US led record global hotel construction pipeline in Q2 2026

Hotel conversions and luxury projects dominated the global pipeline, which increased slightly year over year to 15,976 projects, per Lodging Econometrics.

Whitbread markets City office after abandoning Premier Inn hotel plan

Plans to convert the building into a 422-key hotel have been scrapped after Whitbread reviewed the scheme. The post Whitbread markets City office after abandoning Premier Inn hotel plan appeared first on Property Week.

Stiff + Trevillion gets the go-ahead for City office-to-hotel conversion

The Architects’ Journal Stiff + Trevillion gets the go-ahead for City office-to-hotel conversion Stiff + Trevillion has won approval for a retrofit conversion of a six-storey PoMo office building in the City of London into a hotel, adding four storeys The post Stiff + Trevillion gets the go-ahead for City office-to-hotel conversion appeared first on The Architects’ Journal Ian Weinfass

McCarthy expands training initiatives with Arizona campus

The St. Louis-based contractor bought the former hotel and convention site in January. Soon, it will train both salaried and craft employees at the facility.

Plans advance for a proposed JW Marriott hotel in downtown Phoenix

LaPour Partners plans to convert an office building into the hotel, capitalizing on the area’s growth and an emerging appetite for new luxury accommodations.

Tom Scott - Things are changing at the world's oldest hotel, 13032023

Nishiyama Onsen Keiunkan is not just the world's oldest hotel, but the world's oldest still-operating business. Or at least, that's one way of looking at it. But things are changing here, just like they always have

Architectural Digest - Hidden Details of The Plaza Hotel, From Lobby to Penthouse, 30102018

Take a tour of New York City's most famous and luxurious hotel The Plaza led by architectural historian and author Francis Morrone and journalist and author Julie Satow. The Plaza has almost become synonymous with New York City, made famous by beloved children's book character Eloise, famous weddings like Donald Trump's and Macaulay Culkin in 'Home Alone 2.' Learn the secrets behind its grandeur, from its ornate lobbies and ballrooms to its lavish penthouse hotel rooms

Vogue Properties - 250 City Road - FlyThrough Animation, 03112022

A brief fly-through video of the new 250 City Road building

Louisiana Channel - Architects 3XN on Turning an Old High-Rise Into a New 08112022

“I think it’s going to be a model of how to transform existing high-rises into new high-rises in the future.” Meet architect Kim Herforth Nielsen, Founder and Creative Director of the Danish studio 3XN, who here tells the story behind the transformation of Quay Quarter Tower in Sydney, Australia – an existing high-rise in the city centre that was turned into a new and doubled in size.

Element 18 - Under the Dome, West Baden Springs Hotel 19082022

Back in 1446, Brunelleschi’s dome for Florence Cathedral pushed bricks and mortar to the limit. In order to crown the West Baden Hotel in Indiana with an even bigger dome, engineers would have to find a better building material

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