Starwood’s record 2015: Starwood Hotels & Resorts says it opened a record 105 hotels last year – that’s 22,500 rooms in 30 countries – and a 26% increase in new signed hotel management and franchise agreements.
Read the company’s press release.
Forever owner for Utica landmark? Corning, New York-based Visions Hotels made an offer to purchase the Hotel Utica, whose current owner owes the New York city of Utica hundreds of thousands of dollars in back taxes.
The Utica Observer-Dispatch outlines the history of the troubled hotel.
Renaissance flagship in Midtown: Marriott announced that the Renaissance Hotel Midtown New York will open this spring. The 348-room new-build in the Garment District is described as the city’s first “digitally enhanced hotel” using the brand’s global design philosophy.
Cambria in Maryland: Choice Hotels International signed an agreement to develop a Cambria hotel at Arundel Mills in Hanover, Maryland. The 119-room property is slated to open in June 2017.
HHM to manage Residence Inn: HHM acquired and will assume management of the Residence Inn Philadelphia Conshohocken, a 137-room hotel. HHM, formerly Hersha Hospitality Management, operates 115 hotels in the US, including 30 Marriott-branded properties.