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🌸 Rosewood Hotels & Resorts will open Rosewood Miyakojima in Okinawa's Ryuku Islands, the first for Japan, on March 1, 2025. Accepting reservations, the luxury resort features 55 villas and three houses on a peninsula overlooking Oura Bay with a beach. Facilities include four restaurants and bars, an infinity pool, a spa with six treatment rooms, fitness center, and kids' club. Activities offered embrace local culture and environmental education. Rosewood manages 33 properties in 21 countries, emphasizing local history and culture.

🏕 Hotel Equities selected to operate Postcard Cabins, acquired by Marriott International earlier this month. The U.S.-based cabins are part of Marriott's expansion into outdoor hospitality. Postcard Cabins, formerly Getaway Outposts, comprises 29 properties with over 1,200 cabins, located within two hours of major cities and feature private amenities. Cabins will join Marriott Bonvoy by 2025. Trailborn, with 559 rooms across five locations, will also join Marriott’s outdoor collection. Outdoor hospitality's popularity surged post-pandemic, offering significant growth opportunities.

🏡 Hyatt Hotels Corp. plans to open over 50 luxury and lifestyle hotels worldwide by 2026, with a strong focus on luxury travel that is projected to see a 52.8% increase in Europe's hotel stock by 2028. Approximately 70% of Hyatt's global rooms are in luxury and upper upscale categories, having doubled its luxury room count since 2017. The lifestyle sector is expanding, with Hyatt quintupling its lifestyle rooms since 2017 and adding 28 hotels in 2024. Notable future openings include Miraval, The Red Sea in late 2025, Park Hyatt Kuala Lumpur, Park Hyatt Johannesburg, Andaz Miami Beach, and Andaz Gold Coast. Hyatt has acquired Standard International, which will enhance its Lifestyle portfolio with brands like Andaz and Thompson Hotels, and has a Luxury portfolio with brands such as Park Hyatt and Miraval.

🏖 Radisson Hotel Group introduced Radisson Collection brand in South Africa at the former Radisson Blu in Cape Town. The hotel, featuring 175 rooms and suites, was extensively renovated, boasting floor-to-ceiling windows, private balconies, a restaurant, bar, terrace, and a new café. A refurbishment of the restaurant is planned for July 2025. The property includes an infinity pool, fitness and wellness center, art gallery, and event rooms for up to 350 guests. Radisson Hotel Group has over 1,430 hotels worldwide.