Hotel Development News Services & Portals

Hotel and real estate news and information sites are a valuable source of knowledge and understanding for hotel investors and developers. There is a variety of hotel specific and customisable real estate sites that provide ongoing global and region-specific news, industry and transaction information, performance data, benchmarking, analysis, advice, opinion and opportunities. These sites offer the opportunity for free and paid subscriptions, newsletters, magazines and access to information databases. The information services link to either consulting firms, conference providers or print publications. Below is a selection of some of the best providers with a focus on hotel real estate development and investment:      

Hotel Analyst  – News Analysis Service

ZeroTwoZero Communications Ltd, Cambridge, UK

Hotel Analyst is different from all other news and information products for the hospitality sector. It is designed to focus purely on the information needs of the hotel investment community. Rather than reproducing press releases or re-writing other newspaper and news wire reports, it is first-hand journalism, reporting the issues that matter to senior hotel industry professionals. A subscription to Hotel Analyst news analysis service comprises of three things: a newsletter published four times a year (Hotel Analyst newsletter), a daily email summarising the news (HA Daily) and a weekly web-based online news service (HA Perspective Online). Both included within the one subscription 2019 price of £650+VAT. {Subscription Page}

Hotels Magazine & Hotels Investment Outlook – Hotel Magazines & News Service

Nevistas/Ozean Group, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

For more than 45 years Hotels magazine and www.hotelsmag.com have been the leading sources of news and analysis for the global hotel industry. Reaching over 90,000 hotel professionals in more than 160 countries through print and online communications, Hotels provides critical information on all aspects of the worldwide hotel industry including design, food & beverage, finance, development marketing and technology. Owners, investors and operators look to Hotels to provide the latest insights on trends as well as the challenges and opportunities they face each day. {Subscription Page}

Hotel Management – Hospitality News Service

Questex, New York, NY, USA

Hotel Management has been the hospitality industry’s magazine of record for more than 140 years. Today, it covers hotel investment, development, operations, design, technology, brand strategies and the sharing economy for the new generation of the hotel owner, developer, operator, broker and financier. The editorial staff provides the very latest news and insight for the hospitality community and boasts a masthead brimming with sought-after thought leaders in the industry. Free newsletter and digital magazine access and subscription. {Subscription Page}

Hotel News Now – News Service & Statistical Data Provider

Cleveland, Ohio, USA

A division of STR, Hotel News Now is an online news resource that combines experience from its editorial team with unprecedented access to STR data to provide up-to-the-minute information for hotel decision makers globally. Comprising a website and numerous email newsletters, including the Daily Update, Tech Impact Report and Independent Insights. Its reader community includes executives who own, manage, or finance hotels, as well as the managers and employees who oversee the operations of hotels worldwide.  {Subscription Page}

Hotel News Resource & Hotel Resource – News Service & Portal

Nevistas/Ozean Group, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Hotel News Resource has evolved into the leading online information and knowledge base for the hospitality & travel industries. From operations in the USA, Canada, Mexico and Germany the network aggregates and distributes content on behalf of 3,260 organisations and utilizing proprietary software provides its partners with a real-time solution to access relevant industry intelligence serving their region, segment and demographic. The Hotel News Resource newsletter can be customised to send the latest hotel industry development news, including transactions, brand developments and related hotel development trends. Hotel Resource is the portal site of the hotel industry network of web sites owned and operated by Nevistas. It features a manually edited, paid or free hotel supply and resources directory as well as links to the latest hotel industry news, trends, market reports, events and other hotel industry developments. {Subscription Page}

Hotel-Online.com – News Service & Portal

Hotel Online, Roswell, Georgia, USA

Hotel-Online.com is a daily email and news site for the hospitality industry, providing industry leaders with the latest and most relevant global news, trends, products and services. Founded in 1995, Hotel-Online was the first online news source for the hotel industry. The daily e-newsletter provides the day’s relevant and topical news stories, reports and columns each business day for and about the hospitality industry.  An extensive library has grown to more than 100,000 articles, providing a wealth of industry history and information. {Subscription Page}

HVS – Newsletters & Transaction Bulletins 

HVS Europe Hotel Bulletin, London, UK

Besides client consulting services, market research, articles and publications HVS provides a free subscription to five regular newsletters: Americas Hospitality Newsletter, Asia Pacific Hospitality Newsletter, Canadian Lodging Outlook, Europe Hotel Transactions Bulletin and the Middle East & Africa Market Intelligence. {Subscription Page}

Infabode – Customisable Real Estate News Information Service

Infabode Limited, London, UK

Infabode connects members with research, market insights, blogs, reports, analysis, opinions and news from across the global real estate industry including hotels, on one customisable online platform. Solves the problem of real estate information spread across the web and the time constraints in accessing it. Infabode works with the industry’s leading content providers to deliver their market knowledge directly to those professionals that are looking to access it. The platform is entirely free of charge for both members and businesses, and ‘always will be’. {Subscription Page}

JLL The Investor (Hotels) – Hotels News, Opinion & Investment Opportunities

JLL Capital Markets (EMEA Headquarters), London, UK

The Investor is the voice of JLL Capital Markets, housing the latest news, thought leadership, research, and investment opportunities from real estate investment markets across the globe. The Investor provides commercial real estate investors with insights on the most pertinent issues in the market to help support their investment decisions, wherever they are in the world. The dedicated hotel real estate and country pages provide our readers with access to locally relevant articles, research and opportunities. {Subscription Page + click on ‘subscribe’ arrow}

Real Capital Analytics, Inc. (RCA) – CRE Transaction Research & Analytics

New York, NY, USA

RCA is the authority on the deals, the players and the trends that drive the CRE investment markets. Data is at the forefront of their business, having recorded over $18 trillion of commercial property transactions linked to over 200,000 investor and lender profiles. Active investors, lenders, brokers and advisors depend on RCA’s insight to formulate their strategies, source opportunities, and execute deals. RCA provides timely and reliable transaction data, intelligence on market pricing, capital flows and investment trends. RCA publish the Capital Trends reports (Global, US, Europe, Asia Pacific) which are quoted in industry news and academic research. {Subscription Page}

Top Hotel Project– Hotel News & Database Service

Rotenburg, Germany

THP has a full-time international team of research specialists in continual communication with investors, project developers and hotel operators, connected into economic databases, information services, global media and other online channels. Via their tophotel.news website they provide information in a free subscription newsletter, which is also extracted and added to online subscription paid databases TOPHOTELCONSTRUCTION and TOPHOTELCHAINS that deliver a tailored, up-to-date resource with an overview of all major hotel projects, refurbishments and extensions worldwide. THP also provide a TOPHOTELWORLDTOUR with a series of networking conferences around the world {Subscription Page + click on ‘newsletter’}