CALGARY — MasterBUILT, Canadian franchisor of Microtel, is building new properties and investing in others, with the idea that these hotels are communities that had strong demand during COVID, need to get through it,…

HENDERSONVILLE, Tenn. — STR data for Nov. 8-14, 2020 showed slightly lower occupancy from the previous week for Canada’s hotel industry. Data for Nov. 8-14, 2020 (percentage change from comparable week in 2019):…

Hazelton’s new Spa by Valmont. Holiday Inn Toronto-Yorkdale to be demolished. New Motel 6 in Revelstoke, B.C. Trois Rivières gets a Travelodge. Pinestone joins Ascend Hotel Collection.

Colleen Kendall wins Choice Leader of the Year at APEX awards. Readers Choice hotel winners. Philip Mondor wins Ryerson HTM award. First Bill Pallett Memorial Award. Fogo Island Inn Shed an architectural winner. Hilton…

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Changes at BUM Commercial Furniture. Lesley Brown new president of CAPS. Michelle Dias adds position at Seneca College. Husband and wife team join Tofino Resort + Marina’s 1909 Kitchen.

Tourism HR Canada predicts a long road to recovery. IHG looks to entertainment and sports groups. Marriott enters the Work Anywhere market. PEI faces tough times. Regina council passes Airbnb regs. Indigenous tourism to…

Twelve Canadian hotels won the coveted MK Guertin Award at the Best Western Hotels & Resorts Virtual Convention held late last month. Canada was also represented in every other award category, and two properties’…

HENDERSONVILLE, Tennessee—STR data for October 25-31l, 2020 showed slightly lower occupancy from prior weeks for Canada’s hotel industry.

PORTSMOUTH, NH — According to analysts at Lodging Econometrics, Canada’s hotel construction pipeline declined slightly at the close of Q3’20 to end the quarter at 277 projects/35,836 rooms. The construction pipeline in…