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Choice Hotels has embedded AI across the full hospitality value chain with help from Amazon Web Services. Plus, hotel deal and development news.

Japan reported the highest monthly total of international visitors ever, despite an informal boycott by China. Plus, hotel deal and development news.

Sun Group and Marriott plan 10 new hotels in Vietnam, bringing W and Moxy brands to the country for the first time. Plus, more hotel deal and development news.

Queensgate, which ran Generator hotels in the U.S., is changing the branding. The Sheraton Atlantic City hotel will halve its 500 rooms for apartments despite casino industry objections to the conversion. Plus, more hotel deal and development news.

A developer plans to build an $800 million, 30-story hotel on land in downtown Dallas, Texas. Plus, other hotel deal news.

Southwest Value Partners is in talks to run an 800-room Signia by Hilton hotel in Nashville. Plus, more hotel deal and development news.

The Kimpton Era Midtown opens on soon in Manhattan in a 33-story tower with 529 guestrooms. Plus, more hotel development news.

IHG launched its 21st brand, Noted Collection, while Hyatt's Thomas Pritzker resigned over ties to Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell. Plus, deal and development news.

Hilton's Q4 beat expectations with $757M in buybacks as the Mauna Kea Beach Hotel unveiled its $180M+ renovation in Hawaii Island. Plus, more hotel deal and development news.

New York City leads 2026 U.S. hotel openings with 4,852 rooms, followed by Phoenix with 3,650, according to CoStar pipeline data.