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Israel is working to increase tourism in the Dead Sea area, which enjoys the highest annual average hotel occupancy rate. Read more >

This one-of-a-kind hotel on the edge of the Ramon Crater is unique in many ways. Read more >

Dizengoff 99 is a famous building in Israeli folklore because of the 1979 cult movie of the same name. Read more >

The Pearl Hotel outside of Jaffa Gate is finally going to receive a makeover and open again for business. Read more >

Fabric is located in a building that was formally a sewing factory and has now been transformed into the 43-room hotel. Read more >

The chain currently owns 28 hotels throughout Israel. Read more >

Hotel investment has been boosted by Israel Ministry of Tourism incentives. Read more >

The chain won the award for hospitality experience tailored to the needs of tourists from China. Read more >

Marriott is opening the hotel, a historic property, in partnership with the building's owners RFR Holding, a New York real estate company. Read more >

Victoria Rosenthal, writes that as tourist numbers rise, Israel's hotels should expect strong growth. Read more >

Theawards.com has given a Travel and Hospitality Award to this luxurious boutique hotel. Read more >

The new hotel offers 94 rooms spread over eight floors and is strategically located close to central sites. Read more >

The Herbert Samuel is located in the urban center of Jerusalem adjacent to the city's most sought-after historical, religious and cultural destinations. Read more >

Nestled among Tel Aviv’s historic buildings and buzzing neighborhoods, the hotel is just steps away from the city’s most sought-after attractions. Read more >

Shibli is located on the route up to the holy churches on the top of Mount Tabor and on the axis of the Gospel Trail and the Israel Trail. More than half a million tourists pass through it every year. Read more >

The Vera’s guiding mantra emphasizes anthology and the support of local purveyors. Read more >

This may be seen as further proof that there is much confidence in Israel's incoming tourism industry in the coming years, Read more >

The Hagag real estate group announced that the famed Hollywood star has invested in a new hotel, to be built along the coast in Herzliya, Israel. Read more >

With a fresh, new color palette, the hotel's 50 rooms have been transformed with a new stylish design. Read more >

The prestigious boutique hotel has recently made a number of changes and upgrades to enhance the hospitality experience and the well-being of its guests. Read more >

The new NYX hotel is expected to open in 2021 in the heart of the Mahane Yehuda market on Jaffa Road. Read more >

Isrotel Hotels has signed an agreement to build a luxury hotel adjacent to the Royal Beach Tel Aviv. Read more >

Fattal Hotels is rebranding itself as an international chain of hotels. Read more >

Local committees have now been authorized to approve the conversion of buildings to hotels.

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The Fattal hotel chain will be issued at a value of NIS 3.4 billion. Read more >

"The Leading Hotels of the World" luxury hotel organization selected The Drisco and The Setai among its most anticipated hotel openings this year. Read more >

The ITSS will be held in Jerusalem on October 7-9, further details can be found at www.tourismsafety.org Read more >

After many travel agencies raised a number of important questions and concerns, the Association of Travel Agents approached the Authority and asked it to postpone enforcement. Read more >

The new Intercontinental hotel will be built on King George St., near downtown Jerusalem, and is expected to open in 2020. Read more >

International hotel chain Six Senses is opening its first hotel in Israel, Six Senses Shaharut, at the end of the year on a hill overlooking the Edom Mountains, around 60 kilometers north of Eilat. Read more >

The Moshava Gardens hotel, owned by entrepreneur Shalom Shitrit of real estate company Shitrit Ltd., is being built in the German Colony of Haifa on Ben Gurion Blvd., opposite the Baha'i Gardens. Read more >

The Rimonim Hotels chain, which has nine properties across Israel, has signed an agreement to manage the Hod Hotel (formerly the Arcadia Hotel) in Tiberias. Read more >

A new boutique hotel, The Vera, is opening on Tel Aviv's Lilienblum St. in early 2018. Read more >

In line with strategic urban planning in Eilat, a plan has been approved for the Dead Sea Pools project, which will add a new quarter to the region, including 1,150 hotel rooms as well as housing units. Read more >

The Orchid Tel Aviv, part of the Orchid Hotel chain owned by Nakash Israel Group, has undergone a 10 ILS million ($2.85 million) renovation to upgrade its 202 guest rooms and suites, and public areas. Read more >

The Olive hotel chain is opening a new property - Olive Mount Gilboa Hotel, in January, replacing what was previously a dry slopes ski area. Read more >

Tal by the Beach, one of 15 properties from Atlas Hotels, reopened in August after a three year renovation. Read more >

The Dave is the first hotel to open in a new line of urban properties from Brown Hotels. Read more >

Dan Hotels Israel is opening a new business property at the start of 2018 on Sha'ul HaMelech Blvd. in Tel Aviv, at an investment of 40 ILS million (approximately $11.45 million). Read more >

The A23 Hotel Boutique Hotel Tel Aviv opened four months ago on Arlozorov St., after a one year construction project to the building, which previously housed apartment suites. Read more >

New boutique hotel the Jacob Samuel, located on the crossroads of Dizengoff and Arlozorov Streets, is to open in December. Read more >

Kfar Hanokdim is a desert hospitality site, located in the Kana'im Valleybetween Arad and Masada; an oasis of discovery in the Judean desert. Read more >

Renovations are in various stages of completion at the Jerusalem Gate Hotel, located on Yermiyahu St. at the entrance to Jerusalem. Read more >

Colonia Resort opened in 2016, featuring a 1500m² compound, located close to the Taba border in Eilat, which offers a complex of camping, diving, dining and events. Read more >

Following the recent acquisition by the Dayan Family of four Africa Israel Hotels for a reported $147 million, a further deal has been signed by the family to purchase full ownership of the company for a further $115 million. Read more >

The Leonardo Boutique Jerusalem, the newest property in the Fattal Hotels chain, has opened. Located on Neviim St., in close proximity to the city center, the hotel has been constructed in a building which once housed a selection of bars. Read more >

The Israel Airports Authority (IAA) has released information on the establishment of a hotel at Ben Gurion Airport, which will be included as a priority area in the Encouragement of Capital Investments Law, in accordance with the decision of Israel's Ministry of Finance last October to build the ho Read more >

The David Citadel Hotel, Jerusalem has been accepted by Virtuoso, a luxury 'invitation only' travel network comprising over 1,700 partners in more than 40 countries across the globe. Read more >

The Alpaca Farm was inaugurated in Mitzpe Ramon by a young couple who came across alpacas and llamas in the Andes Mountains during a trip to South America. In the 1970s they decided to transport 180 of the animals to Israel via a specially equipped airplane Read more >

The Atlas Hotels chain, which operates 15 boutique hotels

across Israel, has updated its cancellation policy. Read more >

The first southern located hotel from the TravelHotels chain is set to open in spring 2018, joining five other hotels in the portfolio, all of which are located in the Galilee, in Israel’s North. Read more >

Caesar Premier Hotels, which owns and manages properties in Jerusalem, Tiberias and Eilat, is to invest NIS 15 million over the next 2.5 to three years in upgrading its three hotels, reports the chain’s General Manager Israel Hayat. Read more >

From August 1, the Holiday Inn Ashkelon Hotel will rebrand

to the Harlington Hotel. Read more >

The Herbert Samuel Hotel, a property of Nakash Group Israel, opened its doors in the summer of 2016. The building, previously a hotel which had lain abandoned for eight years, underwent a two year renovation to re-open as a luxury hotel encompassing a European Style. Read more >

Following renovations across Club InterContinental rooms and the 25th floor Presidential Suite last year Read more >

Located on Moshav Liman in the Western Galilee, a short ride north of Nahayria, sits Maskit Boutique, an intimate hotel set within a private estate. The owners, husband and wife duo Avi and Sarit Maskit, opened the hotel in 2006 on a perfectly manicured plot of land, surrounded by landscaped gardens and two lively horses. Read more >

The Sheraton Tel Aviv has completed renovations across a selection of rooms, public areas, and meeting spaces. Two floors containing Club rooms recently underwent an overhaul to introduce new furniture, furnishings and bathrooms. Read more >

Medi Terre Hotel is a recently opened upscale property located on the shorefront of Netanya. The owners of the privately owned hotel spent three years on a renovation project to transform seven of 30 floors in an apartment block into a 60-room property. Read more >

Orchid Hotels has added Milos Dead Sea to its expanding portfolio of accommodations in Israel. In development this year, and slated to open in November, the new hotel is described by Director for Orchid Hotels and Jordache Group, Israel Ran Balbus as a “resort by the beach.” Read more >

Located on the Mediterranean Sea front at the foot of Mount Carmel, 20km north of Caesarea, sits a vacation retreat void of rowdy crowds and disturbances. Read more >

Last June, the Carlton Tel Aviv completed a series of ongoing renovations Read more >

The owners of the Inbal Hotel Jerusalem, which opened 35 years ago, have invested 20 million dollars into extending and renovating the property. Read more >

The Seven Arches Hotel in Jerusalem has been awarded a 4-Star rating from the Israel Ministry of Tourism. Read more >

Built in 1866 in the grand Ottoman style, the property is part of the Leading Hotels of the World collection. Read more >

The Daniel Hotel Herzliya, one of six properties in the Tamares Hotels Israel chain, has completed an 18-month project to inaugurate 38 newly constructed rooms built onto the back of the existing hotel. Read more >

The Nordoy, the second hotel in a collection that also includes the Cucu Hotel in central Tel Aviv, has reopened its doors under new management. Read more >

Prima Millennium, the 14th property to join the Prima Hotels portfolio, has opened in Ra’anana, south of Israel’s Sharon Plain district. The hotel has 140 rooms across five categories of Classic, Executive, Deluxe, Premium and Premium Room with Balcony. Read more >

The hotel joins a unique class of properties in Israel designated as members of the Leading Hotels of the World organization. Read more >

One of 14 hotels in the Prima Hotels chain, the Prima Tel Aviv Hotel, located close to Frishman Beach, has completed a one-year renovation project. Read more >

Renovations have taken place across 204 rooms and suites, to the luxury floors in the Queen of Sheba Hotel, Eilat. Read more >

Hamat Gader, a recreation and spa site located in the north of Israel and overlooking the Sea of Galilee, has completed the construction of its tent village, which features 60 white tents that can each accommodate up to five people. Read more >

The Herbert Samuel Hotel Jerusalem received a 5 Star rating from the Israel Ministry of Tourism's hotel rankings. Read more >

Following four years of planning and construction, The Vista Tiberias, a Four-Star Deluxe hotel at the Sea of Galilee, is set to open next year. Read more >

La Capella, the third property in the Urban Collection Haifa portfolio of hotels alongside The Schumacher and G38, has opened. Read more >

Villa Brown Jerusalem, the fourth property in Israel to join the Brown Hotels portfolio, has opened. Located a short distance from Jerusalem’s Old City, the boutique hotel offers 24 rooms across classic (15-18m²), deluxe and deluxe terrace (22m²), and terrace (35m²) categories. Two connectable attic rooms are available on the top floor, in addition to a suite with a Jacuzzi. Read more >

The Setai in Israel

The Setai, Sea of Galilee is due to open May 30, featuring 88 suites and 22 rooms, averaging 55m². “We are expanding the Setai brand out with The Setai Miami, a hotel known for its luxury offerings, and have invested hundreds of millions of shekels into our latest properties to introduce the brand to Israel,” says CEO of Orchid Hotels, Avi Hormaro. Setai, Sea of Galilee rooms feature a king size bed, living room, balcony, shower and bathtub, with 50 percent offering panoramic sea views and the other half mountain views of the Golan Heights. Read more >

Malka Hotel Opens

A new 22 room hotel has opened in Jerusalem on Heleni-ha Malka St. “It was a place once frequented by Russian pilgrims around 130 years ago, in search of gifts,” says its owner, hotel General Manager Yoram Malka, who purchased the property four years ago. Read more >

Hotel Management Company Leshem Group, which develops properties across Israel and abroad, has opened three new hotels: Ramada Resort Hadera; Tryp Jerusalem Bat Sheva, and Ramada Olive Nazareth. Read more >

The Drisco to Open

The Drisco, a new independently managed hotel situated in Tel Aviv’s American Colony on Auerbach St, is to open in late 2017. Read more >

Kibbutz Lavi Hotel

Kibbutz Lavi Hotel, located in the Kibbutz Lavi Village close to Tiberias, has completed a full-scale renovation to 60 rooms, including a number of suites, in the Hod Wing. Read more >

Breakfast at 65 Hotel and Market House

Breakfast buffets are as synonymous to Israel as bread is to butter, with Middle Eastern salads, cheeses and spreads consumed in their abundance. Having feasted on more than a few Israeli breakfasts, I was intrigued as to why those offered at 65 Hotel and Market House Hotel, two Atlas Hotels properties, have grown to their status of acclaim. I had to get in line and taste for myself. Read more >

Kfar Maccabiah Hotel Reopens its Seminar Building

Kfar Maccabiah Hotel has reopened its Seminar Building, after a year of renovation works. Containing 13 rooms across three floors, the building is utilized for business conferences, company meetings and training events, and forms a section of the Convention & Events Center spaces within the hotel’s grounds. Each room is equipped with multi-media technology, a large television screen, surround sound and smart lighting, all operated by a central control. Read more >

A new Boutique Hotel, the Saul, is to open next year on Tchernichovsky St. in Tel Aviv. Read more >

The Kibbutz Hotels Chain recently transferred ownership and is now managed by Gol Tours, a company selling incoming and local vacation packages to Israel. Read more >

Fattal Hotels is in the process of opening a new national reservation center in Ashdod, Read more >