IHG Signs 101-Key Holiday Inn Resort in Luang Prabang
IHG has signed the 101-key Holiday Inn Resort Luang Prabang Naluang Hill with Naluang International Resort and Hotel Limited. The resort opens in 2027 and lifts IHG's Laos count to three hotels.
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Delano Tower: Which Promises Bind at Handover and Which Do Not
The sales disclosure carries a revocable brand licence. The release names finishes, amenities and an owner platform, and publishes no operating standard for the tower.
IHCL Puts 280 Hotels in Development Behind a 390-Hotel Operating Base
IHCL signed 47 hotels and opened 20 in the first half of FY2027, leaving 280 hotels in the development pipeline behind 390 operating against a 700-hotel Accelerate 2030 target.
Kempinski Loses Its Group CEO and Four C-Suite Colleagues
Barbara Muckermann has left the group chief executive role after nearly two and a half years, with the CFO, CHRO, chief development officer and chief brand officer also gone. Sources told Skift the owners have sought a financial buyer.
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Hilton Moves to Nasdaq on a 9,453-Property Record
Hilton transfers its principal listing to Nasdaq on 5 November 2026 and pairs the announcement with a growth record running from 4,080 properties in 2013 to 9,453 at 30 June 2026.
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Caribbean Pipeline's Named Schemes Set Completions From 2027 to 2029
HVS counts more than 200 Caribbean hospitality projects at its October 2026 snapshot and names the schemes behind the count. The delivery set runs from a 2027 Barbados opening to a 2029 Bahamas resort.
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Iconic Hotels appoints Michelle Walder group operations director
Michelle Walder, head of operations for Hyatt's lifestyle group in EAME, becomes group director of operations at Iconic Hotels & Resorts.
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Festival volunteers get free admission and one shirt a day
The volunteer page lists five benefits, two tied to the day worked, and its 2027 intake link opens a form closed since the 2026 festival.
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A Revoked Term Sheet Behind Miami-Dade's Largest Live Local Project
$880 million, seven towers, 4,032 attainable units and county approval in August 2025. The roughly $600 million construction loan has not closed.
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Guild Hotels takes the guest name and keeps the Radisson channel
Axiom Hospitality moved three London hotels to its Guild Hotels name on 14 October 2026. All 617 rooms stay on the Radisson network and in Radisson Rewards.
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