Hotel News

As growth slows, hotels are embracing experience, innovation, and agility to navigate a cautious, yet resilient, travel landscape in 2025

Asia hotels report: India down 20% because of spring jitters. Across APAC, Hyatt, Hilton, and IHG expand with 90+ properties.

The conflict with Pakistan might have led to the Indian hotel industry declining in May month-on-month, but it does not seem to have derailed the sector from its long-term ascent.

We have our first Filipino lodging stock trading in the U.S. as Hotel101, which went public via a merger with a SPAC.

Hotel101 plans to operate 1 million rooms across 100 countries, which seems ambitious for a company that just saw its market cap get cut by two-thirds on day one of public trading. But hey, dream big.

Neil Jacobs is stepping down as CEO of Six Senses. After 13 years in the role, he is setting out on a new adventure. Plus, APAC hotel development news.

Hyatt sells $2B Playa resort portfolio to Tortuga, partly backed by private equity firm KSL. Plus: Goldman exits $100m Greek project.

Sonder showed us how far you can push tech and design in urban hospitality. Selina pioneered community-driven, affordable stays for new generations of travelers. Both deserve more than a footnote on innovation in travel.

Neil Jacobs fundamentally redefined ultra-luxury resorts by positioning Six Senses with themes of wellness and environmental stewardship. This created a new market category that many rival brands have been emulating.

After selling these 15 resorts, Hyatt will once again look less like a real-estate company and more like a capital-light services business. It will be less likely to get clobbered during a downturn from volatile cash flows tied to depreciating assets.