The post COVID recovery did more than repair the U.S. hotel industry – it reshaped where value is being created and who is best positioned to capture it. Nowhere is that clearer than in the Sunbelt and its collar markets, where demographic shifts, corporate relocations and “year round leisure” have combined to produce outsized and often resilient hotel performance.

Independent hotel management companies are experiencing a period of accelerated growth across the Caribbean and Latin America (CALA), including Mexico. What was once a fragmented landscape of small, entrepreneurial operators is evolving into a dynamic ecosystem of increasingly sophisticated regional platforms — and capital providers are taking notice. For owners, investors, and lenders, the trend is not simply about operational preference. It reflects deeper structural forces reshaping the region’s hospitality sector: the need for local expertise, the pursuit of scale, the rapid modernization of technology and processes, and the growing demand for transparency, professionalism, and liquidity. Together, these drivers are creating a compelling case for independent operators as credible, aligned, and value‑enhancing partners for capital.

In 2026, the world will turn its eyes toward North America. For a month, the FIFA World Cup will become more than a global sporting competition – it will be a defining measure of how cities, nations, and industries craft human experience at scale.

In the world of finance projects – where accuracy, compliance and tight budgets are nonnegotiable – scope creep can easily turn a well-defined engagement into a resource drain. When scope creep happens, project requirements begin to expand beyond the original agreement, often through a series of small, incremental changes that were not formally approved.

Hay un tipo de calor que no se discute. No es “qué lindo día”, ni “se siente pesado”. Es el calor que te obliga a cambiar planes, a buscar sombra como si fuera un lujo. Ese calor volvió a aparecer con fuerza en América Latina entre el cierre de diciembre de 2025 y los primeros días de enero de 2026, con registros que, en varios lugares, quedaron cerca de marcas récord para la época. Y lo más importante: en las ciudades, se vive peor.