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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…
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Trending Up
While a full recovery for hospitality is going to be a multi-year effort, according to hotel experts, there are signs…
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Help For Hurricane Ida Victims
As Hurricane Ida makes its way north as a tropical storm, the focus begins to shift in hard-hit cities like…
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Ingredients For Success
Hotel food & beverage outlets continue to adapt to the post-pandemic ‘new normal’ in a variety of ways designed to…
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The Future Of F&B
Condensed menus, unique outdoor spaces, and an emphasis on food safety were all identified as key food & beverage trends…
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Prevention Plans
The lockdowns and shutdown of global travel was a ‘black swan,’ and even as we embark on a steadfast recovery…
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Propping Up Their Portfolios
Acquisition activity has gained momentum in recent weeks as many owners and operators look to try and expand their portfolios…
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The Right Time To Renovate
As hotel demand came to a screeching halt last spring with the onset of the pandemic, a handful of hotel…
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A Fresh Start For Franchise Model?
The relationship between hotel franchisors and franchisees has long been considered somewhat contentious. This is not true across the board,…
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Picking Up The Pace
A lot of industry metrics were down substantially in 2020 and transactions was among them as few properties changed hands…