This year's BLLA Boutique Hotel Owners Conference centered on wonder: how independent hotels can stand apart through distinctive guest experiences, food and beverage, art, community, and storytelling in an industry drifting toward sameness. My session added the numbers behind it, as healthy rate growth and limited new supply support the outlook, while rising operating costs continue to pressure profitability.

Our forecast is anticipating a strong fall meeting and convention season, following very solid summer performance. ADR is the star of the show this year, with a robust stock market and a propensity for booking more luxury and upper-upscale stays lifting the overall average well beyond initial expectations. Other factors currently impacting our industry include inflation and staffing challenges.

The Market Snapshot: Asia Pacific 2026 highlights an overview of transaction activity in the region and presents 24 markets’ current hospitality landscape; each covering demand and supply dynamics, hotel performances, and key transactions.

The Caribbean hospitality market is undergoing a transformative period of growth, characterized by substantial new hotel development, expanding branded residential offerings, and continued investor interest. This article highlights the projects, trends, and opportunities shaping the future of Caribbean tourism and hospitality and previews the development pipeline to be presented at the upcoming CHICOS conference in November.

The tone of this year’s Lodging Conference was measured optimism, as strong 2026 RevPAR growth and limited new supply support the industry outlook. However, rising operating costs, expensive debt, loan maturities, and geopolitical risks continue to pressure profitability. Owners are increasingly focused on AI adoption, active asset management, brand economics, and converting revenue increases into asset value.

Downtown Dallas hotels are navigating convention-center disruption, corporate relocations, and sports venue shifts, with FIFA boosting 2026 rates. While occupancy may remain soft until the revamped convention center reopens in 2030, factors such as Uptown development, elevated hotel/residence projects, airport investments, and major projects support a strong longer-term outlook.

Our forecast is anticipating a strong fall meeting and convention season, following very solid summer performance. ADR is the star of the show this year, with a robust stock market and a propensity for booking more luxury and upper-upscale stays lifting the overall average well beyond initial expectations. Other factors currently impacting our industry include youth sports and staffing challenges.

Houston is no stranger to major sporting events, having hosted Super Bowls, Final Fours, and College Football Playoff games. FIFA 2026 added another chapter, drawing an estimated 500,000 out-of-town visitors to Houston, according to the Harris County–Houston Sports Authority. While Houston hotels did not see a broad occupancy surge, they found meaningful pricing power around the matches.

After a stable fiscal-year 2026, the recently published fiscal-year 2027 per-diem rates indicate a return to measured growth, with the standard continental United States (CONUS) lodging allowance increasing by $3 per night. This article explores how long-term trends continue to reveal significant differences among U.S. lodging markets, particularly in major gateway cities and resort destinations.

Snapshot of the Warsaw hotel market in 2026 with an exploration of tourism demand, hotel performance, hotel supply, the investment market and the market outlook.