A Roundup of Independent Hotel News

12/5/2018 HNN - A roundup of independent hotel news TRENDING Independent (/printtopdf/280419) 1 Marriott hit by hotel industry’s largest Insights data breach (/articles/291683/Marriott- (/Articles/ByCategory? hit-by-hotel-industrys-largest-data- breach) category=Independent+Insights) (/) 2 Timeline: The growing number of hotel data breaches (/articles/50937/Timeline- The-growing-number-of-hotel-data- A roundup of independent hotel breaches) 3 Legal liability, implications of Marriott data breach (/articles/291702/Legal- news liability-implications-of-Marriott-data- breach) 21 MARCH 2018 12:30 PM 4 Tracking the recent rash of strikes at US This month’s roundup of news from the independent hotel sector hotels (/articles/291658/Tracking-the- includes: The debut of Houston’s Post Oak Hotel; Boyne Resorts’ latest recent-rash-of-strikes-at-US-hotels) acquisition; and more. 5 Dual brands: Not necessarily more cost- efcient (/articles/291657/Dual-brands- Not-necessarily-more-cost-efcient)

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Boyne Resorts acquires six properties ROI) Michigan’s Boyne Resorts has agreed to acquire six mountain resorts across ve states and one Canadian province from Ski Resort Holdings, an afliate of Oz Real Estate. According to a ILC: Hiring report in The Record-Eagle (http://www.record-eagle.com/news/business/boyne-to-buy-six- newcomer resorts/article_dca40d31-91ac-53fb-91ce-f5428f89d2d8.html) (Traverse City, Michigan), Boyne effort (/art has already been managing the resorts and scenic chairlift. Hiring-ind newcomer Resorts in the acquisition include: Brighton Resort near Salt Lake City, Utah; Cypress effort) Mountain in Vancouver, British Columbia; Loon Mountain in New Hampshire; Sugarloaf and (/articles/291556/ILC- Sunday River in Maine; and The Summit at Snoqualmie near Seattle. The chairlift included in Hiring-industry- the transaction is the Gatlinburg Sky Lift in Gatlinburg, Tennessee. newcomers-is-worth-the- These acquisitions join the resorts already in Boyne’s ownership portfolio, including Big Sky Resort in Montana, and Michigan’s Boyne Mountain, Boyne Highlands and the Inn at Bay effort) Harbor. Victorian B Houston’s Post Oak Hotel opens doors as boutiqu The Post Oak Hotel in Uptown Houston, part of a 10-acre mixed-use development project by (/articles/2 billionaire Tilman Fertitta, opened this month. The $300-million hotel project has 250 BandB-reim guestrooms, 22 residential apartments, a 16,000-square-foot ballroom, a wine cellar, a two- boutique-D level Rolls Royce showroom and art from Fertitta’s personal collection. (/articles/291552/Victorian- Fertitta is owner of Landry’s, Golden Nugget Casinos and the Houston Rockets. BandB-reimagined-as- boutique-Dove-Inn) http://www.hotelnewsnow.com/Articles/280419/A-roundup-of-independent-hotel-news 2/5 12/5/2018 HNN - A roundup of independent hotel news boutique Dove Inn) Miami’s Tower Hotel gets new life as boutique hotel The Tower Hotel in Miami’s Little Havana neighborhood has been many things since it A roundup opened in 1920, including a YMCA, a World War II hospital and a hotel, and now it’s getting a hotel news new life, according to a report in the Miami Herald (/articles/2 (http://www.miamiherald.com/news/business/article204754109.html). roundup-o The historic property is under development to become Little Havana’s rst boutique hotel, hotel-new (/)redeveloped through a partnership between the Barlington Group and Selina, a hotel (/articles/291553/A- management company with properties throughout Latin America. This will be its rst U.S. outpost. Barlington purchased the property in 2012 for $1.7 million. roundup-of-independent- Throughout its history, the building hosted noted jazz musicians including Billie Holiday, hotel-news) Count Basie and Chet Baker. For several months, a local theater company staged an immersive play inside the hotel building with actors portraying some of the icons who stayed Hotel subscriptions: The wave of the future? (/articl at the hotel. subscriptions-The-wave-of-the-future) In its new life as a hotel again, that history will play a big role, according to the paper. Antebellum home will be a boutique hotel Buford, Georgia-based Ascent Hospitality purchased the Murphy House, one of Montgomery, Alabama’s most recognizable antebellum-era homes, and will develop it into a boutique hotel. According to a story on AL.com (http://www.al.com/business/index.ssf/2018/03/montgomerys_murphy_house_to_be.html), the Civil War-era building will have 100 rooms and suites, and meeting space, and will be part of Marriott International’s Autograph Collection.

Openings, management, people on the move The Cavalier Hotel in Virginia Beach, Virginia, reopened in early March following a four-year, $85-million renovation. The 85-room hotel is now part of Marriott’s Autograph Collection. Hotel Paseo, in Palm Desert, California, opened in early March. The 150-room new-build hotel is part of Marriott’s Autograph Collection. San Francisco’s Serrano Hotel in the city’s Union Square neighborhood is nearing completion on a $16-million renovation that includes a name change. Now known as Hotel Spero, the 236-room hotel will ofcially launch under its new name in April. The hotel has been open throughout its renovations. Woodside Hotel Group is now managing the Harvest Inn in St. Helena, California. The Napa Valley hotel is owned by City-Core Hospitality. Waterville Valley Resort in Waterville Valley, New Hampshire, acquired the Silver Fox Inn, formerly the Best Western Silver Fox, from its former owners Tor and Susan Brunvand.

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