We have written thousands of articles about all aspects of hospitality, including valuations, investing, lending, operations, asset management, and much more.
The AAHOA Central Midwest Conference in Oklahoma City highlighted key hospitality issues, including rising ADA-compliance concerns. Attendees also discussed market trends, noting stable financing despite recent interest rate fluctuations.
Austin, Dallas, Houston, and Fort Worth are pursuing convention center expansions totaling $7.6 to $7.8 billion, with San Antonio considering an additional $900 million project. These developments are largely enabled by Texas’s innovative financing mechanisms, such as Project Financing Zones. This article examines the scope of these projects and their policy foundations, while analyzing how they shape both Texas’s internal competition and its national positioning in the convention industry.
Tulsa’s tourism industry has experienced a strong recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. Tulsa experienced record-breaking revenue from tourism in 2022 and 2023, encouraging the local chamber of commerce to focus on sustaining tourism and community-building for the foreseeable future.
Though historically associated with residential and low-rise commercial buildings, modular construction has gone more upscale in recent years. What are the benefits, and what should hotel developers consider before going modular?
In response to rising demand for unique designs, developers are turning to adaptive reuse as a means of creating one-of-a-kind hotels. Historic building conversions come with their own sets of challenges, balanced by potential rewards.
We have written thousands of articles about all aspects of hospitality, including valuations, investing, lending, operations, asset management, and much more.
The AAHOA Central Midwest Conference in Oklahoma City highlighted key hospitality issues, including rising ADA-compliance concerns. Attendees also discussed market trends, noting stable financing despite recent interest rate fluctuations.
Austin, Dallas, Houston, and Fort Worth are pursuing convention center expansions totaling $7.6 to $7.8 billion, with San Antonio considering an additional $900 million project. These developments are largely enabled by Texas’s innovative financing mechanisms, such as Project Financing Zones. This article examines the scope of these projects and their policy foundations, while analyzing how they shape both Texas’s internal competition and its national positioning in the convention industry.
Tulsa’s tourism industry has experienced a strong recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. Tulsa experienced record-breaking revenue from tourism in 2022 and 2023, encouraging the local chamber of commerce to focus on sustaining tourism and community-building for the foreseeable future.
Though historically associated with residential and low-rise commercial buildings, modular construction has gone more upscale in recent years. What are the benefits, and what should hotel developers consider before going modular?
In response to rising demand for unique designs, developers are turning to adaptive reuse as a means of creating one-of-a-kind hotels. Historic building conversions come with their own sets of challenges, balanced by potential rewards.
Robust demand in urban centers continues to drive Canadian hotel values despite high interest rate environment.
