Hyatt to Debut The Unbound Collection in Thailand
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Hyatt is bringing two hotels in The Unbound Collection by Hyatt brand to Thailand. Plus more hotel deal and development news.
CBRE’s second annual Top 10 Hotel Owners and Operators Report for Australia and New Zealand benchmarks the largest hotel groups by room counts and also introduces exclusive sentiment insights from senior executives across the sector. On the owners' side, Meriton retains the top spot with 6,211 rooms despite slowing growth and a reduced pipeline. CBRE said Millennium and Copthorne advanced one place to 7th position, expanding their portfolio to 18 hotels and 3,148 rooms. Accor remains the dominant operator, managing 65,075 rooms, more than four and a half times the next largest operator. Accor expanded its network by almost 1,700 rooms and added five hotels, bringing its total footprint to 406 properties. EVT and Meriton appear on both the Top 10 Owners and Operators lists. In terms of industry sentiment, CBRE said 82% of executives expressed a somewhat optimistic outlook for the second half of 2025 and into 2026. 64% said they plan to expand their portfolios through
