🔎 Today’s trend: global hospitality between spectacular openings and regulatory vigilance. From Australia to Switzerland, via the Philippines and Italy, the sector is showing sustained expansion momentum, while Canada firmly reasserts its worker safety requirements.
🇫🇷 National
🏨 Opening | In August 2026, the Royal Palace unveiled its very first four-star hotel, designed as a natural extension of the famous Kirrwiller cabaret. The property offers rooms in two distinct styles — nature-inspired and stage-inspired — a spa with indoor and outdoor pools, a gastronomic restaurant and a lounge bar. #Kirrwiller #Opening #France #Cabaret
🌍 International
🕊️ Tribute | American hospitality is mourning Bob Alter, founder and president emeritus of Sunstone Hotel Investors, who has died at the age of 75. The company he built went public in 1995 and went on to lead the acquisition of 125 hotels totalling more than 20,000 rooms. AHLA president Rosanna Maietta praised him as one of the finest embodiments of the spirit of hospitality. #Tribute #UnitedStates #SunstoneHotels #AHLA
🕊️ Tribute | Italy’s wine sector, closely tied to Tuscan wine tourism, is in mourning following the death of Vittorio Frescobaldi, father of Unione Italiana Vini president Lamberto Frescobaldi. Born into a family that has been involved in winemaking for more than 700 years, he helped drive the international rise of Tuscan wines before handing the reins of the family estate to his son. #Tribute #Italy #Tuscany #WineTourism
🏨 Opening | Hyatt has opened bookings for the Andaz Gold Coast, its very first Andaz hotel in Australia and the Pacific. The 202-room property, located in Broadbeach within The Star Gold Coast complex, will welcome its first guests from 14 December 2026, with launch offers available for World of Hyatt members. #Australia #GoldCoast #Hyatt #Opening
✈️ Air connectivity | From 2 April 2027, United Airlines will launch a daily direct route between Luxembourg-Findel Airport and Newark, near New York. The new transatlantic gateway is expected to boost the Grand Duchy’s tourism and hospitality appeal, according to Luxembourg’s minister Yuriko Backes. #Luxembourg #Connectivity #Tourism #USA
🏨 Opening | The Lalique house has unveiled Villa Florhof, its first boutique hotel in Zurich and the first address in its collection in Switzerland. Nestled between the old town and the university district, this restored 15th-century residence features thirteen rooms and suites, a spa, a bar-brasserie and a future signature restaurant expected in autumn. #Zurich #Lalique #Opening #Switzerland
⚠️ Workplace safety | Northland Properties, operator of the Sandman Hotels chain in Canada, has been fined more than $620,000 by WorkSafeBC for multiple violations linked to asbestos exposure during renovation works at a hotel in Williams Lake. The group, which is disputing the sanction, had already received more than a dozen orders across several properties in the chain. #Canada #SandmanHotels #Safety #Asbestos
🚀 Development | Philippine developer Megaworld is targeting close to 12,000 rooms by 2032 through expansion in Palawan and Ilocos Norte. The group is creating Megaworld Global Hotels and Resorts, a new structure overseeing its in-house brands and international partnerships, including Mövenpick Manila Bay Westside. #Philippines #Megaworld #Expansion #Asia
🎰 Project | A new hotel-casino named Silverado could be built south of the Las Vegas Strip. Backed by developer Michael Ochoa, the project envisages 300 rooms and a 5,300 square-metre casino in a first phase, with a further 150 rooms planned at a later stage. #LasVegas #Casino #UnitedStates #Project
📊 Study | Italy recorded more than 160 million tourist arrivals in 2025, up 15% year-on-year, according to the Hospitality Snapshot study by Patrigest (Gabetti Group). Five-star hotels have seen a spectacular 46% increase since 2019, while hotel investment reached €2.2 billion, placing the country fourth in Europe. #Italy #Tourism #Investment #Study
✨ Appointment | Sodexo, a major player in services and hospitality, has appointed Robyn Welter as General Counsel for North America, overseeing legal, compliance and governance matters. She joined the company in 2006 and previously held the role of Deputy General Counsel for the region. #Sodexo #Appointment #NorthAmerica #Services
🏙️ Hotel real estate | The Tour Montparnasse in Paris, whose transformation is set to reshape an entire district around the railway station, has its future hanging on a persistent dispute between co-owners, just three months before the building permit expires. The case is being closely watched by Parisian tourism and hospitality stakeholders, given the project’s potential to revitalise an area currently unfriendly to pedestrians. #Paris #Montparnasse #RealEstate #Tourism
