West Palm Beach Among Priciest Destinations in Florida, Survey Reveals
Cheaphotels.org | February 3, 2023
MIAMI, Feb. 3, 2023 -- West Palm Beach is the third most expensive destination in Florida for hotel stays, according to a new survey by CheapHotels.org. The survey compared hotel rates across 30 popular Florida destinations for the period February-March 2023 – typically the high season for most destinations in the Sunshine State. In West Palm Beach, travelers will have to spend an average of $425 per night for the most affordable double room. Only hotels located close to the beach (or in downtown) and rated at least 3 stars were considered for the survey. Only Sarasota and Marco Island, the latter a barrier island located...
MCR Acquires the Hilton Miami Airport Blue Lagoon
MCR | February 3, 2023
NEW YORK--MCR — the country’s 4th-largest hotel owner-operator — has acquired the Hilton Miami Airport Blue Lagoon, a 14-story hotel with 508 rooms in Miami, Florida. With a prime waterfront setting within the Blue Lagoon business park, the hotel is located just south of Miami International Airport (MIA). This is the company’s second hotel in the Miami airport submarket following the acquisition of the Hyatt Place Miami Airport East in December of 2022 and its tenth hotel in Florida. MIA is the busiest airport for international passengers and international freight in the U.S. and provides a hub for over 90 air carriers. Internati...
Credit Suisse Asset Management and Trinity Investments Acquire The Diplomat Beach Resort
Credit Suisse Asset Management | February 3, 2023
HOLLYWOOD, Fla.--A joint venture between non-US offered real estate funds managed by Credit Suisse Asset Management and real estate funds managed by Trinity Fund Advisors LLC, an affiliate of full-service private real estate investment firm Trinity Real Estate Investments LLC (“Trinity”), today announced the acquisition of The Diplomat Beach Resort in Hollywood, Florida from a Brookfield private real estate fund. The deal is one of the largest hotel acquisitions in the United States since August 2021. The new owners also announced the signing of a management agreement with Hilton to oversee the resort’s operations under the Curio Collec...
Hyatt House Orlando Airport Opens Bringing 156 Guestrooms to Orlando’s Gateway Village
Hyatt House | February 3, 2023
CHICAGO (February 3, 2023) – Hyatt Hotels Corporation (NYSE: H) today announced the opening of Hyatt House Orlando Airport, marking an all-new modern, extended-stay lodging option in Orlando’s Gateway Village while also expanding the Hyatt House brand’s footprint globally in markets that matter most to guests and World of Hyatt members. Owned by McKibbon Equities and managed by McKibbon Hospitality, Hyatt House Orlando Airport is conveniently located at the entrance of Orlando International Airport and will provide guests with the service and convenience of hotel living with the casual comforts of home. “We’re thrilled to offi...
Valor Hospitality Partners Appoints Chief Capital Officer, Global Principal and Chief Investment Officer
Valor Hospitality Partners | February 3, 2023
ATLANTA, February 3, 2023 – Valor Hospitality Partners, a global full-service hospitality firm, announced the appointments of Chief Capital Officer, Steve Cesinger as well as Chief Investment Officer and Global Principal, Brandon Hatfield today. Coupled with Valor’s Global Strategic plan and strong performance across the globe, these changes will allow the brand to continue executing the vision and projected growth to create meaningful experiences for guests. Global Co-Founder and Chief Investment Officer Steve Cesinger will assume his new role as Chief Capital Officer and will continue to build and nurture Valor’s strategic relati...
Anika Glenn Named New Director of Sales and Marketing at Kimpton Sylvan Hotel, Atlanta
February 3, 2023
The Kimpton Sylvan Hotel, a 1950s-era adaptive reuse boutique hotel in Atlanta’s Buckhead neighborhood, announces the hire of Anika Glenn as its new Director of Sales and Marketing. Glenn brings 15+ years of award-winning industry experience to the Sylvan, with her most recent role serving as the Director of Sales and Marketing for the Hyatt Regency Atlanta Perimeter at Villa Christina, where she implemented the hotel’s sales and marketing strategies and achieved the budgeted top line revenue for the hotel. Glenn brings a wealth of knowledge of the hospitality industry specializing in new hotel openings, luxury-boutique and lifestyle p...
Aspen Hospitality and CU Boulder Break Ground on Limelight Hotel Boulder
Aspen Hospitality | February 3, 2023
Aspen, Colo. (February 3, 2023) – Aspen Hospitality and the University of Colorado Boulder are pleased to announce that construction is beginning for the on-campus Limelight Hotel Boulder. The landmark conference center hotel property is slated to open in the summer of 2025. This groundbreaking is the culmination of years of collaboration between the City of Boulder, CU Boulder and numerous other stakeholders. Plans for a topping-off ceremony and celebration will be announced as construction progresses. The project website includes renderings and FAQs, and will provide ongoing updates on construction. As Boulder’s largest meeting and...
Tourism Tidbits: Reviewing Some of the Travel & Tourism Industry’s Basic Principles – Part Two of a Two-Part Series
Dr. Peter E. Tarlow | February 3, 2023
Dr. Peter Tarlow We began the year by reviewing some of the fundamental principles of a successful tourism business or industry. Tourism is multifaceted and despite the fact that there is no one form of tourism many of the industry’s basic principles hold true no matter in which aspect of the travel and tourism industry one works. Despite our cultural, linguistic, religious, and geographic differences human beings are basically the same around the world and the best principles of good tourism transcend cultures, languages, nations, and religious affiliation. Due to tourism’s unique ability to bring people together if use prop...
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West Palm Beach Among Priciest Destinations in Florida, Survey Reveals
MCR Acquires the Hilton Miami Airport Blue Lagoon
Credit Suisse Asset Management and Trinity Investments Acquire The Diplomat Beach Resort
Hyatt House Orlando Airport Opens Bringing 156 Guestrooms to Orlando’s Gateway Village
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