Asia Hotel Transaction Volumes Up 145 Percent

Hotel investment volumes in Asia reached $3.9 billion at the end of Q3 2013-up 145 percent compared to the same period in 2012, according to the latest research from Jones Lang LaSalle’s Hotels & Hospitality Group. The quarter itself recorded $1.2 billion of...

Hilton Hotels & Resorts Enters Wuhan

Hilton Hotels & Resorts and Hilton Worldwide has opened the Hilton Wuhan Optics Valley, the first Hilton Hotels & Resorts property in China’s Hubei Province. 

 The six-story hotel features 520 contemporary guestrooms...

Starwood Debuts Aloft Yancheng

Aloft Hotels, part of Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. has unveiled the Aloft Yancheng. Opening in China’s Jiangsu Province, the hotel marks the first international hospitality brand in the region and the seventh Aloft hotel in China....

Green Building Trends of 2014

Jerry Yudelson, green building consultant, speaker, and author, and founder of architecture firm Yudelson Associates has announced his annual list of major green building trends that will affect the industry in 2014. Topping Yudelson’s 2014 list is the...