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Hyatt Hotels Corporation (NYSE: H) today announced a new record pipeline of approximately 148,000 rooms as of year-end 2025, driven by strong and sustained development interest across Hyatt’s five distinct brand portfolios. Hyatt’s evolution to an insights-led and brand-focused organization resonates with owners and developers who continue to choose Hyatt’s premier brands, contributing to a 7% increase in Hyatt’s pipeline compared to 2024.

Hilton marked another remarkable year of growth in 2025, adding nearly 800 hotels and 100,000 new rooms to its global portfolio, representing full-year net unit growth of 6.7%.

Global business travel professionals are cautiously optimistic as the industry enters the year ahead ─ despite concerns over balancing travel budgets with costs, traveler safety and satisfaction, and potentially stricter U.S. border and visa requirements.

As exclusive agent, HVS Hodges Ward Elliott is pleased to have successfully completed the sale of the W London Leicester Square in the UK on behalf of a private Middle Eastern investor. The price, as well as the identity of the purchaser, are confidential. The freehold property occupies a prime island site on Leicester Square in London’s West End. Completed in 2011, the scheme comprises the 192 room W Hotel, 11 duplex residences and a 3,228 sqm retail unit occupied by M&M’s. The hotel also features a restaurant and bar, two meeting rooms, a screening room and a spa, as well as an additional restaurant let to Burger & Lobster.

B3 Designers has delivered the design direction for The Hobson Cambridge by Adina, the brand’s first UK property, transforming the historic Grade II-listed Hobson House into a contemporary apartment hotel that reflects Adina’s design-led approach to modern, flexible living.

Hyatt Hotels Corporation (NYSE: H) celebrated the opening of Hyatt Regency Vilamoura Algarve today, marking the newest addition to the Hyatt Regency brand portfolio in Portugal. Following the rebranding of the former Dom Pedro Vilamoura, the hotel is now managed by DETAILS – Hospitality, Sports, Leisure, the management platform of Arrow Global in Portugal.

Colliers International is a global real estate services firm, but in hospitality it increasingly functions as a strategic translator between owners, lenders, and shifting traveller demand. In this Brand Insiders conversation, Mark Owens, Hospitality Practice Group Leader and Vice Chairman at Colliers International, explains how the firm “span[s] the gamut” of hotel advisory, from investment sales and debt restructuring to joint venture equity and consulting. Across the discussion, Owens connects capital markets realities with an industry that is still being reshaped by experiential demand, new destination discovery, and the economics of delivering differentiated stays.

Artificial intelligence has rapidly shifted from an emerging concept to a business imperative for hotel owners—and now the focus is on adopting AI at scale. Findings from Wyndham Hotels & Resorts’ newly released, second-annual, Owner Trends Report show the industry has reached an AI inflection point: hotel owners and developers are embracing AI but are increasingly in need of greater guidance on how to convert early adoption into long-term returns.

Remember when business travel meant fluorescent lights, lukewarm room service, and a “business center” with one lonely, dusty printer?

Hospitality Financial and Technology Professionals (HFTP®) and Hospitality Upgrade are pleased to announce that program planning for the upcoming Executive Vendor Summit (EVS) has begun and the opportunity for hospitality vendor executives to register their interest is now available. This exclusive event, designed specifically for C-level vendor executives within the hospitality technology sector, will take place at the historic Hilton Fort Worth. Industry leaders are invited for this unique occasion to shape the future of hospitality technology in an intimate, high-level setting.