Dubai plans to develop a 6.3 billion dirham ($1.7 billion) tourist resort on two man-made islands it will build either side of the Burj Al Arab, its luxury sail-shaped hotel, Reuters reports. It is the latest development planned by the emirate as it aims to attract 20 million visitors a year by 2020 when Dubai will host the World Expo 2020 exhibition.

Massachusetts political leaders madeÊtheir way to South Boston on MondayÊto kick off a five-year building process that will end withÊthe largest hotel Boston has ever seen.

Thailand-based real estate developer Singha Estate has revealed its latest collaboration with Ibiza beach club operator CafŽ Del Mar to open a mega project in the Maldives. The CafŽ Del Mar beach club will be the flagship and the largest of its kind in the Indian Ocean with a space of over 5,000 square meters.

Courtyard by Marriott Toronto Mississauga/West developed by Great Lake Hotels Inc., has now opened its doors in Mississauga, Ontario. Featuring an innovative lobby space as well as CourtyardÕs latest contemporary room design, the new hotel provides flexibility and choices that allow guests to optimize and elevate their travel experience.

On the eve of the inaugural SAHIC Cuba investment conference in Havana, Meli‡ Hotels International announced during the International Tourism Fair in Cuba that it will extend its presence in the center of the island with the addition of eight hotels, while also assisting in promoting multi-destination vacations.

Iconic American hotel brand Howard JohnsonÊdebuted on the shores of South Korea’s leading island destination with the opening of Howard Johnson Jeju Seogwipo Harbor. The 241-room oceanfront hotel is the first Howard Johnson in Asia outside of China.

IHG and China’s Greenland USA opened the Hotel Indigo in downtown Los Angeles, the first of the brand in that city. The 350-room, 18-story Hotel Indigo Los Angeles Downtown opened in April in the Metropolis development. ItÕs the first hotel developed by Greenland USA, a subsidiary of Shanghai-based Greenland Group.

In March 2018, Germany’s first NYX hotel opens in Munich. With ten houses operating in the Bavarian capital, Leonardo Hotels offers the right starting point for night owls, individualists, and street art fans with its lifestyle brand.