Deals activity in the resort and luxury lodging sector is booming as investors seek to capitalize on the improving outlook on travel, according to Jones Lang LaSalle’s Hotels & Hospitality Group. The group said 18.4 percent of all hotel transactions year-to-date through August came from the resort segment, amounting to $2.5 billion. STR Analytics reports that the U.S. market saw $3.6 billion worth of luxury hotel deals through mid-October. Read the HotelNewsNow.com story here.

