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    String Of Acquisitions

    While the hotel acquisition market has cooled a bit in recent months, there has been an uptick in activity within…

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    Four Macro Factors That May Erode Midscale Hotels

    The travel recovery this summer is at full throttle, but to keep the gravy train going hotels have to look…

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    Leading The Way

    Based on system-wide results that outpaced the overall industry, as well as positive growth projections for hospitality in the months…

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    Travel Trending Up

    U.S. Travel Association President/CEO Roger Dow insisted that hospitality is poised for a full recovery citing the historic resilience of…

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    Executive Shuffle

    A pair of major operators—Aimbridge Hospitality and Hospitality Ventures Management Group (HVMG)—bolstered their executive ranks earlier this week with senior-level…

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    Gaining Momentum

    Earlier this week Choice Hotels International became the latest major brand company to report its 1Q results for 2022 and…

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    Back To Basics On Sustainability

    Sustainability continues to take on an increasingly important role within the lodging industry as more companies and associations recognize the…

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    Sharing A Success Story

    It’s well documented that labor remains a huge challenge for the lodging industry in the wake of the pandemic and…

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    Family-First Approach

    For hotel companies investing in your people has never been more critical than it is today amid the well-chronicled labor…

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    Powerful Promotions

    A trio of recent c-level executive changes among major hotel companies highlighted a busy week plus of significant personnel moves…

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    Distinct Division

    A growing number of management companies have created separate and distinct divisions within their portfolios to accommodate the increasing number…

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    International Impact

    The importance of the international markets to U.S. hotel companies can not be understated, particularly as travel restrictions are slowly…

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    Trying A New Motto

    Any new brand is a work in progress as it continues its evolution and that’s evidenced by Hilton’s lifestyle brand…

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    Running Up Rate

    The value proposition of the select-service segment has grown dramatically for consumers and developers in recent years, and that has…

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    Ratcheting Up Rewards

    While there’s no denying that loyalty programs have become a vital asset for hotel brand companies, these platforms must continue…

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    Prioritizing Personnel

    A handful of companies, including owner/operators and a commercial real estate brokerage firm, have been looking to get 2022 off…

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    Starting From Scratch

    By Steve Pike Culinary trends, cooking styles and palates routinely change with the times. However, those changes have been even…

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    Changes At The Top

    This week has been marked by a number of high-profile changes in the executive ranks within the lodging industry with…

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    Supplying Solutions

    If you talk to any lodging executive about the challenges the industry faces today supply chain issues will likely be…

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    In With The New For ‘22

    As we get ready to ring in 2022, it’s a good time to look back and reflect on the past…

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    Lifestyle Lessons

    A macro-trend to note for the decade ahead in hospitality is the shift towards experiential hotels. But what does that…

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    Chain Reaction

    If you talk to any hotel executive about the challenges the industry faces today supply chain issues will likely be…

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    The Power Of Pent-Up Demand

    Acknowledging a sizable shift in consumer attitudes and behaviors—impacted in large part by the Coronavirus pandemic and subsequent travel shut…

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    Surveying The Situation

    As we get ready to head into the holiday season, there are a number of challenges facing the lodging industry…

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    Automation Tech Needed Now

    In the face of the Delta Variant and so much prolonged uncertainty over the future of global travel recovery, hotels…