5-Star Weekly Briefing

This week’s 5-Star Weekly Briefing highlights current trends, investments, and developments in the hotel sector. Episode 101, proudly sponsored by GAIN, tracks key capital deployment and executive movements shaping Australasia and South East Asia. Deicorp’s $640 million Crows Nest project brings Courtyard by Marriott back to Sydney alongside Trilogy Hotels, while The Comiskey Group secures approva...

This week’s 5-Star Weekly Briefing highlights current trends, investments, and developments in the hotel sector. In our milestone 100th episode, proudly sponsored by Canary Technologies, we analyse pivotal leadership moves and capital shifts across Australia, New Zealand, and South East Asia. Key highlights include BWH Hotels consolidating under the WorldHotels masterbrand, IHG and SKS Group final...

This week’s 5-Star Weekly Briefing highlights current trends, investments, and developments in the hotel sector. We explore Marriott International's strategic expansion into New Zealand and Accor’s anticipated return of the Novotel brand to Brisbane's CBD. Meanwhile, Amora Hotels and Resorts debuts its A$73 million property transformation in Adelaide. On the investment front, JLL revises i...

This week’s 5-Star Weekly Briefing highlights current trends, investments, and developments in the hotel sector. Major regional news takes center stage as Marriott International signs a landmark 7-property portfolio expansion with FICO Corporation in Thailand, while Shangri-La Group and IHG Hotels & Resorts announce major luxury debuts across Japan. In Australasia, Pro-invest Group transforms...

This week’s 5-Star Weekly Briefing highlights current trends, investments, and developments in the hotel sector. In major developments across the region, InterContinental Brisbane initiates a staged multi-million-dollar renovation designed by Woods Bagot, while Accor enters Australia's rental living market as Freecity's management partner across Build-to-Rent, Co-Living, and PBSA sectors....

This week’s 5-Star Weekly Briefing highlights current trends, investments, and developments in the hotel sector. In Episode 96, sponsored by Canary Technologies, we explore major regional developments, including Accor’s latest signing of the Novotel Sydney Castle Hill and a multi-million-pound luxury renovation for InterContinental Brisbane. We also look at the broader Asia-Pacific market as IHG a...

This week’s 5-Star Weekly Briefing highlights current trends, investments, and developments in the hotel sector. In this episode, we examine major regional momentum as CBRE reports APAC hotel investment hit USD 8 billion in H1 2026—up 21% year-on-year. We cover key transactions, including Hoi Hup Realty's AUD 201.8 million acquisition of Four Points by Sheraton Sydney, Central Park, and the fi...

This week’s 5-Star Weekly Briefing highlights current trends, investments, and developments in the hotel sector. In Episode 94, sponsored by VTech, we cover major expansion across the Pacific and South East Asia. Key highlights include Minor Hotels launching Australasia’s largest integrated wellness precinct at Avani Cypress Lakes, Radisson RED making its Australian debut in Sydney, and IHG Hotels...

This week’s 5-Star Weekly Briefing highlights current trends, investments, and developments in the hotel sector. In this episode, brought to you by GAIN (Growth Advisors International Network), we unpack major portfolio expansions and strategic capital investments across Australia, New Zealand, and Asia. IHG makes a landmark entry with a 15-hotel Staybridge Suites deal in Australia, whilst Marriot...

This week’s 5-Star Weekly Briefing highlights current trends, investments, and developments in the hotel sector. In this episode, we break down Hoi Hup Realty’s major $201.8 million Australian entry, acquiring Four Points by Sheraton Sydney, alongside Quest’s continued regional expansion across Canberra and Adelaide. We explore ambitious property developments, including Paradox Sydney’s proposed v...

This week’s 5-Star Weekly Briefing highlights current trends, investments, and developments in the hotel sector. In this episode, we unpack major portfolio expansions and luxury real estate moves across Australia and South East Asia. We explore the multi-million-dollar revitalisation of the Novotel Cairns Oasis Resort, Hilton’s highly anticipated LXR debut at The Imperial Gold Coast, and Radisson...

This week’s 5-Star Weekly Briefing highlights current trends, investments, and developments in the hotel sector. In this episode, we unpack a massive week of regional expansion, tech innovation, and executive moves. Accor makes waves with the Pacific debut of its budget-friendly 'greet' brand in Alice Springs, alongside the highly anticipated launch of Fairmont in Bangkok. We also explore...

This week’s 5-Star Weekly Briefing highlights current trends, investments, and developments in the hotel sector. Key regional moves feature Hilton expanding its lifestyle portfolio across Southeast Asia, EVT breaking ground on Rydges Tauranga, and Radisson launching its Radisson Individuals soft-brand in Queensland with The Merchant Hotel Brisbane. Transaction momentum remains high, evidenced by J...

This week’s 5-Star Weekly Briefing highlights current trends, investments, and developments in the hotel sector. Welcome to Episode 88, proudly sponsored by Canary Technologies. In this episode, we spotlight landmark regional openings, including Citadines' flagship property in Hobart, Canopy by Hilton’s South East Asia debut in Bangkok, and TFE Hotels' multi-million-dollar revitalisation o...

This week’s 5-Star Weekly Briefing highlights current trends, investments, and developments in the hotel sector. We unpack APAC’s surging hotel investment volumes, which hit a post-2019 high of US$6.8 billion in the first half of the year. On the development front, we explore IHG’s luxury lifestyle push with the Kimpton Suntaya Bali Ubud debut, alongside major Australian new-builds including The W...

This week’s 5-Star Weekly Briefing highlights current trends, investments, and developments in the hotel sector. In this episode, brought to you by VTech Phones, we examine significant capital movements across the Pacific, headlined by JLL data showing a 54% surge in Asia Pacific hotel transaction volumes to $6.8 billion. Key developments include the $40 million transformation of Sydney’s Manly Pa...

This week’s 5-Star Weekly Briefing highlights current trends, investments, and developments in the hotel sector. In this episode, we unpack massive regional expansions, starting with Accor’s strategic 5,300-key partnership in Vietnam and Hotel101’s USD 200 million development push into Thailand. Closer to home, IHG and Pelligra Group officially unveil the Crowne Plaza Melbourne Carlton, while Bris...

This week’s 5-Star Weekly Briefing highlights current trends, investments, and developments in the hotel sector. In this episode, we unpack Australia's largest freehold going-concern transaction—the staggering $500 million divestment of Iris Capital’s premium hospitality portfolio to Redcape Hotel Group. We also explore major regional pipelines, including Ennismore’s 2026 roadmap bringing new...

This week’s 5-Star Weekly Briefing highlights current trends, investments, and developments in the hotel sector. We examine Freecity's landmark $1.5 billion luxury hospitality development approval in North Sydney and Salter Brothers Hospitality's strategic global partnership with Small Luxury Hotels of the World. We also analyse the official launch of Quest Southport on the Gold Coast by T...

This week’s 5-Star Weekly Briefing highlights current trends, investments, and developments in the hotel sector. We explore major regional movements, including Accor and ERDI’s transformation of the Novotel St Kilda, Radisson’s aggressive expansion blueprint across Australasia, and the premium launch of The Bonobo by Raes in Byron Bay. In market insights, the upcoming AHICE Sydney Hotel Summit anc...

This week’s 5-Star Weekly Briefing highlights current trends, investments, and developments in the hotel sector. In this episode, we explore Accor’s landmark multi-hotel agreement in Fiji and Fortis securing planning for a $330 million premium-lifestyle precinct in Melbourne. We also cover Hilton’s upcoming Conrad debut in Kobe and unpack their latest insights into the "Hushpitality" tre...

This week’s 5-Star Weekly Briefing highlights current trends, investments, and developments in the hotel sector. We cover Accor’s landmark multi-hotel agreement with Yavu Collective in Fiji and Pacific heavyweight Prendiville Group's strategic expansion into Darwin. In Sydney, Deicorp has finalised a major tripartite deal to anchor a new Courtyard by Marriott in Crows Nest, operated by Trilogy...

This week’s 5-Star Weekly Briefing highlights current trends, investments, and developments in the hotel sector. We delve into high-impact regional developments, including Hickory’s appointment to construct Sydney’s new Randle St Hotel and IHG’s landmark dual-property expansion in Vietnam. In investments, CapitaLand Ascott Trust finalises a strategic S$360 million divestment in Singapore, whilst C...

This week’s 5-Star Weekly Briefing highlights current trends, investments, and developments in the hotel sector. In Episode 78, proudly supported by VTech, we examine Accor’s rapid pipeline expansion via The Sebel Sydney Parramatta and their landmark milestone of surpassing 150 franchise properties across the Pacific region. We dive into the major AU$60 million redevelopment launching Le Méridien...

This week’s 5-Star Weekly Briefing highlights current trends, investments, and developments in the hotel sector. In major developments, IHG Hotels & Resorts debuted voco Darwin Suites, whilst TFE Hotels opened the design-led Adina Chermside Brisbane. The luxury investment landscape remains highly active, evidenced by South Australia granting major project approval for a luxury InterContinental...