PMZ Closes $10.2M Loan on Staybridge Suites Pecos
PMZ Realty Capital closed a $10.2 million permanent loan on the Staybridge Suites Pecos, an all-suite West Texas hotel built for oil, gas and construction crews.
Markets
IHG adds six Greater China markets to Vignette Collection
IHG's October 15 release names six Greater China markets adding Vignette Collection hotels this year and eight named properties across three brand hallmarks.
Accor signs Novotel Brisbane City Centre at 80 Albert Street
Novotel Brisbane City Centre opens 1 November 2026 with 239 rooms at 80 Albert Street. The same rooms, telephone number and facilities already trade as Capri by Fraser Brisbane.
Star Mesa Capital Buys Ocean Point Inn in East Boothbay, Maine
JLL arranged the sale of the 61-room Ocean Point Inn in East Boothbay, Maine, to Star Mesa Capital. Lark stays on as operator, and the release gives no price.
IHCL signs a 215-key Gateway in Lucknow
IHCL signed a 215-key Gateway in Lucknow's Gomti Nagar with Kripanidhi Hospitality on 15 October, and its Uttar Pradesh total still reads 64 hotels with 27 under development.
CBRE lists the 85-room TownePlace Suites Findlay
CBRE is marketing the 85-room TownePlace Suites Findlay as fee-simple interest with no management agreement, on $78 trailing RevPAR and a 132 per cent index.
ITC Hotels Adds 104 Keys and 40,000 Sq Ft of Event Space in Manesar
ITC Hotels Limited will operate the 104-key Welcomhotel Manesar for Green Path Prop Mart LLP, adding 18,000 sq ft of indoor banquet space and 22,000 sq ft outdoors to the NCR group inventory. No opening date is published.
Grand Hyatt Indian Wells Refinances $210M at About $395,000 a Key
JLL Capital Markets arranged $210 million in refinancing through Citi for Trinity Investments on the 531-key Grand Hyatt Indian Wells Resort & Villas, a five-year floating-rate SASB CMBS loan secured on 45 acres in Riverside County.
JLL Arranges Three-Year Loan for AC Hotel Vancouver Waterfront
JLL's Hotels & Hospitality Group arranged a three-year loan with two one-year extension options for the 150-key AC Hotel Vancouver Waterfront at 333 W. Columbia Way in Vancouver, Washington. Vesta Hospitality is the borrower.
Nabli Hospitality Buys 97-Key Holiday Inn Express & Suites Katy
Nabli Hospitality LLC of Granite City, Illinois, bought the 97-key Holiday Inn Express & Suites Katy at 21010 Katy Freeway from 21010 Katy Freeway LLC of Houston. HVS Brokerage & Advisory ran the sale and closed it 49 days after contract.
HVS Asia Pacific: Osaka, Canberra and Seoul deals to 16 October
HVS's Asia Pacific bulletin for the week ending 16 October 2026 carries a 168-key Osaka disposal, two Canberra hotels and a KRW65 billion Seoul fund.
HVS Europe bulletin: six hotel deals in the week to 16 October 2026
HVS records six European hotel transactions for the week to 16 October 2026, across the United Kingdom, Switzerland, France and Germany. Bristol's 187-room hotel rebrands as Leonardo Royal, and a Dubai family office buys voco Lythe Hill out of administration.
Semiahmoo Resort in Blaine comes to market, offers due 30 October
Crystal Investment Property offers the 196-key Semiahmoo Resort, Golf & Spa in Blaine, Washington, for outright purchase or equity recapitalisation, with a call for offers on 30 October 2026.
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.
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.
Accor opens Finland with the Helka conversion to ibis Styles
Accor signed a franchise agreement to convert Helsinki's Hotel Helka into a 157-room ibis Styles opening in late 2027. The owner keeps the building and the operating company.
Hotel Equities Splits Sales and Revenue Seats Across Two Divisions
Hotel Equities put sales strategy under Daniel Ben-Efraim across the Destination Collection and Springboard Hospitality, and revenue management and distribution under Jenny Moore for the lifestyle division. The same week brought a chief marketing officer at Indigo Road and three more Portland hotels at PM Hotel Group.
LXR Opens The Den Bengaluru, Its First Hotel in India
Hilton has opened The Den Bengaluru under LXR Hotels & Resorts, the brand's first property in India and the second hotel Dan Hotels runs outside Israel.
Kempinski dates its Prague monastery hotel to early 2027
Kempinski will open Augustine Hotel, Prague in early 2027 inside the 13th-century Augustinian Monastery of St. Thomas. The property carries 101 rooms and 20 suites, and the group bought the asset in April 2026.
Pendry Tampa tops out at 38 storeys with 80 per cent of homes under contract
Pendry Hotels & Resorts and Two Roads Development topped off Pendry Tampa and Pendry Residences Tampa on 14 October 2026. The tower carries 218 hotel rooms and 190 residences, and the developer reports more than 80 per cent of the homes under contract.
The Plaza Closes for Four Years From January 2027
The Plaza Hotel closes for at least four years from January 2027 for facade restoration, taking 282 rooms off Fifth Avenue with no reopening date published.
Investors Sue Baker Hotel Partners Over the Mineral Wells Restoration
A business-court petition accuses The Baker Hotel Development Partners and manager Randy Nix of fraud in the $125 million restoration. Nix denies the claims, and every figure in the petition remains an allegation.
Chapitre Six Dates Bourbon Hotel Courchevel for 18 December
Chapitre Six set 18 December 2026 for the 31-room Bourbon Hotel in Courchevel 1850, the collection's second address in the Alps.
Tuan Sing Opens Opus Bay Batam in Phases From December
Tuan Sing Holdings opens Opus Bay in Batam in phases from December 2026, with a private ferry terminal and the 493-room Balmoral Tower first.
&Beyond to rebuild Xaranna as a nine-suite Delta lodge
&Beyond will rebuild Xaranna Okavango Delta Camp and reopen it in August 2027 as a nine-suite lodge inside a 90,500-hectare concession in Botswana's Okavango Delta.
CBRE Seeks Operator for a 184-Bedroom Dublin 2 Hotel Lease
CBRE is marketing an operator lease for a proposed 184-bedroom Clarendon Street hotel in Dublin 2 for Aviva Life and Pensions Ireland DAC, with planning consent outstanding.
Whitbread Holds Its Dividend and Backs the FY27 Outlook
Whitbread held its interim dividend at 36.4p, reported UK and Ireland accommodation sales up 4.5 per cent in the five weeks to 1 October, and faces a vote on 9 November.
Leonardo Hotels buys The Bristol Hotel for a Royal rebrand
The Bristol Hotel joins Leonardo Hotels UK and Ireland as the group's second Bristol property and its tenth UK Leonardo Royal, with a phased GBP 11.5 million refurbishment.
Aberdeen Airport Travelodge Guided at £1.6m in October Auction
Acuitus has entered the 40-bedroom Travelodge Aberdeen Airport as Lot 23 in its 29 October 2026 auction, guided at £1.6 million on a total rent of £224,204 a year and a tenant option to extend the lease to 2055.
Cedar Court Hotels Ends a Six-Year GBP 10m Yorkshire Programme
The group completed a GBP 10 million programme across its Harrogate, Bradford and Huddersfield hotels. Further bedroom upgrades and the conversion of underused meeting space into leased accommodation are planned.