazza, art gardens, estate‑grown wines, a farm‑to‑table restaurant, spa, and music‑focused wellness programming....
Ramada Hotel in Jacksonville, FL, Sold for $13.5M
Kabani Hotel Group brokered the sale of the vacant Ramada by Wyndham Jacksonville I‑95 for $13.5 million to an undisclosed nonprofit buyer. The hotel was delivered empty, reflecting negative cash flow, and the buyer intends to convert the building into veteran...
Donohoe Hospitality Services Promotes Two Executives
Donohoe Hospitality Services promoted Jeremy Huvard to vice president of sales and marketing and Malcolm Mitchell to vice president of restaurants and bars. Huvard, a 25‑year sales veteran, will now steer portfolio‑wide sales, revenue and marketing strategies. Mitchell, a chef‑author...
Embassy Suites Dallas Love Field Changes Hands
Hunter Advisors brokered the sale of the Embassy Suites by Hilton Dallas Love Field to Scenic Capital Advisors. The eight‑story, 248‑suite hotel adjacent to Dallas Love Field Airport was sold by FelCor Dallas Love Field Owner LLC. Scenic Capital plans...
Concord Hospitality Expands Full-Service, Lifestyle Portfolios
Concord Hospitality announced a 2026 expansion of its full‑service management portfolio, opening the Hilton Jacksonville at Mayo Clinic and assuming control of South Shore Harbour Resort & Conference Center, Texas’ largest waterside resort. The company also grew its Opus Collection,...
Report: Hotel AI Adoption Surges with 82% Expanding Use in 2026
Canary Technologies’ 2026 global study shows hotels moving from AI experimentation to full‑scale implementation. Seventy‑one percent of hospitality IT leaders say AI is already transformative, while 85% plan to devote at least 5% of their IT budgets to AI tools...
Debra Centurion Joins The Rainemaker Company
The Rainmaker Company announced the appointment of Debra Centurion as Director of New Business Development. Centurion brings over 30 years of hospitality sales experience, including leadership of her own consulting firm that represented FF&E manufacturers. Her expertise spans hotel brands,...
U.S. Hotel Results for Week Ending March 14
The U.S. hotel sector posted solid year‑over‑year gains for the week of March 8‑14, according to CoStar data. Occupancy rose to 65.7%, ADR climbed to $167.97, and RevPAR jumped 5.6% to $110.29. San Francisco posted the strongest performance, with occupancy up 22.1%...
The Compliance and Security Risks of Uncontrolled Hotel Communication
Hotel staff increasingly rely on personal messaging apps, creating fragmented communication channels that jeopardize guest data and operational efficiency. This lack of centralized control makes it difficult to track conversations, enforce access policies, and meet regulatory standards such as GDPR...
Ani Gujrathi Joins Otelier as Chief Technology & Product Officer
Otelier has appointed Ani Gujrathi as chief technology & product officer, consolidating its engineering, product, data, UX and cloud operations under a single leader. Gujrathi arrives with more than two decades of B2B SaaS experience, most recently scaling Conexiom to...
Agentic Hospitality Launches AI Connectivity Platform for Hotel Reservations
Agentic Hospitality unveiled the TravelOS Model Context Protocol (MCP) Server, an AI connectivity platform that links hotel central reservation and property management systems directly to AI assistants and conversational interfaces. The middleware streams real‑time availability, rates, and policies into AI...
Outrigger Names Steve Nickerson VP, Operations – The Americas
Outrigger Hospitality Group has appointed Steve Nickerson as Vice President of Operations for the Americas. In his new role, Nickerson will supervise hotel operations across the region, driving service excellence, financial results, and alignment with brand standards. He arrives from...
HHP Acquires Hilton DFW Lakes Executive Conference Center
Highline Hospitality Partners (HHP) has purchased the Hilton DFW Lakes Executive Conference Center, a 397‑room hotel on 29 lakeside acres near Dallas‑Fort Worth International Airport. The acquisition expands HHP’s portfolio to 18 hotels, more than 5,000 rooms and roughly $1.5 billion...
F&B Is a Recipe for Success
Hotel food and beverage (F&B) has evolved from a basic amenity to a strategic differentiator that shapes a property’s identity and profitability. Curated dining concepts, entertainment, and experiential programming turn hotels into destinations that attract both travelers and local patrons....
LBA Hospitality Adds Two Hotels in Mississippi to Portfolio
LBA Hospitality has added two Hilton Garden Inn properties in Mississippi— a 90‑room hotel in Hattiesburg and a 70‑room hotel in Biloxi—to its management portfolio. The Hattiesburg addition expands LBA’s presence in a market where it already operates two hotels,...
Hot Off the Press — March 2026
Hotel Business’s March 2026 issue spotlights food‑and‑beverage strategy, with Colicchio Consulting guiding hoteliers on menu and service planning. The cover story is complemented by a Central Perk sidebar and features on Morrissey Hospitality and the AI‑centric Otonomus Hotel in Las Vegas. Additional...
HB Exclusive: Enseo Introduces New Corporate Identity
Enseo, a 26‑year hotel technology provider, unveiled a new corporate identity to signal its strategic evolution from hardware manufacturer to an integrated software platform. The rebrand highlights a unified solution that merges in‑room entertainment, managed Wi‑Fi, marketing tools, property monitoring...
Regional Banks Are Lending on Hotels Again: What Middle-Market Borrowers Need to Know
Regional banks are re‑entering hotel financing, offering mid‑6% coupons and up to 70% loan‑to‑value on stabilized middle‑market assets. Deposit growth of roughly $900 billion since 2023 has restored banks' funding capacity, prompting a selective but aggressive lending approach. Compared with CMBS...
Garner Becomes Fastest-Scaling Global Brand for IHG
Garner, IHG's midscale conversion brand, has opened 100 hotels worldwide since its August 2023 debut, making it the fastest‑scaling brand in the company’s history. A pipeline of roughly 80 additional properties will almost double its footprint, extending the brand to...
Red Roof Reports Success in 2025
Red Roof announced that 2025 was a transformative year, positioning the brand for profitable growth through operational excellence, technology upgrades, and heightened franchise demand. The company lifted market share, with The Red Collection gaining 2% and Red Roof Inn 1.1%,...
Choice Hotels’ Ascend Collection Surpasses 500 Openings
Choice Hotels’ Ascend Collection has crossed the 500‑property threshold, highlighted by recent openings such as The Harrison Hotel in Florida and The Gould Hotel in New York. The brand now boasts a pipeline of 70 additional properties in key U.S....
WoodSpring Suites Opens in St. Peters, MO
WoodSpring Suites opened its new extended‑stay hotel in St. Peters‑O’Fallon, Missouri, under Aimbridge Hospitality’s management. The property targets travelers on multi‑week assignments, such as healthcare professionals, project workers and relocators, offering full kitchens, noise‑reducing construction, and on‑site laundry. Additional amenities...
Coast Hotels Debuts Coast Edson Hotel
Coast Hotels Limited, a subsidiary of APA Hotel Canada, has opened the Coast Edson Hotel, marking its seventh property owned by Mundi Hotel Enterprises in Alberta. The 69‑room hotel sits on the Yellowhead Highway, catering to business travelers, outdoor enthusiasts,...