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Hilton Snaps Up Graduate Hotels in $210 Million Deal: Consolidation Heats Up in Mid-Scale Market

Hotel Speak

Shaking up the mid-scale hotel market, Hilton has announced the acquisition of Graduate Hotels for a cool $210 million. The deal is expected to close in the second quarter of 2024, subject to regulatory approvals.

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Higher-End Chain Scale Projects Dominate the Middle East Hotel Construction Pipeline, Reaching Record Highs at Q3 Close

Hospitality Net

According to the Q3 2023 Middle East Construction Pipeline Trend Report from Lodging Econometrics (LE), at the end of the third quarter, the hotel construction pipeline in the region stands at 585 projects/139,582 rooms. Project counts in the region are up 9%, while room counts show a 3% increase year-over-year (YOY).

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Unscalable: How to Build Relationships at Scale

Anthony Iannarino

The application of technology to, well, everything, is driven by the idea of speed, scale, and predictability. Scaling the Unscalable. The first is super-transactional, where scale means eliminating friction, including price. There are three variables necessary to scale the unscalable: Trust, Value, and Caring.

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LE: Top chain scales in APAC hit peak project counts 

Hotel Business

At the Q4 close, projects currently under construction stand at 946 projects/210,559 rooms, up 5% by projects YOY. Projects in early planning reached a record count at Q4, closing the quarter at 640 projects/127,918 rooms, up 20% by projects and 14% by rooms YOY.

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Larger scale projects dominate Middle East in Q3

Hotel Business

At the close of the third quarter, projects presently under construction stand at 320 projects/87,149 rooms. Seventy-two percent of its pipeline is concentrated in the three highest chainscales: luxury, upper-upscale and upscale, which typically boasts larger scale projects.

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Three Chain Scales Hit Record-High Project Counts in Global Pipeline, Reports LE

Hotelier Magazine

Worldwide, at the close of the second quarter, there are 6,154 projects/1,108,498 rooms under construction, 3,679 projects/506,760 rooms scheduled to start within the next 12 months and 4,739 projects/694,980 rooms in the early-planning stage. Across the globe, the top countries by project count are the U.S.,

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Travel and Leisure Co acquires Accor Vacation Club for US$48.4 million

Hotel Management

The Sebel Palm Cove “By selling the business to a trusted and proven operator with significant scale, we will be able to grow the business and continue to drive outstanding hospitality experiences for Accor Vacation Club members.” The acquisition creates a new line of business for Travel and Leisure Co.

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