JLL reported U.S. hotel deal volume grew 14.4% in Q1 to $5.6 billion, with private equity making up 34% of the buyer pool. Plus, more hotel deal and development news.
Marriott does not agree with the characterizations expressed in a Sonder press release, after Sonder's financial collapse. Plus, hotel deal and development news.
Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group is set to go private as the controlling shareholder, Jardine Matheson, is in the process of acquiring the remaining 11.96%. Plus more hotel deal news.
Hyatt Hotels is acquiring Playa Hotels & Resorts for $2.6 billion, funding it largely with new debt and asset sales, strengthening its all-inclusive presence in the Caribbean and Mexico.