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SH Hotels & Resorts is rebranding as Starwood Hotels, reviving the iconic name founded by Barry Sternlicht.

Hyatt announced Hyatt Select, a new upper-midscale brand, and celebrated the opening of its first Hyatt Studios location.

The Q4 2024 Global Hotel Construction Pipeline Trend Report shows a record-high global hotel construction pipeline, led by the U.S. and China, and forecasts continued growth through 2026.

CoStar forecasts modest U.S. RevPAR and ADR growth through 2027—with luxury and upper upscale segments leading—despite real RevPAR remaining below 2019 levels.

U.S. hotel construction surged in Q4 2024, reaching 6,378 projects and 746,986 rooms, with strong year-over-year growth and continued expansion projected through 2026.

Truist downgraded Playa Hotels & Resorts to Hold, seeing an increased likelihood of a Hyatt acquisition that could boost Hyatt’s share price as PLYA nears its $13 target.

Choice Hotels International is expanding its portfolio of solutions for its extended-stay hotel conversions with the introduction of Lobby in a Box, a modular design package.

Hyatt Hotels Corporation is expanding its luxury and lifestyle hotel portfolio with over 20 recent and planned openings across the U.S., Canada, Latin America, and the Caribbean through 2025.

A proposed bill in New York City aims to ban nonunion hotels from outsourcing key functions, potentially disrupting hotels that subcontract consumer-facing work to firms that pay employees lower wages for tasks like housekeeping and security.

The DJIA ended Friday down 40 points while Nasdaq was down 126, the S&P 500fell 22 points and the 10 year treasury yield was up .06 to 4.34%. Lodging stocks had a good day despite…