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Marriott International has formally entered into a joint venture with the Leali family, founders of Lefay. Plus, more hotel deal and development news.

Hilton announced the launch of Undergraduate by Hilton, a new upper-midscale brand developed to serve a broader range of college and university markets. Plus, more hotel deal and development news.

JLL brokers a hotel sale. Analysts debate whether Choice Hotels CEO Patrick Pacious was pushed out, as Airbnb adds boutique hotels to its platform. Plus, more hotel deal and development news.

Meanwhile, Truist forecasts mid and upper-end U.S. hotel RevPAR growth of 2% to 4%, above Wall Street consensus, while upgrading Airbnb. Plus, more hotel deal and development news.

Marriott and Hyatt revealed their luxury pipelines for 2026 at ILTM, plus more hotel development news.

New Orleans' convention center has approved a new design for a $600 million headquarters hotel run by Omni. Plus, more hotel deal news.

Host Hotels delivered a great third quarter report, as did DiamondRock Hospitality. Plus, Sonder's collapse and more hotel deal and development news.

Here's a roundup of hotel deal and development news and analysis for August 28th, 2025.

In Coronado, California, the Hotel del Coronado announced the completion of the revitalization of its iconic Victorian building, the final milestone in Blackstone Real Estate's more than $550 million restoration plan to enhance the hotel.

Pebblebrook has challenged the market value assessments that the city assigned to and used to collect taxes from a group of downtown hotels purchased by the REIT in 2018.