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Accor has announced repositioning plans for its Pullman Hotels & Resorts brand, with a focus on creating a new hotel experience for upscale international travelers. The European hotel group plans to add 71 hotels under the Pullman brand by 2020. Read More »
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Barcelona city officials are deriding a plan to develop a futuristic "space hotel" on a manmade island off the coast of Catalunya. U.S. developer Mobilona is proposing a $1.5 billion project that will... Read More »
Developers in Germany are offering apartments for sale in a massive housing development on the Baltic Sea first developed by Adolf Hitler as a vacation retreat for Nazi workers. Construction on the pr... Read More »
Nikki Beach, which promotes "the ultimate beach clubs," will open a new club on Ibiza in July, the brand's third location in Spain and ninth globally. Nikki Beach clubs attempt to combine "key element... Read More »
Global hotel chains reported a 5.1 percent increase in leisure bookings during the first quarter of 2013, according to new data from Pegasus Solutions. While bookings were aided by an early Easter hol... Read More »
Believe it or not, the sun has a heartbeat. And when the energy from this heartbeat reaches Earth, it results in the most spectacular light show on Earth - the Northern Lights, or Aurora Borealis. Thi... Read More »
The Frankfurt-based Pentahotels Groups plans to open five hotels in Belgium by the end of 2013, part of a move to expand the brand's portfolio by 70 percent this year. The Belgium expansion will inclu... Read More »
A clash of titans-style showdown is developing on the lush waterfront hills of Montenegro, the former Yugoslavian republic. Two different developers are proudly boasting of building "the first 18-hole... Read More »
European hotels posted mixed results in February as cold winter weather impacted travel, according to the latest STR Global data report. "Major airports saw delays and closures due to the winter storm... Read More »
The European press is buzzing with reports that the emir of Qatar has purchased six Greek islands for about €8.5 million ($11.1 million). Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, who reportedly likes to y... Read More »
Spain's economic woes are battering almost every sector of the property market--except Barcelona hotels. Revenue per available hotel room in Barcelona actually increased 7.6 percent in 2012 compared t... Read More »
At the Americas Lodging Investment Summit (ALIS) last week in Los Angeles, Jones Lang LaSalle's (JLL) Hotels & Hospitality Group reported five forces which will drive the hotel investment market durin... Read More »
According to STR Global, the European hotel industry posted mixed results in year-over-year metrics when reported in U.S. dollars, euros and British pounds for 2012. Read More »
According to STR Global and Tourism Economics, London and the overall UK region's hotel market is expected to enjoy both positive supply and demand growth in 2013. Supply in London is projected to inc... Read More »
According to STR Global, the Europe hotel industry opened 332 new hotels with 41,982 rooms in 2012. Read More »
Award-winning architects Dana Fry and Jason Straka are designing a new golf course at PGA of Italy National Resort and Spa. The new championship course, which is being designed under the auspices of w... Read More »
Paris-based Accor, one of the world's leading hotel operators, recently completed the sale of its Motel 6/ Studio 6 hotels in North America to an affiliate of Blackstone Real Estate Partners VII. Blac... Read More »
The Government of Montenegro recently announced the country will be getting its first PGA golf course development in Kavac, overlooking the Bay of Kotor. News of this major tourism magnet was made off... Read More »
These days, it's possible to see the classic Italy - of olive groves and vineyards, red-tiled roofs clustered in precariously-perched hillside villages, bustling piazzas, Impressionist colors, and, of... Read More »
Unlike America, finding a home on a golf course is not as commonplace in England. Or the rest of Great Britain for that matter. Fans of St Mellion International Golf Resort, however, now have a rare o... Read More »
Tucked away in an arctic corner of northern Russia is the Ponoi River, 250 miles of some of the best fly fishing in the world. Here, the Atlantic Salmon run so big and in such numbers that people come... Read More »
