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Marriott Just Promised 4,500 Rooms Across Eight Brands in Two Vietnamese Cities. That's Not Strategy. That's a Buffet. Every Major Hotel Brand Just Flooded Vietnam. The Owners Who Flagged First Will Wish They'd Waited. A Casino Resort Spent $500K on March Madness Promos. The Real Question Is What the Tech Stack Looked Like at 2 AM. Barcelona Is Killing 10,000 Short-Term Rentals. Every European Hotelier Should Be Watching. Sandals Is Spending $200M to Renovate Three Resorts. The Hurricane Made Them Do It Right. Choice Hotels' 2026 Guidance Is Basically Flat. And Wall Street Already Noticed. 16,000 Keys Across Four Countries. One Guy's Building a Pan-Asian Hotel Empire Most Americans Haven't Noticed. Marriott Just Promised 4,500 Rooms Across Eight Brands in Two Vietnamese Cities. That's Not Strategy. That's a Buffet. Every Major Hotel Brand Just Flooded Vietnam. The Owners Who Flagged First Will Wish They'd Waited. A Casino Resort Spent $500K on March Madness Promos. The Real Question Is What the Tech Stack Looked Like at 2 AM. Barcelona Is Killing 10,000 Short-Term Rentals. Every European Hotelier Should Be Watching. Sandals Is Spending $200M to Renovate Three Resorts. The Hurricane Made Them Do It Right. Choice Hotels' 2026 Guidance Is Basically Flat. And Wall Street Already Noticed. 16,000 Keys Across Four Countries. One Guy's Building a Pan-Asian Hotel Empire Most Americans Haven't Noticed.

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Hotel pipeline

2 stories · First covered Mar 12, 2026 · Latest Mar 27

Hotel pipeline Coverage

Hyatt Poached IHG's Top Dealmaker. That's Not a Hire. That's a Declaration.

Development Primary

Mar 27

Hyatt Poached IHG's Top Dealmaker. That's Not a Hire. That's a Declaration.

Julienne Smith spent six years building IHG's Americas development pipeline before returning to Hyatt with a mandate to scale Essentials brands into secondary markets. If you're an independent owner in a tertiary market who thought the big flags weren't coming for you, this is the wake-up call you didn't want.

EV

Elena Voss 3 min read · Mar 27

New York's Hotel Math Has a Borough Problem Nobody Wants to Price

Operations

Mar 12

New York's Hotel Math Has a Borough Problem Nobody Wants to Price

Manhattan RevPAR climbed 7.1% in the first half of 2025 while outer borough segments dropped up to 4.4%. Same city, two completely different P&Ls.

JC

Jordan Chen 2 min read · Mar 12