Hotels

LHN’s co-living spinoff Coliwoo eyes sale of 7 freehold assets for S$218.5 million

The portfolio consists of commercial units, serviced apartments, a hotel and student hostels

Park Hotel Clarke Quay was wound up by the court in November 2021.

Ascendas Hospitality Reit loses S$6.2 million hotel refurbishment claim against Park Hotel liquidators

The Reit, which is now part of CapitaLand Ascott Trust, may still refile the claim with supporting income documents

India’s US$5.69 billion event and exhibition market is forecast to grow to US$9.04 billion by 2031, according to Mordor Intelligence.

As live events boom, India’s hotels ride the experience economy

Beyond music, cricket and other big-ticket sporting events are fuelling sharp, multi-day spikes in demand

Leela has 23 hotels across India, including properties under development, and plans to expand to at least 35 hotels over the next five to seven years.

India’s Leela Palaces pins fiscal 2027 growth on luxury room shortage, affluent demand

The supply of luxury hotel rooms is limited at around 30,000 keys in the world’s most populous country, according to its CEO

Five-star hotels have recorded the steepest increase, with average rates 87% higher than in 2025.

Five-star hotels lead price increases in Milan during Winter Olympics

Ticket prices running into several hundred euros put the events out of reach for many

Josh Niland, the Australian chef behind the seafood-centric FYSH at The Singapore Edition hotel.
FOOD & DRINK

Celebrity chefs ‘disappear’ from Singapore hotels after high-profile debuts

Aussie chef Josh Niland is the latest to leave, at the end of his contract with Singapore Edition hotel 

The development will feature 272 residences, along with a private beach club, shops and restaurants, according to a statement on the Trump Hotels website.

Australia’s first Trump-branded hotel planned for Gold Coast

The project has been nearly two decades in the making

Minor, whose hotels in Thailand were featured in the hit series White Lotus, has been cutting debt to ease investor concerns after its 2018 acquisition of NH Hotel Group.

Thai hotel empire weighs US$1 billion Reit, unit IPO to cut debt

Minor International will sell 14 hotels in Europe and Thailand into the Reit, which will be listed in Singapore in H2

Anthony Tyler, area vice-president of operations at Mandarin Oriental, says the region can expect more resort and urban hotel openings.

Mandarin Oriental sees potential in South-east Asia to more than double its global footprint

This follows the opening of its first regional resort in Desaru Coast, where the group also plans to develop branded residences

Hilton Worldwide sold the property in 2014 to Anbang Insurance Group, a reinsurance firm based in China, for US$1.95 billion.

Waldorf Astoria’s Chinese owners plan to sell iconic New York City hotel: report

Move comes months after it reopened following a multibillion-dollar overhaul