Hotel Openings

🍳 Award-winning Chef Regi Mathew, with 30 years of experience and two restaurants in India, opened his first U.S. restaurant, Chatti, in New York City on Feb. 12, south of Times Square. Inspired by Kerala's toddy shops, Mathew researched for over three years, visiting 70 toddy shops and 265 homes in Kerala. Chatti seats 80 guests, plus 70 in a mezzanine party room, and features a 10-seat private dining area. The menu offers seafood, vegetarian and non-vegetarian curries, fermented palm wine-inspired cocktails, and desserts like spicy bird’s eye chile ice cream.

🍴 Restaurateurs John Resnick and chef Eric Bost to open Lilo on April 17 in Carlsbad, Calif., a 22-seat restaurant featuring global coastal dishes, housed in a former boogie board factory. Lilo joins their other establishments: Campfire, Jeune et Jolie, Sister Spot, and Wildland. It offers a 12-course tasting menu starting at $265, created with chefs Dusan Todic and Madeline Biehl. The menu includes canapés and dry-aged dishes, curated by wine director Savannah Riedler and beverage director Andrew Cordero. Design by Bells + Whistles, Lilo is located at 2571 Roosevelt St., open Tuesday to Saturday from 5 p.m. to 11 p.m. PDT.

🎶 Under the Counter, a listening bar in Soho, launches Friday, 18th April with a soft launch featuring £5 cocktails on 18th & 19th April from 5-12pm. Executive Chef Kemal Demirasal and Bar Manager Joao Silva bring bold Turkish flavours and high-quality music, with a 30-cover bar and a menu of spice-themed cocktails and shareable small plates. The venue sports a Michell Gyrodec turntable, Klipsch speakers, and will host DJs like Tall Nico and myanalogjournal, operating Thursdays through Saturdays.

🎭 Angad Arts Hotel in St. Louis, now part of Hilton's Tapestry Collection, offers 146 rooms and membership access to Hilton Honors. Owned by New + Found and designed by Lawrence Group, with Schulte Hospitality Group operating, the hotel allows guests to choose rooms by color to match emotions. Upgrades include a redesigned 12th-floor check-in, refreshed fitness center, new sundry shop with local items, modernized guest room tech, and bathroom amenities. Local artists within 200 miles feature their art, which is purchasable online.

🏠 Extended Stay America opened its 50th Premier Suites hotel in Schertz, Texas, developed by Provident Realty Advisors. The three-story new-build offers 115 rooms with free Wi-Fi, breakfast, a fitness center, guest laundry, and suites equipped with full kitchens and workspaces. Schertz, between San Antonio and Austin, benefits from the nearby Randolph Air Force Base driving demand. Provident plans more Premier Suites in Kyle and Temple, Texas, targeting 100 Premier Suites hotels in three years.

🍽 Hill Top Hospitality operates three restaurants in Salt Lake City-Park City, Utah, with a fourth recently opened and a fifth coming. Hearth and Hill, their first restaurant opened in Park City in 2018, and has been on Salt Lake City Weekly’s “Best Restaurant in Park City” list for two years. The eclectic menu features items ranging from $8-$42. A second Hearth and Hill launched in Salt Lake City’s Sugar House neighborhood at The Residences at Sugar Alley. Hill’s Kitchen, a breakfast-and-brunch concept, also plans a Salt Lake City outpost in April with items from $9-$21. Urban Hill, a fine-dining restaurant in Salt Lake City, opened in late 2022, offering dishes from $15-$67. The new Hearth and Hill has 190 indoor and 60 outdoor seats, an open kitchen, and is led by GM Lucy Clark and Chef de Cuisine Josh Bernabe.

📍 Dusit International to manage the upcoming Dusit Greenhills Manila, opening in San Juan City, Metro Manila in 2026. The hotel will be part of the 50-story Primex Tower, located 45 minutes from Manila International Airport. Featuring top 10 floors occupancy, 200 guestrooms, rooftop swimming pool, gym, ballroom, and dining options including Benjarong and a rooftop bar. Primex Tower will also have office and retail spaces. Dusit International operates 296 properties in 18 countries and plans to open nine more in the Philippines within five years.