洲际酒店集团将中端品牌Garner引入中东,在阿联酋双签两家酒店
洲际酒店集团与Nooa Holdings签约,将中端转换品牌Garner Hotels引入中东,在阿联酋落地两家酒店:204间客房的Garner Hotel Ras Al Khaimah Downtown和81间客房的Garner Hotel Dubai Al Jaddaf,合计新增285间客房,预计2026年开业。这是该品牌在中东地区的首次亮相。
洲际酒店集团与Nooa Holdings签约,将中端转换品牌Garner Hotels引入中东,在阿联酋落地两家酒店:204间客房的Garner Hotel Ras Al Khaimah Downtown和81间客房的Garner Hotel Dubai Al Jaddaf,合计新增285间客房,预计2026年开业。这是该品牌在中东地区的首次亮相。
迈点研究院发布2026年十大热门县域酒店市场供需分析报告,样本包括平潭、安吉、婺源、阳朔、兴义、伊宁、平遥、黟县、九寨沟、建水。截至2026年9月,十县样本酒店约15760家、客房约44.3万间;2024年以来累计新开4470家,占现有总量28.4%,其中2026年至今新开1286家,约为2025年全年的1.6倍。供给呈“东稳西进”特征,伊宁、兴义、九寨沟新开占比接近或超过20%。经济型酒店占比约75.4%,中端及以上仅约24.6%。
Skift reports that Hilton's Japan debut of Motto by Hilton, with a signed Kyoto hotel, extends beyond its growing luxury footprint in the country. Motto by Hilton Kyoto Shijo Karasuma is scheduled to open in 2029 and will take Hilton's Kyoto portfolio to seven hotels. Hilton opened its first Kyoto hotel, ROKU KYOTO, LXR Hotels & Resorts, in 2021, and an upcoming Curio Collection by Hilton property will add another lifestyle hotel. Hilton is also preparing to bring more affordable brands including Hampton by Hilton and Spark by Hilton.
IHG has signed Garner Hotel Jim Corbett with United Hospitality Management (UHM) India, Garner's sixth signing in India. Located in Ramnagar, Uttarakhand, near Jim Corbett National Park, the 50-key hotel will be owned by Victorian Corporation and managed by UHM India, with opening scheduled for Q2 2027. Garner has reached 100 open hotels worldwide since its 2023 launch.
Borrman Hotel Chongzuo Youyi Avenue Municipal Government Branch, under Dossen Group, reported operating data: last month's comprehensive occupancy rate reached 95% with 28 consecutive full-house days; September occupancy remained stable at 90%, with revenue per available room consistently above RMB 250. The hotel also received a thank-you letter from an elderly couple from Liaoning after staff explained local attractions, purchased high-speed rail tickets from Chongzuo to Guilin and booked a Guilin hotel. Since opening, guest ratings on OTA platforms and the official website are 5 and 4.9 respectively.
The 23rd China-ASEAN Expo closed in Nanning, Guangxi on September 21, 2026, with concentrated business visitor flows lifting citywide accommodation demand. The Yishang Hotel Nanning Chaoyang Square Rongchuangmao store in the Jiangnan core business district has been fully booked since September 8 for more than 10 cumulative days, with occupancy reaching 105% and blended RevPAR staying high for midscale hotels in the area.
IHG signed a two-hotel portfolio agreement with King Park Hotel Sdn. Bhd, launching its franchise model and midscale conversion brand Garner in Malaysia for the first time. The 202-room Garner Hotel Kota Kinabalu will be rebranded from King Park Hotel Kota Kinabalu, with 106 rooms opening in 2027 and 96 more in a second phase in 2029; the 140-room Holiday Inn Express Tawau will open in 2028 after refurbishment, becoming IHG's first hotel in Tawau.
A Colliers report shows the U.S. hotel industry in H1 2026 reflected a "K-shaped economy": luxury and upper-upscale brands posted robust RevPAR growth while the economy segment saw year-over-year declines in occupancy, ADR and RevPAR. At least one luxury brand from each of Hilton, Hyatt, Marriott and IHG achieved double-digit YOY RevPAR growth. IHG's Atwell Suites led all brands at 22.7% growth, followed by Kimpton (15%), Hilton's LXR (12.9%), Hyatt's Unbound Collection (12%) and Marriott's W Hotels (10.8%). June overall RevPAR rose 8.4% year over year, with luxury up 13.3%. Mid-market brands showed signs of stabilization.
Hampton by Hilton, Tru by Hilton and Home2 Suites by Hilton each ranked highest in guest satisfaction within their respective segments in the JD Power 2026 North America Hotel Guest Satisfaction Study. The 30th annual study surveyed more than 44,000 branded hotel guests for stays between May 2025 and May 2026, evaluating seven dimensions: guest room, food and beverage, hotel facility, hotel staff, hotel connectivity, value for price paid, and check-in/check-out. Hampton ranked highest in Upper Midscale for the second consecutive year, Tru in Midscale for the fourth consecutive year, and Home2 Suites in Upper Midscale/Midscale Extended Stay for the fourth consecutive year.
On Sept 17, Sunmei Digital Intelligence Hotel Group and Accor held a new-brand strategic cooperation launch in Qingdao, bringing Accor's midscale lifestyle brand JO&JOE and midscale light-resort brand greet by Accor to the China market. Sunmei will be fully responsible for development, pre-opening and operations management of both brands in China. JO&JOE centers on 'social public areas plus stylish guest rooms' and will focus on first-tier cities; greet targets affordable pricing and convenience, with 50 stores expected in China by end-2026. The two firms previously operated Accor's Mövenpick and Sebel brands, with more than 40 Mövenpick projects under construction in China.
Borrman Hotel Guilin Municipal Government Liangjiang International Airport has officially opened in Guilin, another addition to Borrman's multi-property presence in the city, targeting business, leisure and family travellers. Located in Lingui District, the hotel is about a 20-minute drive from Liangjiang International Airport and about 25 minutes from Guilin Station, with a bus stop about a one-minute walk away. Facilities include free parking and shared charging piles, a restaurant, a smart meeting room, a gym, a fully automatic laundry room, an open-air garden and a children's play area, plus family rooms.
On 17 September 2026, Sunmei Hotels Group and Accor held a launch event in Qingdao to bring Accor's midscale lifestyle brand JO&JOE and midscale light-resort brand greet by Accor into the China market, with Sunmei fully responsible for development, pre-opening and operations management in China. The four-year strategic partnership now covers a four-brand matrix, with the combined store count of the four partner brands expected to exceed 70 this year. greet by Accor is expected to expand to 50 stores in mainland China by the end of this year.
The Borrman Hotel Huludao Feitian Plaza store, under Dossen Group, opened in 2025 in a former four-star hotel that had operated for over eight years. Using a 'one renovation, three positions' layout strategy, the traditional lobby was converted into a multi-functional space with lobby renovation costs kept under 100,000 yuan. Guest rooms and public areas focused on core experiences, with per-room renovation costs kept under 60,000 yuan. Even in the September off-season, its comprehensive revenue per available room remained above 242 yuan, occupancy exceeded 84%, and official website guest reviews maintained a five-star rating. Borrman has developed precise renovation project management capa…
Jala Bapa Hospitality, a small independent midscale property in Los Angeles County, built a four-layer Power BI risk-monitoring dashboard using standard PMS exports, OTA reports and Excel, with no dedicated revenue team or enterprise software budget. The system scores occupancy deviation, monthly cancellation rate and RevPAR volatility against green-amber-red thresholds and pushes alerts via email and Teams. Over a six-month validation period, undetected occupancy risk events fell 14.3%, average manager response time dropped from 4.7 to 1.8 hours, and RevPAR coefficient of variation declined from 0.22 to 0.16.
Hilton announced the signing of 10 Spark by Hilton hotels across England and Wales, adding 672 rooms, under a strategic agreement with UK owner-operator AG Hotels Group. The properties span Cardiff, Coventry, Derby, Doncaster, Hull, Peterborough, Runcorn, Sunderland, Wakefield and Washington, with openings expected between late 2026 and 2028. Most sit near employment centres, transport hubs and logistics corridors. Hilton also signed with SMAR Hotels Ltd for Scotland's first Spark by Hilton in Dunfermline. Globally, Spark now has over 275 open hotels and more than 200 in the pipeline.
Baiman Hotel, under Dossen Group, opened its first 3.0 version property in Cangzhou Huanghua on Yingbin Street. The hotel integrates local culture in design, offers quality sleep and convenient transport, aiming to be a 'city living room' for business and leisure travelers.
European hostel brand Generator, acquired by Brookfield Asset Management for approximately €776 million, plans to double its 15-property footprint by 2030 by converting distressed mid-market hotels such as Novotel, Mercure, and Holiday Inn. New CEO Xavier Mufraggi says the conversion thesis is structurally compelling: four-star buildings require minimal alteration, allow four-to-six beds per room at around £40 per bed, and come with large F&B spaces that can be monetized through dinners, parties, and rooftop events, targeting at least 40% higher RevPAR than a standard three- or four-star hotel. Expansion will be mapped along Europe's high-speed rail network, with plans for multi-city passes…