The Westin Nashville opens in fall 2016.The Westin Nashville held its topping off ceremony March 30, in preparation for a fall opening across the street from Music City Center—the 1.2-million-square-foot convention center that opened in 2013—and ...

As trade restrictions fall away, the island welcomes U.S. hotel companies and U.S.-Cuba cruise itineraries.

The roof of the ICC Sydney’s exhibition center was lifted in March as the $3.4 billion Australian convention, exhibition, and entertainment destination continues to progress toward its planned December 2016 opening. The roof lift, which is an eng...

The JW Marriott Austin is bustling with Music Is Universal activities during SXSW.For its first-ever South by Southwest sponsorship, Marriott’s loyalty program, Marriott Rewards, teamed up with Universal Music Group to create a UMG “hotel takeove...

The view from the new Conrad ChicagoConrad Hotels & Resorts, a Hilton Worldwide luxury brand, dropped out of the Chicago hotel market last spring when the Conrad Chicago on North Rush St. was taken under the wing of Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worl...

Mary Ann Kenmotsu, CMP, CPCEI recently had a chance to e-chat about conference centers with Mary Ann Kenmotsu, CMP, CPCE, the director of catering and conference services at the Hilton Chicago/Oak Brook Hills Resort and Conference Center. Here’s ...

SBE, a Los Angeles–based lifestyle hospitality company that develops, manages, and operates hospitality venues, will launch the Hyde Lounge at Las Vegas Arena in April 2016. The 18,000-square-foot nightclub will be located high above the arena’s ...

Hilton Orlando, the 1,417-room hotel connected to the Orange County Convention Center, unveiled 11,000 square feet of new meeting space earlier this year. The project includes two new meeting rooms (4,764 and 4,145 square feet), each divisible in...