Openings, renovations and brand moves worth putting in front of clients.
Nine Marriott hotels in Mexico and the Caribbean have new rooms, restaurants or beach clubs, from an US$11 million Santo Domingo makeover to Aruba plunge-pool suites.
Lauren Smith · Oct 13, 2026 · 1 minDolly Parton's SongTeller Hotel and its 20,000 sq ft museum opened 6 October in downtown Nashville. Music-city clients now have a new anchor stay.
Alicia Loveday · Oct 10, 2026The Ritz-Carlton Naples, Tiburón has finished a multi-million-dollar redesign with lighter rooms, a new bar and restaurant, Palmera, and a French breakfast room.
Lauren Smith · Oct 9, 2026JW Marriott's first all-inclusive is open in Guanacaste, from $900 per person per night. A 45-room Griffin Club and a wellness program are what advisors will sell.
Lauren Smith · Oct 9, 2026Hotel Casa Real, the heritage hotel at Chile's Viña Santa Rita, has won its first MICHELIN Key. It is 45 minutes from Santiago, which makes it an easy wine add-on.
Ranthambore National Park's core zones reopened on 1 October, and JW Marriott's resort there, Marriott's 10,000th hotel, starts its first full season.
Oman Hassan · Oct 9, 2026Tranquility Beach Anguilla reopens on 10 October with two fall deals: a guided island and breakfast tour on five-night stays, and a free seventh night in villas.
Lauren Smith · Oct 9, 2026Royal Grand Resorts opens a 30-room, adults-only, clothing-optional resort for gay men in Manuel Antonio this November. It aims at upscale without ultra-luxury rates.
Jessie Isberg · Oct 9, 2026The Oberoi Sukoonvilas, Wadi Safar opens in the first quarter of 2027 with 60 villas, 30 minutes from Riyadh. The first hotel in Diriyah's Wadi Safar, and a new pre- or post-Riyadh stay.
Lauren Smith · Oct 8, 2026Hilton's first Curio Collection resort in Hawaiʻi has opened at Hōkūala on Kauaʻi: 210 rooms, Nicklaus golf and event space near Līhuʻe, with an opening offer.
Lauren Smith · Oct 7, 2026Nobu will open a 50-room hotel in San Juan's old city in 2028, a small urban luxury option in a Puerto Rico pipeline led by beach resorts.
Lauren Smith · Oct 7, 2026U.S. readers named Victoria the world's best small city for a fourth straight year. Four local hotels placed…
Ottawa and the Northwest Territories have accepted the Mackenzie River’s nomination as a Canadian Heritage River. Each of…
Paradiso, the El Born bar behind a pastrami shop's fridge door, has won the Rémy Martin Legend of…
The government has ruled out charging overseas visitors at England's national museums. Inbound leaders now want the 28…
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