The article highlights recent developments in aviation, hospitality, and travel sectors, including Wizz Air resuming flights to Tel Aviv, new airport expansions, hotel sustainability initiatives, cruise line itineraries, and geopolitical tensions. Key events include Blackstone Real Estate acquiring a resort, airport infrastructure upgrades, and international travel policy updates.

The Indian Supreme Court, in a July 24, 2025 decision, ruled that a Dubai-based entity, Hyatt International, established a permanent establishment (PE) in India despite lacking a physical office or permanent employees. The court found that Hyatt International exercised significant control over Asian Hotels in India through strategic oversight, including appointing personnel, setting HR and procurement policies, and formulating pricing, marketing, and branding strategies. The 20-year agreement and the receipt of strategic fees based on hotel revenues and profits demonstrated active commercial involvement. The ruling emphasizes that functional control over core business operations—regardless of physical presence—can constitute a PE, shifting the focus from physical presence to economic or digital substance. This decision has broad implications for multinational enterprises, particularly in areas like global capability centers, contract manufacturing, and outsourced R&D, where non-resident control may now trigger PE taxation.

The article discusses a hotel review of the Rio Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, focusing on its recent renovation, amenities, pricing, and guest experiences. It highlights the hotel's transition into the World of Hyatt portfolio in late 2024, offering benefits such as Hyatt points, room upgrades, and complimentary access to pools, fitness centers, and dining. The review praises the hotel's affordable rates, location, dining options, and family-friendly amenities, while criticizing the resort fee, lack of vegan options, and inefficient VIP check-in. The article does not mention any transaction involving Trinity selling a stake in Hyatt Regency Greenwich to Certares, which appears to be an error or misattribution in the title.

Avana Companies, based in Glendale, Arizona, has expanded its lending services into India by securing a non-deposit taking non-banking financial company license from the Reserve Bank of India for its subsidiary LendThrive Finance Private Ltd. The company has opened a regional office in Pune and plans to launch direct commercial lending to micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) within six months. Avana has committed $1.5 million initially and plans to invest $20 million more, with a total investment goal of $25 million over three years. Hyatt Hotels Corp. has signed a management agreement with Kanden Realty & Development Co. Ltd. in Osaka, Japan, to open the first Hyatt Centric hotel there, scheduled for 2031, as part of a mixed-use redevelopment project involving Nankai Electric Railway and Osaka Metro. The U.S. hotel industry saw declining performance in August 10–16, with occupancy down 0.9% year-over-year to 66.3%, RevPAR down 0.5% to $104.50, and ADR up 0.4% to $157.51. Seattle saw the highest occupancy and RevPAR growth, while Houston and New Orleans experienced significant drops due to post-Hurricane Beryl displacement. Disneyland Resort will eliminate 30-minute early park entry for hotel guests, replacing it with one Lightning Lane entry per stay starting January 5, 2026. Dallas-based G6 Hospitality has launched a 24-hour customer support service for its Motel 6 and Studio 6 guests.

Hotel101 Global, a Singapore-headquartered hospitality platform, has entered into definitive binding agreements with Canopy Sands Development Co., Ltd. to develop two new Hotel101 projects in Cambodia: one in Phnom Penh and another in Sihanoukville. The Phnom Penh project will feature approximately 700 rooms on 2,033 square meters of prime land in the Tonlé Bassac district, near the upscale BKK district and key landmarks such as Aeon Mall 1 and the Independence Monument. The Sihanoukville project will have around 680 rooms on 4,623 square meters of land within the Bay of Lights master-planned coastal development, adjacent to a proposed international convention and exhibition center and just five minutes from Sihanoukville airport. Both projects are part of Hotel101 Global’s long-term vision to operate 1 million rooms across 100 countries, with Cambodia being the sixth country entered after the Philippines, Japan, Spain, the United States, and Saudi Arabia. The projects are expected to generate US$109.55 million in sales revenue upon full sale and are targeted for completion by 2028. They will contribute to Cambodia’s economic growth through job creation, foreign investment, and increased tourism, and will complement existing global hotel brands in the region. The agreements leverage Canopy Sands Development’s local expertise and sales network, and the projects are positioned to serve both business and leisure travelers in a growing market with over 6.7 million international visitors in 2024 and the upcoming opening of the Techno International Airport (KTI) in Phnom Penh on September 9, 2025.