Raleigh to start construction on convention center expansion

An amphitheater relocation and new hotel are included in a funding package approved by the county last year.

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The U.S. hotel construction market sees record highs in the first quarter of 2024

As seen in the Q1 2024 U.S. Hotel Construction Pipeline Trend Report from Lodging Econometrics (LE), at the end of the first quarter, there are 6,065 projects with 702,990 rooms in the pipeline. This new all-time high represents a 9% year-over-year (YOY) increase in projects and a 7% YOY increase in rooms compared to last year.

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Will the surge in hotel construction carry resorts with it?

The resort corner of the hospitality sector has been a bit slower to expand than the whole for the past few years. But don’t tell that to Bill Wilhelm, President of R.D. Olson Construction.

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U.S. hotel construction is booming, with a record-high 5,964 projects in the pipeline

The hotel construction pipeline hit record project counts at Q4, with the addition of 260 projects and 21,287 rooms over last quarter, according to Lodging Econometrics.

Travelers are always looking for a home away from home, and the tourist industry needs these vacationers to survive. Creating a winning hotel can benefit everybody, and people will return to your retreat time and time again.

Elusa Winery is part of the Four Seasons Resort in Napa Valley. Image: Courtesy of Suffolk

Hotel Facilities | Nov 12, 2021

A new Four Seasons resort opens in Napa Valley with a working winery

The property’s development was a decade in the making.

The iconic Hotel Del Coronado is completing its Master Plan with Shore House, with 75 luxury residences. Images: LEO A DALY

Hotel Facilities | Nov 3, 2021

California’s Hotel del Coronado is finishing up the final piece to its Master Plan

A 75-residence Shore House will be family oriented and meeting commodious.

Hotel Facilities | Oct 28, 2021

Marriott leads with the largest U.S. hotel construction pipeline at Q3 2021 close

In the third quarter alone, Marriott opened 60 new hotels/7,882 rooms accounting for 30% of all new hotel rooms that opened in the U.S.

Hotel Facilities | Oct 13, 2021

World’s first net zero carbon hotel launches in West London

The hotel is located in Chiswick, West London.

Hotel Facilities | Oct 12, 2021

510-room Hyatt Place Hotel completes in Chelsea

The project broke ground in January 2019.

Hotel Facilities | Sep 27, 2021

New resort will be carved directly into a mountainside

The project is is located in western Saudi Arabia.

2021 Giants 400 Report The Continuum technical education facility, Lake City, S.C., Kris Decker, Firewater Photography, courtesy McMillan Pazdan Smith

Giants 400 | Aug 30, 2021

2021 Giants 400 Report: Ranking the largest architecture, engineering, and construction firms in the U.S.

The 2021 Giants 400 Report includes more than 130 rankings across 25 building sectors and specialty categories.

Hotel Facilities | Aug 26, 2021

Building hotels with modules, with citizenM's Menno Hilberts

In this exclusive interview for HorizonTV, Menno Hilberts, Managing Director of Project Management with hotelier citizenM, explains how the company is employing modular construction to help double its presence in the U.S.