
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUS: Plans for the independent boutique hotel Backbeat, designed by Studio Rodrigo Buelvas and Jonathan Splitt Architects, have been unveiled ahead the property’s scheduled opening 2028.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: Ruby Group will develop and operate a hotel in downtown Chicago under a 30-year franchise agreement with IHG Hotels & Resorts.Â

Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: Hilton has introduced its 25th brand, the Outset Collection, with more than 60 hotels in development initially in the US.Â

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUSA: Molly O’Keefe has been promoted to principal at The Gettys Group Companies to drive strategic business initiatives for the design and development firm.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUS: The newly-constructed 280-room citizenM Chicago Downtown has opened.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUS/UK: citizenM will open the majority of its upcoming properties in the United States, marking the group’s debut in Miami. The new openings will take
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteUS: The Prime Group, Inc. and Aimbridge Hospitality will open The LaSalle Hotel in Chicago’s financial district in early February next year. Designed by DiLeonardo

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUS: Park Hyatt Chicago will temporarily close in January 2022 to undergo a renovation of all 198 guest rooms and suites, with a scheduled reopening