Hotel Openings

🏌️ Saddlebrook Resort in Tampa Bay, undergoing a $92-million transformation, includes redesigning a 480-acre property, its lobby, 451 guestrooms, event spaces, dining options, and golf courses. Rees Jones will overhaul the golf facilities, which will feature a new 27-hole layout. The resort offers a digital golf studio, 43 tennis courts, and over 215,000 square feet for events. The renovation, led by EoA Group and backed by Mast Capital and Amzak Capital, aims to blend tradition with innovation.

🏡 Peachtree Group, in partnership with TEKMAK Development Company, opened the 87-suite TownePlace Suites in Forney, Texas, 22 miles east of Dallas. The pet-friendly hotel, catering to short and long stays, offers full kitchens, complimentary breakfast, a 24-hour fitness center, and an outdoor pool. In 2023, Peachtree managed multiple Texas hotels, with a portfolio including several brands. The hospitality division now oversees 108 hotels, 28 brands, 13,440 rooms across 26 states, with 35 properties under third-party management.

🏡 New Waterloo opened Albert Hotel in Fredericksburg, Texas, in January 2025, featuring 105 rooms. Designed with historical elements by architect Albert Keidel, the property blends heritage homes with new construction. Guests enjoy amenities like The Spa with seven treatment rooms, 3,600 square feet of event space, and F&B venues like a Michelin-starred restaurant. Junebugs BBQ is expected to launch in spring. Interior design by Melanie Raines and landscaping by Word + Carr Design Group emphasize Texas Hill Country style.

🏨 Peachtree Group in Dallas, Texas, announced the opening of the 87-suite TownePlace Suites in Forney, Texas, operated for TEKMAK Development. The hotel is 22 miles east of Dallas and features full kitchens, complimentary breakfast, a 24-hour fitness center, and an outdoor pool. In 2023, Peachtree began managing six Texas properties for TEKMAK. Peachtree's hospitality division manages 108 hotels across 28 brands, totaling 13,440 rooms in 26 states, including 35 properties under third-party management.

🏖 The JW Marriott Algarve Palmares Hotel & Spa is set to open in Lagos, Portugal in early 2028. Designed by RCR Arquitectes and Goddard Littlefair, the hotel will feature 172 rooms and suites, 133 branded residences, and the Michelin-starred Al-Sud restaurant. Amenities include a fitness center, indoor and outdoor pools, and a kids’ club. Guests will also have access to a 27-hole golf course and future padel facilities at the Palmares Ocean Living & Golf Resort.

🍕 Chef Sean Brock is opening Sho Pizza Bar in East Nashville’s Riverside Village on April 14, offering lunch and dinner. A collaboration with Nashville natives Mary Carlisle and Ben Gambill, Sho reflects their shared passion for Tokyo-style pizza. The restaurant features a 30-seat dining room, an outdoor patio, full bar, and a 12-seat chef’s counter overlooking a wood-fired pizza oven. The pizza dough undergoes a three-day fermentation for a lighter, more digestible crust. Chefs Trey Tench and John Woodward lead the kitchen, serving classics and signature pies like the Sho-Stopper, sourcing mozzarella from Italy and local ingredients for toppings. Other offerings include salads, appetizers, matcha soft serve, tiramisu, beer, Italian wine, sake, and cocktails. Brock and the Gambills plan to expand Sho Pizza Bar throughout the Southeast.

🏖️ Ka Laʻi Waikiki Beach, under LXR Hotels & Resorts, will start a multi-million-dollar renovation on June 2, 2025, in Waikiki, Hawaii. The 15th-anniversary project by Bryan O’Sullivan Studio includes upgrading rooms, suites, public areas, and the 38-story hotel's pool, spa, fitness center, and landscaping, with completion expected in Q2 2026. The property will operate throughout the renovation, enhancing luxury hospitality with a blend of heritage and modernity, featuring custom-designed furniture and Hawaiian-inspired design elements.