Japan's largest hospitality company, APA Hotel, announced it has begun a joint venture with U.S.-based real estate investment company Friendwell Group of Companies that will see its entry into and subsequent expansion in the U.S.

Kimpton Hotels' Seafire Resort + Spa, Seven Mile Beach, Grand Cayman, will represent the first new development along Seven Mile Beach in more than a decade

Accor has opened its first-ever Mercure-branded hotel in Colombia. The Emlie Mercure Santa Marta is located in Santa Marta on the country’s Caribbean coast.

The Caribbean hotel market surpassed a pair of its performance peaks in 2014 and continues to show consistent growth year to date in 2015, according to STR Analytics.

Priority Pass is now available to Melia Hotels International’s most valued customers, MeliaRewards Platinum members.

NH Hotel Group will bring its nhow brand to the UK capital in a new development from internationally acclaimed studio Foster + Partners, located within Shoreditch and the City of London.