Hotels & Accommodations
Inside Puerto Vallarta hotels and their multi-billion developments
There’s a transformation unfolding in Jalisco, and it’s happening at the pace of a luxury check-in. With more than US $1 billion in new hotel investments slated between now and 2028, Mexico’s central Pacific state is turning into one of its fastest-growing hospitality hubs.
The new developments span 38 hotels across Puerto Vallarta, the Guadalajara metro area, Costalegre, and the state’s mountain and lake towns, collectively adding 4,578 rooms to Jalisco’s hotel inventory. Already the second most robust state for hotel offerings in Mexico (after Quintana Roo), Jalisco is positioning itself as the Pacific Coast powerhouse of tourism.
What makes Jalisco’s growth particularly compelling is its range. The hotel projects are scattered across the state, from the capital city streets of Guadalajara to the quiet pine forests of Tapalpa, and from Puerto Vallarta’s beaches to the quiet corners of Costalegre.
Tezcalame
Costalegre, the quiet, in-the-know region that runs along the Pacific shoreline between Puerto Vallarta and Manzanillo, is set to receive an ambitious luxury project. Situated in the municipality of Tomatlán, about 73 kilometers south of Puerto Vallarta and 79 kilometers north of Costa Careyes, Tezcalame is a 451-hectare master-planned community bringing another wave of high-end coastal living.
Anchored by a resort from Chablé Hotels, known for its wellness, design, and luxury accommodations. The US $230-million investment of Tezcalame will also feature a second international brand and a reserved oceanfront parcel earmarked for a future five-star property.
Beyond its resort components, Tezcalame will have five distinct enclaves offering estate lots for custom-designed villas. Residents will have access to a beach club and boutique beachfront homes. A golf course is also in the works, as are tourism board-backed boating routes that will run from Puerto Vallarta to Punta Perula to Barra de Navidad, according to Miguel Andres Hernandez Arteaga, undersecretary of tourism for the state of Jalisco.
Guadalajara
Inland, Guadalajara continues to evolve as a destination for business, tech, culture, and lifestyle travel. The state capital is receiving a sizable chunk of the hotel boom. InterContinental Hotel Group (IHG) will open seven new properties across the metro area, with a total investment of US $165 million. These are expected to range from urban business hotels to more lifestyle-oriented brands. Melia is investing an additional $45 million in its brand-new ME by Meliá hotel.
Hiton and Marriott are also doubling down in Guadalajara with $90 million and $65 million in investments, respectively, spread across four hotels each. The expansion of these global brands shows growing visitor numbers, but also Guadalajara’s increasing role as a commercial and convention center in Mexico.
Suites Lineup, investing $20 million, is targeting long-stay travelers with apartment-style accommodations, indicating Guadalajara is becoming attractive to digital nomads and extended-stay business professionals.
World Hotels is putting $13 million into a luxury property in the city, too.
Boutique Hotels in the Mountains and Lakes
Not all of Jalisco’s hotel growth is about international chains or beach resorts. Several investments are heading into the state’s interior, particularly its Pueblos Magic’s and nature-based getaways.
Tapalpa, tucked in the forested highlands, is welcoming two boutique hotels from Prada Collection with a US $8 million investment. Serenzzo Tapalpa is contributing another $2 million to a stylish, locally inspired retreat. These mountain destinations have long been weekend escapes for Guadalajara residents, but increased investment is helping them become destinations in their own right.
San Juan Cosalá, on the north shore of Lake Chapala, is another area gaining attention. Known for its thermal waters and small lake town aesthetic, it will soon be home to Shaalam, a wellness-oriented boutique hotel with a $6 million price tag. The development reflects the growing appeal of spa and retreat tourism around Mexico’s largest lake.
Meanwhile, eight independent hotels across the state have pledged a combined $100 million in investment. These will likely expand offerings in smaller towns and off-the-beaten-path destinations.
Infrastructure and Momentum
These hotel investments are part of a broader push to elevate Jalisco’s role in Mexico’s tourism economy. The Puerto Vallarta International Airport, already one of the busiest in the country, is undergoing major expansion, with a new terminal set to boost both domestic and international capacity. This, combined with growing air connectivity to Guadalajara and the budding airport in Costalegre, positions the state for continued tourism growth from North America and beyond.
With 11 million visitors in the first four months of 2025, according to the tourism board, Jalisco is on pace for another big year. The state currently has 2,821 hotels and more than 83,000 rooms. By 2030, the goal is to surpass 90,000.
Much of this development is driven by big-picture momentum. With Guadalajara set to co-host the 2026 FIFA World Cup, the state is bracing for a wave of international visitors. Twelve of the 38 new hotels are scheduled to open before the tournament.
Meagan Drillinger is a New York native who has spent the past 15 years traveling around and writing about Mexico. While she’s on the road for assignments most of the time, Puerto Vallarta is her home base. Follow her travels on Instagram at @drillinjourneys or through her blog at drillinjourneys.com.
Hotels & Accommodations
Indian Hotels First Quarter 2026 Earnings: Revenues Beat Expectations, EPS Lags
Indian Hotels (NSE:INDHOTEL) First Quarter 2026 Results
Key Financial Results
- Revenue: ₹21.0b (up 32% from 1Q 2025).
- Net income: ₹2.96b (up 19% from 1Q 2025).
- Profit margin: 14% (down from 16% in 1Q 2025). The decrease in margin was driven by higher expenses.
- EPS: ₹2.08 (up from ₹1.75 in 1Q 2025).
All figures shown in the chart above are for the trailing 12 month (TTM) period
Indian Hotels Revenues Beat Expectations, EPS Falls Short
Revenue exceeded analyst estimates by 3.5%. Earnings per share (EPS) missed analyst estimates by 5.5%.
Looking ahead, revenue is forecast to grow 11% p.a. on average during the next 3 years, compared to a 17% growth forecast for the Hospitality industry in India.
Performance of the Indian Hospitality industry.
The company’s shares are up 4.2% from a week ago.
Risk Analysis
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Oriental Hotels Limited’s (NSE:ORIENTHOT) CEO Looks Due For A Compensation Raise
Key Insights
- Oriental Hotels’ Annual General Meeting to take place on 24th of July
- Salary of ₹14.0m is part of CEO Pramod Ranjan’s total remuneration
- Total compensation is 50% below industry average
- Oriental Hotels’ total shareholder return over the past three years was 145% while its EPS grew by 59% over the past three years
The impressive results at Oriental Hotels Limited (NSE:ORIENTHOT) recently will be great news for shareholders. At the upcoming AGM on 24th of July, they would be interested to hear about the company strategy going forward and get a chance to cast their votes on resolutions such as executive remuneration and other company matters. Let’s take a look at why we think the CEO has done a good job and we’ll present the case for a bump in pay.
See our latest analysis for Oriental Hotels
How Does Total Compensation For Pramod Ranjan Compare With Other Companies In The Industry?
At the time of writing, our data shows that Oriental Hotels Limited has a market capitalization of ₹28b, and reported total annual CEO compensation of ₹25m for the year to March 2025. We note that’s an increase of 11% above last year. Notably, the salary which is ₹14.0m, represents a considerable chunk of the total compensation being paid.
On comparing similar companies from the Indian Hospitality industry with market caps ranging from ₹17b to ₹69b, we found that the median CEO total compensation was ₹49m. This suggests that Pramod Ranjan is paid below the industry median. What’s more, Pramod Ranjan holds ₹2.2b worth of shares in the company in their own name, indicating that they have a lot of skin in the game.
| Component | 2025 | 2024 | Proportion (2025) |
| Salary | ₹14m | ₹12m | 57% |
| Other | ₹11m | ₹9.7m | 43% |
| Total Compensation | ₹25m | ₹22m | 100% |
On an industry level, around 95% of total compensation represents salary and 5% is other remuneration. In Oriental Hotels’ case, non-salary compensation represents a greater slice of total remuneration, in comparison to the broader industry. If salary dominates total compensation, it suggests that CEO compensation is leaning less towards the variable component, which is usually linked with performance.
Oriental Hotels Limited’s Growth
Over the past three years, Oriental Hotels Limited has seen its earnings per share (EPS) grow by 59% per year. In the last year, its revenue is up 20%.
Overall this is a positive result for shareholders, showing that the company has improved in recent years. It’s also good to see decent revenue growth in the last year, suggesting the business is healthy and growing. While we don’t have analyst forecasts for the company, shareholders might want to examine this detailed historical graph of earnings, revenue and cash flow.
Has Oriental Hotels Limited Been A Good Investment?
Boasting a total shareholder return of 145% over three years, Oriental Hotels Limited has done well by shareholders. So they may not be at all concerned if the CEO were to be paid more than is normal for companies around the same size.
In Summary…
The company’s solid performance might have made most shareholders happy, possibly making CEO remuneration the least of the matters to be discussed in the AGM. However, investors will get the chance to engage on key strategic initiatives and future growth opportunities for the company and set their longer-term expectations.
While CEO pay is an important factor to be aware of, there are other areas that investors should be mindful of as well. We did our research and spotted 2 warning signs for Oriental Hotels that investors should look into moving forward.
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Political correspondent
The government spent nearly a third less on hotels to house asylum seekers between April 2024 and March 2025, according to newly published figures.
The Home Office’s annual accounts show £2.1bn was spent on hotel accommodation – an average of about £5.77m per day, down from £3bn or £8.3m per day, the previous year.
Data obtained by BBC Verify shows the saving has been driven by a reduction in the average nightly cost per person housed, after a government move to use cheaper forms of accommodation and room sharing.
But Dr Peter Walsh, from the Migration Observatory think tank at Oxford University, warned that the surge in small boat crossings seen since March could lead to a renewed reliance on hotels.
“I don’t think hotels are going away anytime soon based on current trends,” he said.
Hotel accommodation is used when there is no other housing available for asylum seekers, and the government has committed to stop using asylum hotels by the end of this Parliament.
There were 32,345 people in asylum hotels at the end of March 2025, up from 29,585 people at the end of June last year, but lower than the total in December.
A senior Home Office source said one of the main factors behind the saving was moving some asylum seekers from hotels into other types of cheaper accommodation.
They said the department had prioritised moving families and children into regular housing so they were not living in hotels for long periods of time.
BBC News understands the majority of people moved out of hotels are now living in local housing, or houses in multiple occupation (HMOs), a type of rented accommodation where at least three individuals share the use of a bathroom and kitchen.
Most of these properties have been acquired through the government’s contracts with Serco, one of the three companies responsible for asylum accommodation.
Some savings have also been made by renegotiating elements of those contracts, which were originally signed by the previous Conservative government.
Officials have previously told MPs that greater room-sharing in hotels has helped reduce the number of sites and per head costs over the past financial year.
It is not clear how many people usually share a room, but Home Office minister Angela Eagle has previously said “people can double up or treble up” if rooms are big enough.
The Home Office accounts suggest 273 hotels were in use in March 2024 but that number has now fallen by 71.
The average nightly cost per person fell from £162.16 in March 2023 to £118.87 by March 2025, according to BBC Verify’s analysis of official data obtained through a Freedom of Information request.
The Home Office’s accounts also show that almost £50m of public money was effectively written off after the Labour government scrapped a Conservative plan to use the RAF Scampton site in Lincolnshire to house asylum seekers.
Tens of millions had already been spent on the site when Labour came to power and axed the plans.
The Home office annual report says that decision resulted in a “constructive loss of £48.5m”, but a department source said the site would have been an even more expensive option than hotels, even taking into account the loss incurred.
The report also confirmed that £270m paid to Rwanda to help support the country’s economic development was not refunded after the UK government scrapped the Rwanda scheme.
Conservative ministers had planned to send some asylum seekers to Rwanda to deter people from crossing the Channel in small boats.
However, the scheme was stalled by legal challenges and Home Secretary Yvette Cooper has said it led to just four people being removed to the country voluntarily.
The Rwandan government said last year that it was “under no obligation” to pay back the £270m after Labour scrapped the deal.
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