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Hotel development in Portland booming as city seeks to amp up winter tourism

Portland has at least 750 hotel rooms in various stages of the planning process, and there are more than 400 in the works in the surrounding area.

by MICHELLE CHAPMAN Associated Press March 11, 2024March 11, 2024

In October Wyndham rejected an unsolicited $8 billion buyout offer from Choice. Wyndham runs Days Inn, La Quinta, Ramada and a host of other brands.

by Avery Yale Kamila June 25, 2023June 23, 2023

The demand is increasing, and a diverse group of lodgings around the state is meeting it.

Tourists spent over $8.6 billion in Maine during 2022, an increase of 10% above the previous year.