Sneaking in one last dip at the Ritz-Carlton Orlando, I overheard a father tell his young daughter, whose heart was clearly set on cannonballs, "No honey, this isn't the pool for that." I asked if they'd tried the new waterpark at the JW Marriott end of the shared Grande Lakes property.
Blue Diamond Resorts has opened the adults-only Hideaway at Royalton Blue Waters, An Autograph Collection All-Inclusive Resort in Montego Bay, Jamaica.
Como Hotels & Resorts is poised to open a luxury year-round resort, the Como Alpina Dolomites on Dec. 7.
Minor Hotels is preparing to enter the Paris market with three four-star NH Hotels in France's capital.
Wyndham Hotels & Resorts has rebuffed Choice Hotels International's latest buyout attempt, with Wyndham chairman Stephen Holmes calling Choice's most recent outreach "a step backwards."
Renaissance has opened its fifth New York City hotel, in Manhattan's Harlem neighborhood.