The list of highly-anticipated South Florida hotel openings keeps growing, and some are scheduled to debut any day now. From Little Havana to Coconut Grove and South Beach, here’s what’s new and exciting on the new hotels horizon. Comment The list of highly-anticipated South Florida hotel openings keeps growing, and some are scheduled to debut any day now. From Little Havana to Coconut Grove and South Beach, here’s what’s new and exciting on the horizon. 1. Cadillac Hotel; Beach Club, Miami Beach An oceanfront guest room at the forthcoming Cadillac Hotel & Beach Club. The historic Roy France Art Deco hotel on Collins Avenue in mid-beach is undergoing a multi-million dollar renovation by new ownership. It will join Marriott’s Autograph Collection as the  Cadillac Hotel & Beach Club . The hotel’s interiors are being reimagined by Bill Rooney Studio. The design will draw inspiration from the European Riviera of the 1940s with white stone, smoky blue and gold...

New Regulation to Protect Hotel Housekeepers HISTORY - For the first time in history, a tailored regulation has been created to protect those who are exposed to the highest risk of work-related injuries in the hospitality industry: hotel housekeepers. The state of California is taking the plunge to set this new ergonomics standard nation-wide, which will be enforced with California’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) . It requires all hotels and lodging establishments to create, implement, and sustainably maintain an effective  Musculoskeletal Injury Prevention Program (MIPP)  to address hazards specific to housekeeping. Finally – this is a great step forward in promoting employee well-being. Musculoskeletal injuries, which are defined in the  standard  as “ acute injury or cumulative trauma of a muscle, tendon, ligament, bursa, peripheral nerve, joint, bone, spinal disc or blood vessel ” are of high risk to housekeepers due to thei...

New building materials save hotel developers time and money Compartir Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Print High-tech construction materials are making it easier and less expensive for developers to raise a building—even during cold winters. They can also save an operator money in the long run by improving the building’s thermal retention, keeping the spaces cooler in summer and warmer in winter while using less electricity. Cross-Laminated Timber In November, Lendlease, the developer for the United States Department of Defense’s Privatized Army Lodging portfolio, started construction on the second-ever hotel in the country built with cross-laminated timber, or CLT. By March, the timber installation was completed, and the Candlewood Suites hotel on Fort Drum in Watertown, N.Y., was moving quickly toward its opening. “CLT is several layers of pressed wood or lumber board that are stacked ...

Hotel supply in the United States is expected to grow 2.5 percent in 2018, according to Lodging Econometrics. That means 1,146 hotels with 130,877 rooms will open in the U.S. this year. Of those expected to open, 511 hotels with 50,105 rooms will be upper-midscale, the highest count of any chain scale and 45 percent of all new openings, according to a news release from LE. In 2019, the census is expected to grow another 2.5 percent with the opening of 1,215 hotels with 137,105 rooms. That’s about 6 percent more projects than are anticipated to open in 2018. In 2019, New York will again be the top market for new hotel openings with 47 hotels and 7,239 rooms.