February 2022

In October, Accor closed its joint venture with Ennismore, establishing the world’s largest lifestyle hospitality company. Ennismore comprises 14 global hotel and co-working bran

WASHINGTON—U.S. Travel Association President and CEO Roger Dow delivered an assessment and vision for the U.S. travel industry at the association’s annual State of the Travel I

ARLINGTON, Virginia—Knowland released its monthly meetings and events data for January 2022. Meetings are up 350 percent year-over-year from January of 2021 while month-over-mont

NEW YORK—Steven Kratchman Architect P.C. has been appointed Architect of Record (AoR) by Burnett Equity, the new owner of the Martinique New York on Broadway hotel, to continue r

LOS ANGELES—BLLA, the Boutique Lifestyle Leaders Association, announced the leaders who are joining the BLLA Board of Advisors for 2022 to support top agenda items for the associ

PHILADELPHIA—GF Hotels & Resorts announced three leadership promotions within its internal executive team. John Rubino has been promoted to president, managed division, incl

CHICAGO—After a turbulent 2020, the hotel industry saw an acceleration into recovery in 2021, which is projected to continue, despite operational hurdles and inflationary pressur

HENDERSONVILLE, Tennessee—U.S. hotel performance increased slightly from the previous week and showed improvements over 2019 comparable data, according to STR’s latest data

HENDERSONVILLE, Tennessee—Gross operating profit for U.S. hotels reached 52 percent of the comparable 2019 level, according to STR‘s full-year 2021 P&L data release. S

ATLANTA—Hospitality Ventures Management Group (HVMG) announced that it added 16 hotels to its nationwide portfolio, bringing it to a total of 56 hotels with approximately 9,000 t