Hotel Openings

🌳 Wildhive Callow Hotel has launched a new nature-led wellbeing concept, focusing on a Coach House wellbeing space. The offerings include Finnish and herbal saunas, cold plunges, and a halotherapy cabin. Additional facilities are a yoga studio, technogym fitness space, and a reflexology path. This initiative aims to expand beyond accommodation and will extend to future Wildhive hotels, including Wildhive Eshott Hall in Northumberland, opening this summer. Co-founder Charles Randall emphasizes reconnecting with nature for true restoration.

🏨 Starboard Hotels opened the AC Hotel by Marriott Birmingham NEC and Airport after a £4m refurbishment and rebranding of a former Ibis Styles property. The 169-room hotel, the first Marriott-branded property for Starboard, was inaugurated by Solihull's Mayor. Renovations, started in August 2025, added three rooms, a new AC Lounge, and upgraded facilities. The launch coincides with Birmingham Airport's busiest summer, indicating a strategic move to meet growing travel demands.

🏠 Ascott Limited, owned by CapitaLand Investment, signed agreements for nine properties in Vietnam totaling 3,200 units set for 2026. In collaboration with Sun Group and new partners, Ascott's portfolio grows by 30% to 12,000 units in 14 cities. Vietnam hosted 21.2 million international arrivals in 2025, increasing to 12.3 million in early 2026. These developments coincide with infrastructure growth, promoting extended-stay demand in industrial areas and tourist destinations.

📈 Vietnam Sotheby's International Realty opens its 18th office in Asia in Ho Chi Minh City, led by Chloe Dang and James Miles-Lambert. The firm targets Vietnam's evolving luxury residential market, highlighting rising domestic wealth. Sotheby's International Realty, founded in 1976, spans over 1,100 offices in 86 countries. The network includes 26,100 sales associates. Affiliates benefit from Sotheby's auction house and global marketing, aligning with the principles of the Fair Housing Act and Equal Opportunity Act.

🏨 Accor, in H1 2026, reported a RevPAR increase of 2.2% and net unit growth of 3.2%, opening 109 hotels with 14,000 rooms. Recurring EBITDA rose 6.5% to €563 million, while free cash flow surged 42% to €194 million. Middle East tensions impacted performance, notably in the UAE, while Southeast Asia thrived. Accor's 2026 outlook projects an EBITDA of €1,260-€1,285 million and a share buyback of €225 million. On June 30, net debt stood at €3,523 million.

🏨 Hilton announced three new lifestyle properties in Southeast Asia: a Curio Collection hotel in Phuket and Tapestry Collection properties in Chiang Mai and the Maldives. The Curio Collection resort, with 246 rooms, will open in Phuket by 2026, while Chiang Mai will welcome a 65-room Tapestry Collection hotel in its Old Town. The Maldives' Tapestry Collection resort, Coco de Mer, featuring 75 rooms, is set for a June 2027 debut, 25 minutes from Malé by speedboat.

📍 In December 2025, The Westman hotel opened in Bend, Oregon, on Franklin Avenue and Wall Street. Originally a Depression-era post office, it was transformed by Embarcadero Hospitality Group into a 23-room hotel honoring local history. LRS Architects designed the hotel, preserving original features and incorporating elements like indigo blues and juniper greens reflecting Central Oregon's landscape. Named after Minnie Westman, the first female mail carrier west of the Mississippi, the hotel integrates local art and crafts.

🏨 In 2023, AXIS Architecture + Design completed the renovation of Hotel Viking in Newport, originally built in 1926. The project, for KHP Capital Partners, involved Los Angeles-based Beleco and maintained the hotel's historic and coastal character. The renovation included modern updates like a marble focal point and custom glass walls. This project strengthens AXIS's East Coast presence, building on work such as The Press Hotel in Portland, and showcases their international design expertise.