Westin Margaret River Resort & Spa was announced last June; I just added it to the wiki.

Same area as them. A little to the west of the apartments but in the same development area.

Le Méridien Heliopolis in Cairo, Egypt has been pulled from the Marriott portfolio and websites. This was a wildly outdated hotel, but a legacy Le Méridien property nonetheless. Sad to see yet another one go.

khabah

A few new properties have popped up on the Marriott Website:

• Marriott Knoxville Downtown, opening October 2021. Looks like a renovation of a Holiday Inn, connected to the Convention Center.
• Marriott Owings Mills Metro Center, opening July 2021. It is a new-built property.
• Westin Dallas Southlake, opening late this year. Also looks like a new-built hotel.
• Delta Hotels Bristol, Virginia, opening June 2021. Conversion of a Holiday Inn

Westin to add over 14,000 rooms
 

Marriott International’s Westin Hotels & Resorts brand will increase its global footprint by 49 hotels and 14,324 rooms in the next few years

2021: 18 properties & 5381 rooms
2022: 14 launches and 3,573 new keys
2023: three projects with 908 rooms
2024 and beyond: 14 new hotels and 4,462 keys already on the books

New properties worth mentioning:
Westin Anaheim Resort Disneyland (700 rooms) - March 2021
Westin Taiyuan (350 rooms) - early 2022
Westin Haikou (297 rooms) - Q3 2021

Brand overview: Westin to add over 14,000 rooms [Infographic] | TOPHOTELNEWS

Glad to hear Westin is growing. I actually feel like they are in the need of a minor brand refresh and update. They feel a little stuck in 2013.

Maybe refreshed around Q1 2016? I prefer Westin over Sheraton although would like to experience the refreshed look of Sheraton's recently announced.

Here's a Westin brand visual identity refresh video.

A new build Westin is slated to open in downtown Tempe, AZ in June '21. Will definitely be the top hotel proximate to ASU.

The Westin Haikou has been "coming soon" for over a decade, I looked and I tagged the location on Wikimapia ten years ago. The building itself has been complete and visible on Google Earth for almost as long,

I can only imagine what has caused it to sit empty all these years. They just keep pushing the opening date over and over and over.

I think the chances of it opening in September 2021 are slim. Maybe September 2031...

You can see the structure here:

http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=20...10.317790&z=20

Wikimapia got into an argument with Google maps, so there's a trick to disply the image. You need to go to the "Wikimapia Satellite" icon in the top right corner, click it, and then click the top left square icon that shows up, saying "Wikimapia Satellite." That will display the Google Earth imagery. :)

https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fly...d87f1e1a0.jpeg
Well, only a few years before we can enjoy this new "opening soon" Westin .

Hahaha, here I was joking about 2031 for another property in the post before yours. :)

Why would Marriott even bother to add a page for a hotel that's not projected to open for nine years?

https://www.marriott.com/hotels/trav...-saraya-aqaba/

I think it's an error.

Westin Saraya Aqaba Master Thread

That makes more sense. The structure itself is built.

Of course the structure of the Westin Haikou has been sitting empty for a decade, as posted above.

Wow and it's going to be right on Mill Avenue as well. Between that and the new Canopy by Hilton two blocks east Tempe has certainly changed as a hotel city since I graduated in 2006. Back then there was only a first generation CY and badly located 4P.

The Canopy has a great location, but there is a major problem with water pressure and I found the beds way too soft. The AC is less ideally located but has great rooms and a stellar staf--real hoteliers vs the Canopy.

I'm really excited about the Westin, though.