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📈 Hyatt faced a $3M loss in Q2 2025 despite a 9% net room growth, including openings in Croatia and Greece. Adjusted net income was $66M, while EBITDA hit $303M. Gross fees increased by 9.5%, reaching $301M. Noteworthy transactions include a $2.6B acquisition of Playa Hotels and a $2B real estate sale. The RevPAR rose by 1.6%, driven by luxury segments. Hyatt's pipeline boasts 140,000 rooms. Full-year RevPAR growth is forecasted at 1%-3%.

🌴 Valor Hospitality's Dunluce Lodge, Portrush, will host a wellness retreat called Chapter One: Coastal Calm. This three-day event features sunrise yoga, contrast therapy, and spa treatments. The evening includes candlelit sound baths and stargazing in a sea cave. Guests stay in The Stookan and enjoy seasonal menus by in-house chefs. Spa manager Ashley Leckey highlights the retreat as a new offering for the Causeway Coast, emphasizing natural landscape and hospitality.

🏨 Brend Collection reopened Barnstaple Hotel after a £2m refurbishment following Storm Darragh damage in December 2024. The hotel closed in March 2025 for renovations, which updated guest areas and overhauled health and leisure facilities. New gym equipment, an exercise studio, and refreshed communal areas were introduced. The Arlington Suite was also refurbished. Insurance covered most repairs, but Brend invested in modernizing. Pearce Construction and Barton Scaffolding completed the work.

🏨 The Metropole Hotel in Cork reopened its refurbished ground floor and historic ballrooms after a year-long renovation of the 127-year-old landmark. The project revamped the entrance, lobby, and Merchant restaurant, and the ballrooms are available for events. Taoiseach Micheál Martin officially opened the space. A 1969 note from four tradesmen was discovered during renovations, with one signatory, John Keogh, attending the event. The hotel offers new summer packages for guests and locals alike.

🌎 Rosewood Hotels and Resorts will debut its first property in Dubai in 2029 within the Peninsula Dubai district in Jumeirah. The development features a 195-room hotel, eight private garden villas, and 63 residences, including five beachfront villas. Amenities include a private beach, beach club, four restaurants, wellness center, art and music program, and children's club. Residents access a concierge, spa, cinema, and more. Developed by H&H, the project is owned by Bright Start.

📍 Hotel Gabrielli in Venice will reopen on 25 August after major restoration. The hotel will feature a new culinary focus led by executive chef Mirko Pistorello.