Stories
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The Power Of Pent-Up Demand
Citing pent-up demand for travel and increased future bookings, as well as a recent uptick in performance, a trio of hotel executives expressed optimism about a lodging industry recovery occurring sooner than later. Speaking on a panel entitled “Executive Outlook:…
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Reaping The Rewards
For more than a decade Distinctive Hospitality Group (DHG) has made a habit of being proactive with its portfolio consistently reinvesting in its unique, high-end hotels. This strategy has served the company well in general, but even more so during…
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Testing New Technology
It’s certainly no secret that the ongoing pandemic is likely to profoundly accelerate the use of technology in many aspects of daily life going forward, including hospitality. Technology was front and center for the lodging industry this week as a…
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Hope For The Holidays
What a difference a year makes…or does it? That’s the sentiment of many frustrated hotel industry executives, not to mention the general population at large, as we still try to make our way out of this pandemic and back to…
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Patience Pays Off
Any successful hotel company has had to pivot in the wake of the Coronavirus pandemic, Choice Hotels International, Inc. demonstrated just that with last week’s launch of its new Comfort Inn prototype roughly a year after the company had originally…
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Can Supercommuters Help Save The Day?
There have been so many permanent or semi-permanent changes as a result of the pandemic that hotels must pick their targets. Properties and brands must really define which markets, demographics and psychographics they are going after in order to optimize…