Travel & Hospitality · Week of Nov 2, 2026
Hotel REITs raise 2026 outlooks: the week in travel releases
Xenia and Sunstone raised 2026 guidance on double-digit RevPAR gains, while AMTD reshuffled four hotels and others announced promotions and partnerships.
Hotel REIT earnings led the week. Xenia Hotels & Resorts and Sunstone Hotel Investors both reported double-digit third quarter RevPAR growth and both raised their full year 2026 outlooks. Xenia says Same-Property RevPAR rose 12.5% to $184.75 and cited October performance above its prior expectations. Sunstone says RevPAR for all hotels rose 11.4% to $235.22 and lifted its RevPAR growth guidance to 9.5% to 10.5%. Both companies also returned capital: Xenia declared a $0.14 dividend, and Sunstone reported $117.8 million of stock repurchases in the quarter.
Elsewhere, AMTD Digital completed the transfer of controlling interests in four hotels to its subsidiary The Generation Essentials Group in an all-share deal valued at US$209,766,000. Six Flags set its holiday season lineup across 11 parks. Stay22 said more than $2 billion USD in travel bookings have been made through its platform. CSTS Enterprises announced a partnership with Bologna FC 1909, and the oneworld alliance's Seoul Incheon lounge won a World Travel Awards title for a second year.
Xenia Hotels & Resorts, Inc.
Xenia Hotels & Resorts Reports Third Quarter 2026 Results
Xenia Hotels & Resorts reported a third quarter 2026 net loss attributable to common stockholders of $2.7 million, against $13.7 million a year earlier, as Adjusted EBITDAre rose 26.0% to $53.2 million and Same-Property RevPAR rose 12.5% to $184.75. The company raised full year 2026 guidance to Adjusted EBITDAre of $278 million to $284 million and Adjusted FFO per diluted share of $2.08 to $2.14, and says it sold the 85-room Kimpton RiverPlace Hotel in Portland, Oregon, for $11 million in July.
Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc.
SUNSTONE HOTEL INVESTORS REPORTS RESULTS FOR THIRD QUARTER 2026
Sunstone Hotel Investors reported third quarter 2026 net income attributable to common stockholders of $38.7 million, or $0.21 per diluted share, after a net loss of $2.9 million a year earlier, with RevPAR for all hotels up 11.4% to $235.22. The company raised full year Adjusted FFO per diluted share guidance to $1.00 to $1.03 from $0.93 to $0.98, reported $117.8 million of stock repurchases in the quarter with $310.6 million remaining under its authorization, and declared a $0.09 common dividend payable January 15, 2027.
Six Flags Entertainment Corporation
Six Flags expands the holiday cheer with more parks, more events and more ways for families to celebrate in 2026
Six Flags Entertainment Corporation announced holiday events at 11 parks in the United States, Canada and Mexico starting Nov. 20, 2026, including reimagined Holiday in the Park events at Six Flags Great Adventure and Six Flags Over Georgia, which the company describes as the first phase of a multiyear transformation. It also introduced free unlimited home-park admission for guests age 65 and older, excluding Knott's Berry Farm, and Black Friday ticket, season pass and resort offers valid through Nov. 30.
AMTD IDEA Group; AMTD Digital Inc.; The Generation Essentials Group
AMTD IDEA, AMTD Digital and TGE Jointly Announce the Injection of Four Premium Hotel Assets into TGE
AMTD Digital completed the transfer of controlling interests in four hotels, including the AMTD IDEA Tribeca Hotel and a 50% equity interest with veto power in the hotel operations of the Ritz-Carlton, Perth, to subsidiary The Generation Essentials Group (TGE) on November 2, 2026, for US$209,766,000 paid in 198,630,381 new TGE Class A shares. After the transactions, AMTD Digital holds 88.2% of TGE's issued share capital and AMTD IDEA Group beneficially owns 95.6%, consolidating the hotels within TGE.
CSTS Enterprises
Bologna FC 1909 and CSTS Enterprises Announce New Strategic Partnership in Asia
CSTS Enterprises, a New York-based sports, entertainment, integrated media and travel technology group, announced a strategic partnership in Asia with Bologna FC 1909 on Nov. 4, 2026. Under the deal, CSTS joins the club in an official regional partner role, adding to the links between sports clubs and travel technology groups.
Stay22
More Than $2 Billion USD in Travel Bookings Facilitated Through Stay22 as It Celebrates its 10th anniversary
Stay22 says more than $2 billion USD in travel bookings have been facilitated through its platform as it marks its 10th anniversary, and that the business has grown 100x since 2019. The Montreal company says its network of creators and publishers has more than tripled to over 10,000, and it has introduced a refreshed brand built around that network.
oneworld Management Company, Inc
oneworld's Seoul Incheon Lounge Named "Asia's Leading Airline Lounge - Business Class" at World Travel Awards for Second Consecutive Year
The oneworld alliance says its branded lounge at Seoul Incheon International Airport was named "Asia's Leading Airline Lounge - Business Class" at the World Travel Awards for a second consecutive year. The lounge was the alliance's first branded lounge, and oneworld presents the repeat award as evidence of a consistent guest experience there.
This roundup is written with AI assistance from the press releases listed above, using only what they state. The releases are the companies' own announcements, not Stream Bulletin reporting.