Hotel Designs

APRIL 28, 2025

The brands current pipeline includes three under-construction hotels totalling over 600 rooms that are anticipated to open by mid-2026, with the prospect of significant additional growth across Marriotts global regions over the next decade. Europe, and Asia Pacific, including gateway cities like New York, London, Paris, and Rome.

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Hotel Management

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Geelongs largest hotel, a $120 million Crowne Plaza, has marked a milestone in construction with the topping out ceremony held on Wednesday. Fully funded by Plenary Group and operated by IHG under the Crowne Plaza brand, the 200-room hotel is slated to be completed and operational in early-2026.

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Hotel Management

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Dezign, a third-generation construction, fitout, and FF&E company, was founded by the Pridham family in 1969. As a multi-disciplinary in-house design studio, Dezign seamlessly integrates design, construction, and delivery capabilities for hotel and hospitality projects.

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Hotel Business

APRIL 28, 2025

Marriott International has reached an agreement to acquire the lifestyle, select-service brand citizenM. At closing of the transaction, Marriott will pay $355 million to acquire the brand and related intellectual property. “I envisage this relationship will greatly enhance citizenM’s global reach and brand impact. .

Branding 59

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Hotel Management

JANUARY 14, 2025

Punthill South Yarra Grand, operated by Veriu Group, has unveiled its first major refurbishment since opening in 2009. We acquired the Punthill brand in 2018. The Yarra Street hotel has been under works for over two months, with the cost amounting to almost AU$1.4

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Lodging

MARCH 19, 2025

The new construction prototype balances guest comfort with operational efficiency, offering two scalable configurations: a four-story, 122-key layout and a three-story, 89-key layout.

Construction 130

Construction Operations Marketing Market 130

Hotel Management

JANUARY 9, 2024

2023 was a pivotal year for RHG where we expanded our relationship with key partners and operators. In the Philippines, we expanded our decade-long partnership with SM Hotels and Conventions Corp through a Master Development Agreement to reach 20 hotels by 2028 from six hotels in operation today.

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Hotel Management

AUGUST 1, 2024

When Marriott acquired Starwood in 2016, Marriott operated just six hotels in the Australia Pacific region. Right now, Marriott can state without challenge that we operate the newest, best, and highest performing hotels in our region. Importantly though, it’s not the number of hotels that is defining our growth, but the quality.

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Hotel Management

AUGUST 17, 2023

Construction of the long-awaited, AU$250 million Avani Hotel in Mooloolaba, Queensland is set to start in September in a major boost for tourism to the Sunshine Coast. KPAT Managing Director, Kenneth Wagner, said they were thrilled to be starting construction on the hotel in the coming weeks. “We

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Hotel Management

AUGUST 9, 2023

A joint venture partnership between property developer Time and Place and MaxCap Group, the 188-room hotel marks the creation of a unique hotel brand, the Hannah St. Hotel, which will operate under the Collection by TFE Hotels brand. Price said the Collection by TFE Hotels brand was a natural choice for the project.

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Hotel Management

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

EVT Hotels and Resorts is set to bring the Rydges brand to Fiji with the signing of a 258-room new-build resort. This partnership is an exciting development for Rydges and continues EVT Hotels and Resorts strategic focus on brand expansion, in both local and targeted international markets,” said Arundel.

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Hotel Management

MARCH 30, 2023

The Ascott Limited’s co-living brand lyf is eyeing its third location in Australia, with a new property in Sydney expected to be announced soon. Earlier this week, Ascott Australia Managing Director, David Mansfield, welcomed over 100 guests to discover the brand at an event at lyf Collingwood Melbourne.

Construction 246

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Hotel Management

OCTOBER 20, 2024

DCOH, formerly the Halikos Group, is a family-run business and one of the region’s largest privately-owned construction, real estate and hospitality providers. Trilogy will focus on driving efficiencies across hotel operations with teams working together under the same owner.

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Hotel Designs

DECEMBER 23, 2024

During the discussion, these heavyweight design directors each shared their invaluable perspective on hotel design, brand differentiation, and the ever important role and effect of hospitality design on guest experience plus some bonus advice for designers on the pitching process too. “Each brand is different and has its own place.

Branding 59

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Hotel Management

APRIL 2, 2024

A partnership with prominent Canberra developer Tony Pan of TP Dynamics, will see the construction of a new-build hotel in the nation’s capital, slated to open in the first quarter of 2027. This growth of our brand across Australia is delivering a strong base for a future expansion of Crystalbrook Collection into overseas markets.”

Retail 276

Retail Dining Construction Hotels 276

Hotel Management

APRIL 11, 2024

Kypriotis brings over 20 years of hotel industry experience, having started her career with Stamford Hotels and Resorts and worked across various managerial positions within hotel operations at Accor. I am deeply honored and thrilled to introduce the 25hours brand to the Pacific region,” said Kypriotis.

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MediaBoom

MAY 9, 2023

Whether you’re looking for the most popular luxury brands or the most sustainable, having a list in front of you makes it easier to compare your options. What goes into ranking a brand? The luxury brands are then assigned a rank based on how well they adhere to this criteria. What Is a Luxury Brand?

Branding 133

Branding Shopping Retail Digital Marketing 133

Hotel Business

MAY 18, 2023

Over the last 12 months, new hotel construction projects, announced renovations and brand conversions continued to grow, with renovation and conversion activity hitting record highs quarter-over-quarter (QOQ). Renovation and brand conversion activity in the U.S. This activity is showing no signs of slowing.

Construction 98

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Hotel Management

JUNE 11, 2024

Brent Hill, Tourism Fiji Leading figures from major hotel operators will take to the stage including Accor Chief Operating Officer PME – Pacific, Adrian Williams, and Outrigger Hospitality Group, President and CEO, Jeff Wagoner, alongside key owners such as Crowne Plaza Fiji Nadi Bay Resort and Spa Owner, Jay Singh.

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Hotel Business

APRIL 4, 2025

The brand now has 10 properties open across the country and is on track to have 25 hotels open by the end of the year, with 20 currently under construction. Across its four extended-stay brands, Choice has 515 hotels open and nearly 400 in the pipeline. It was designed by Woolpert and constructed by Buffalo Construction.

Construction 59

Construction Pipeline Casinos Branding 59

Hotel Management

JULY 31, 2023

IHG Hotels and Resorts is set to bring its premium accommodation brand Crowne Plaza to the Victorian city of Geelong, through a partnership with Plenary Group. The announcement comes ahead of the September opening of a 180-room Holiday Inn and Suites Geelong, which puts IHG on track to be the largest global hotel operator in the area.

Retail 246

Retail Tourism Resorts Pipeline 246

Hotel Business

MARCH 27, 2025

Highlights for the year included opening three newly constructed hotels totaling 435 rooms, as well as completing approximately $15.3 million in renovations across four of our Marriott-branded hotels. Internally, we continued to improve our technology platform and operational efficiencies.

Hospitality 86

Hospitality Branding Scale Construction 86

Hotel Management

MAY 2, 2023

The conference presented a deep dive into the world of hotel design and construction, from humble lead-free tap fittings to the ground-up construction of state-of-the-art environmentally efficient buildings. Just because a hotel brand enjoys success in an overseas market, doesn’t guarantee its success in Australia.

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Hotel Management

JANUARY 3, 2024

Malcolm Zancanaro, Hilton Sydney Image credit: www.scottehler.com Zancanaro takes over from Hayden Hughes who has relocated to Singapore to take up an internal promotion with the corporate team at Hilton International as Senior Director Brand Performance – Asia Pacific. “I

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Hotel Designs

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

InterContinental Hotels Group PLC (IHG) has announced the acquisition of premium urban lifestyle brand Ruby, its 20th brand, as it targets global expansion… Established in 2013, the Ruby brand currently operates 20 hotels (3,483 rooms) in major cities across Europe and has another 10 pipeline hotels (2,235 rooms).

Resorts 80

Resorts Hotels Branding Real Estate 80

Hotel Management

APRIL 30, 2024

Hilton is set to open its first modular hotel in Australia under its fast-growing Hilton Garden Inn brand. Located in Queensland’s north coast city of Townsville, the 190-room Hilton Garden Inn Townsville, which is slated for completion by early 2026, will operate under a management agreement with HHNQ Pty Ltd.

Construction 147

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Hotel Business

APRIL 28, 2025

We enjoy a long-standing relationship with Hilton that provides us with invaluable operational insights, and the DoubleTree by Hilton Washington Meadow Lands Casino Area marks our fourth branded hotel with the franchise company, as well as our second hotel in Pennsylvania.

Casinos 82

Casinos Hotels Construction Management 82

Hotel Management

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

The renowned brand has properties in the Maldives and Thailand and there could be more on the way, Soneva CFO and Deputy CEO Bruce Bromley , tells James Wilkinson in an exclusive global interview. Tell us about Soneva’s history as a brand. The Soneva brand was always premium brand of Six Senses portfolio.

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Resorts Branding Operations Business 147

Hotel Management

JULY 30, 2024

The Crystalbrook Sam project will create over 100 new jobs during the construction period, and an estimated 120 new jobs once the hotel is operational.” Today is an important milestone as we commence construction on our first hotel development for the Samaras Group,” said Group Chief Executive Officer, Chris Samaras. “We

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Hotel Management

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Veriu Collingwood is part of a mixed-use development with 95 studio apartments operating under the Veriu brand and 45 Built to Sell luxury residential apartments above us, which Tim Gurner has developed under the Atelier brand. But in terms of the cost of construction, it doesn’t help to solve that at all.

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eHotelier

JUNE 5, 2025

The newly-created role follows the successful opening of the  voco Zeal Exeter Science Park , IHG’s first branded net zero carbon hotel. The hotel has the target of being the first in Western Europe to achieve a BREEAM Outstanding rating in recognition of its sustainable approach to design, construction and overall fit out.  

Construction 52

Construction Revenue Management Intent Events 52

Hotel Business

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

To accommodate demand, cities like Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Miami, New Orleans, New York City, Orlando and San Diego have an abundance of new hotel construction, renovation and brand conversion activity underway. Through Q3 2023, New York also has the most new construction starts of any market in the U.S.

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SiteMinder

JUNE 5, 2025

What is hotel construction? Hotel construction refers to the process of designing, planning, financing , and building new hotel properties, or significantly renovating existing ones. Table of contents Why does hotel construction cost so much? Construction projects are notoriously prone to overruns.

Construction 52

Construction Management Hotels Operations 52

MediaBoom

AUGUST 6, 2024

A strong hotel brand is the cornerstone of enduring success. In fact, a strong brand can increase revenue by up to 23%. Investing in hotel branding is a strategic decision that can yield substantial returns. A strong hotel brand builds trust, loyalty, and a lasting impression, ultimately driving revenue and market share.

Branding 92

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Hotel Management

JUNE 18, 2024

will receive the exclusive rights to develop new vacation ownership clubs and products under the Accor Vacation Club brand across Asia Pacific, Middle East, Africa and Turkey, and Accor will receive a percentage of vacation ownership sales revenue as a licensing fee. Under the deal, Travel and Leisure Co.

Business 264

Business Real Estate Sales Travel 264

Hotel Business

MAY 30, 2025

Corvinos joins Hotel Equities following more than 15 years with Hilton, where he most recently served as SVP, development, architecture, design & construction for Latin America and the Caribbean. born CALA third-party operator serving the region with a fully embedded model.

Construction 59

Construction Hotels Operations Hospitality 59

Hotel Management

APRIL 23, 2025

In a panel session titled Design Decision Makers, hosted by Juliet Ashworth, Partner & Creative Director, CHADA, speakers will discuss the delicate dance between designer, brand, operator and owner, and who gets the final say on design decisions.

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