U.S. Hotels Missing Out on World Cup Bookings, But Not Airbnb Hosts
In Boston, Kansas City, Philadelphia, San Francisco and Seattle, bookings were actually running behind typical seasonal demand.
Rising Costs Crimp Hotel Industry’s Bottom Line
Hotel developers and owners turn to Pinnacle Advisory Group and its new managing principal, Sebastian Colella, for advice on how to pivot to profitability.
Booking Numbers Reflect Tepid Tourism Climate in Mass.
After a year-over-year decline in bookings six months into 2025, the industry is pointing to a sequence of major events across Massachusetts that could help boost the sector into recovery in 2026.
Why Hotel Investors Are Lining Up in Boston
Boston’s hotel market offers a rare commodity in today’s CRE environment: predictable growth in a world of unpredictability.
Hot Property: Pennyweight Hotel
A 112-room boutique hotel in Boston’s Bulfinch Triangle reopened in October following a renovation and rebranding project.
New Wave of Strikes Hits Four More Boston Hotels
The union representing many of Boston’s hotel workers announced that employees are walking off the job at four new hotels in the city amid an ongoing dispute with ownership about working conditions and pay.
Workers Strike at Four Major Boston Hotels
Some 10,000 hotel workers represented by the UNITE HERE union walked off the job Sunday at 24 hotels in eight cities, including Boston, demanding higher wages and a reversal of service and staffing cuts.
Strike Threat Looms Over Boston Hotel Sector
“Unless something shifts, I think there will be a significant disruption in the hospitality industry over the fall,” a top union leader says.
Hynes Revival Shuffles Back Bay Hotel Scene
Dismissed as an obsolete money pit by former Gov. Charlie Baker, the revived Hynes Convention Center is forging new relationships with Back Bay hotel owners to ensure future meeting attendees can find convenient lodgings.
Hotels Benefit from Business Travel Rebound
Our outlook remains optimistic for the Boston market, fueled by group and convention travel, as well as an increase in global tourism and the absence of any significant new hotel developments.
Harvard Gets into the Hospitality Business
Harvard Allston Land Corp. CEO Carl Rodrigues sees the mass timber conference hall and 250-key hotel rising as key differentiators for the company’s four-building development rising rapidly in Allston.
Beige Book Casts Bright Light on Mass. Tourism
A recent survey of banking and business contacts around New England found tourism to be a bright spot in the regional economy, one with a “very bullish” outlook for the remainder of 2024.
Could Hotel Room Shortage Reshape South Boston Development Plans?
Boston’s limited number of hotel rooms makes the city one of the country’s most expensive convention destinations, state officials were told last week. That information could weigh on an in-limbo process to redevelop parking lots near the city’s biggest convention center.
Hot Property: Four Seasons Renovations
A hand-drawn mural, a toy closet for young guests and a new restaurant are among the updates to the older of Boston’s two Four Seasons Hotels, recently completed by Shawmut Design and Construction.
No Room for Discounts as Hotels Recover
Shuttered hotels and skeleton-crew staffs are fading into distant memory as the Boston lodging market approaches a full financial recovery from the depths of their pandemic plunge.
Bulfinch Triangle Hotel Proposal Is Back from the Dead
A 15-story hotel approved for site near Boston’s North Station in 2014 but never built is being resurrected by its developer.
New Owners Plan $20M Upgrade at Back Bay Hotel
The new owners of the former Loews Boston hotel will spend $20 million on updates and renovations of the 225-room property following a $117 million acquisition.
Hot Property: Cambria Boston Somerville
Online arts magazine Vanyaland will produce a series of live performances and has curated playlists from local musicians in the common areas and private function rooms at Somerville’s newest hotel.
Students, Councilors Miss Big Picture in Hotel-Dorm Battle
Northeastern’s attempt to rent hundreds of rooms in the Sheraton Boston can make a difference reducing pressure on working families’ rents by taking students out of the market. Then why aren’t NEU students supporting it?
Boston Hotels Raise Expectations and Palates
Rubbery chicken and a burger used to be de rigueur for menus at hotel restaurants. Now, those old concepts being replaced by chef-driven ventures that act as amenities for upscale properties.
