Hyatt Hotels Corporation (NYSE: H) announced the sale of Playa Hotels & Resorts NV’s real estate portfolio for $2 billion to Tortuga Resorts, a joint venture between an affiliate of KSL Capital Partners LLC and Rodina. Hyatt acquired Playa earlier this year for...
A highly unlikely new player has emerged in the Pacific Rim tourism industry – North Korea. The Associated Press reports North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has inaugurated the Wonsan-Kalma coastal tourist zone, which encompasses hotels, restaurants and cafeterias, and...
The Canadian real estate developer and contractor Brigil has previewed its Espace Canevas community project, a planned $1.3 billion urban hub in Gatineau, Quebec. Espace Canevas will be based at the site of the former Village Cartier shopping center. The project will...
Pacaso, the San Francisco-headquartered marketplace for co-owned luxury vacation homes, has expanded its European presence into Italy with the addition of new homes in Florence, Milan and Rome. In a statement, the company said that it can “provide financing options...
The parliament in Latvia has approved a bill that will prevent citizens from Russia and Belarus from buying real estate within the nation. Kyiv Independent reports the new bill also prevents entities that are least 25% owned by Russian or Belarusian nationals from...
The hotel chains Hilton (NYSE: HLT) and Marriott (NASDAQ: MAR) have announced respective plans to expand their presence across Africa. Hilton, which currently operates 63 hotels in Africa, is planning to add more than 100 locations across the continent over the coming...
