Lodging
JANUARY 23, 2024
LODGING is live from ALIS 2024, brought to you by Choice Hotels. Access more of our live coverage here. The keynote panel at ALIS brought together executives from a variety of different segments of the travel industry to address some of the current trends and potential challenges to further growth and a key focus of the discussion was leisure and international travel.
Skift Blog
JANUARY 23, 2024
Skift Take: Hotels aren't doing enough to keep their wholesale rates off of smaller retail travel sites. That is damaging to Expedia's effort to gather the best prices online.
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Lodging
JANUARY 23, 2024
Food and beverage expenses are on the rise, and it’s prompting hoteliers to rethink their strategies. An STR analysis published in LODGING found that heightened labor costs along with other F&B expenses cut into hotel profit margins in 2023. This reality has prompted operators to scale back some services and invest in new solutions, according to an October 2023 CBRE analysis for LODGING.
Skift Blog
JANUARY 23, 2024
Skift Take: Boeing 737 Max updates, a doubling down on basic economy and soaring Mediterranean demand defined United's fourth quarter earnings call.
Speaker: Brendan Sweeney, VP of Sales & Devyn Blume, Sr. Account Executive
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Hotel Management
JANUARY 23, 2024
The Ascott Limited has introduced its second Lyf property in Japan with the official opening of Lyf Ginza. VIP guests, investors, and local and international media gathered at the colourful 140-room property on Wednesday January 17 to hear from the hotel team and Ascott executives, following its soft opening in November 2023. Rather than a traditional ribbon cutting ceremony, the opening event saw the unveiling of a custom artwork made from pre-loved children’s toys.
Skift Blog
JANUARY 23, 2024
Skift Take: Despite the surge in online travel searches, the ultimate success in reaching the 50 million tourist goal for Ayodhya hinges on translating the ambitious infrastructure plans into tangible reality.
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Skift Blog
JANUARY 23, 2024
Skift Take: M&A in short-term rentals isn't new, but players today prefer to remain quiet about the deals and their value.
Hospitality Net
JANUARY 23, 2024
Boutique Group has partnered with the international architecture design firm, OBMI, and the renowned French interior designer Jacques Garcia for the transformation of historic and cultural palaces into ultra-luxury boutique hotels.
Skift Blog
JANUARY 23, 2024
Skift Take: Alaska CEO Ben Minicucci also told NBC News that in-house inspections of the Boeing 737 Max 9 revealed “many” loose bolts.
Hospitality Net
JANUARY 23, 2024
Namron Hospitality, a locally-rooted collection of Mexican hotels and restaurants in Tulum, Mexico City, and San Miguel de Allende, has unveiled the expansion of its flagship property - La Valise Mexico City - open as of January 2024.
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Marketing technology is essential for B2B marketers to stay competitive in a rapidly changing digital landscape — and with 53% of marketers experiencing legacy technology issues and limitations, they’re researching innovations to expand and refine their technology stacks. To help practitioners keep up with the rapidly evolving martech landscape, this special report will discuss: How practitioners are integrating technologies and systems to encourage information-sharing between departments and pr
Skift Blog
JANUARY 23, 2024
Skift Take: MakeMyTrip's record-breaking quarter is a significant addition to the unfolding narrative of India's travel landscape.
Hospitality Net
JANUARY 23, 2024
As 2024 begins to unfold, Accor is continuing to meticulously expand the brands within its Luxury & Lifestyle division to meet the world’s accelerating demand for high-end and culturally relevant travel experiences. With estimates showing global luxury travel spend will reach $2.32 trillion by 2030, Accor is perfectly positioned with a portfolio of 370+ luxury hotels and 150+ lifestyle hotels worldwide as well as a robust development pipeline.
Skift Blog
JANUARY 23, 2024
Skift Take: Receive an exclusive $100-off discount for your first IDEA Awards 2024 entry if you pre-register before Monday, January 29.
Hospitality Net
JANUARY 23, 2024
Business is, at its core, about problem-solving. To be a good entrepreneur is to be a good problem solver. To create a successful brand is to see a gap in the market – an opportunity to bring disruption with a new solution or build upon what currently exists in a meaningful way. In this sense, leaders in any industry are fluent in the language of their customers’ problems, wants, and needs.
Speaker: Brendan Sweeney, VP of Sales at Allego
Maximizing sales rep performance is no easy task. 📈 Traditional sales training methods focus heavily on the first few weeks in the sales role. Companies dedicate time, resources, and budget to onboarding new hires, only for them to forget what was learned in those first few weeks, lose motivation, and struggle to come to grips with their role.
Skift Blog
JANUARY 23, 2024
Skift Take: The proposal comes after repeated attempts to solve Hawaii's housing and over-tourism issue.
Hospitality Net
JANUARY 23, 2024
Mereté Hotel Management, a third-party hotel management company based in the Pacific NW, is committed to 3rd party contract growth in 2024 and kicked off the new year by welcoming its 20th hotel - the Hampton Inn & Suites Grants Pass.
Skift Blog
JANUARY 23, 2024
Skift Take: The new route will face tough competition from American Airlines, British Airways, and Condor - can the market sustain another carrier?
Hospitality Net
JANUARY 23, 2024
Glam, gaming and getaways collide in the luminous virtual world of Slivingland, a revolutionary Roblox sensation where Paris Hilton’s flair for fun meets Hilton’s signature hospitality, marking Hilton’s first foray into the metaverse. Brought to life by the creative visionaries at Paris Hilton’s next-gen media company, 11:11 Media, this isn’t just another pixelated paradise—it’s a trendsetting metaverse that’s doling out real Hilton Honors Points like they’re going out of style.
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In times of economic uncertainty, account-based strategies are essential. According to several business analysts and practitioners, ABM is a necessity for creating more predictable revenue. Research shows that nearly three-quarters of marketers (74%) already have the resources needed to build successful ABM programs.
Skift Blog
JANUARY 23, 2024
Skift Take: Today's podcast looks at global hotel dealmaking, Google's competitive spirit, and Boeing's growing problems.
Hospitality Net
JANUARY 23, 2024
Hyatt Hotels Corporation (NYSE: H) highlighted today Hyatt’s expected growth trajectory for 2024 and beyond, across Europe, Africa and the Middle East (EAME), underscored by a record year of deal signings in 2023. Hyatt’s commitment to be the preferred brand for guests, customers and owners has resulted in a record pipeline of 127,000 rooms worldwide as of year-end 2023, with key markets including Spain, the United Kingdom, Italy, Portugal, and Greece.
Skift Blog
JANUARY 23, 2024
Skift Take: This was easily Scott Kirby’s most outspoken intervention yet on the Max issue. As Boeing’s biggest customer, the planemaker will be paying attention.
Hospitality Net
JANUARY 23, 2024
Waldorf Astoria Hotels & Resorts today announced the opening of the highly anticipated Waldorf Astoria Doha West Bay. With an ideal location close to the city centre and key attractions, the property epitomizes modern luxury - offering elegant furnishings, a range of culinary options, a four-floor wellness experience and seamless, personalized service.
Speaker: Lauren Fernandez - CEO & Founder, Full Course
Companies all over the world, including Marriot International and Hilton Worldwide, are aware of the value of including DEI in their talent acquisition strategy. However, despite these initiatives, there is still plenty that the hospitality sector can do to promote DEI. When comparing the hospitality industries in India, Iraq, the UK, and the US, you will see that there is a consistent underrepresentation of persons from different ethnic, gender, and disability origins across all levels of the i
Lodging
JANUARY 23, 2024
HENDERSONVILLE, Tennessee—STR and Tourism Economics made minimal adjustments to growth projections in the first U.S. hotel forecast of 2024 at the Americas Lodging Investment Summit (ALIS). For 2024, growth in average daily rate (ADR) was raised by 0.1 percentage points, while occupancy and revenue per available room (RevPAR) were unchanged from the previous forecast.
Hospitality Net
JANUARY 23, 2024
This landmark opening marks the milestone entry of the first internationally branded hotel in Ben Guerir, and the first for DoubleTree by Hilton in Morocco.
Lodging
JANUARY 23, 2024
LODGING is live from ALIS 2024, brought to you by Choice Hotels. Access more of our live coverage here. NORTH BETHESDA, Maryland–Choice Hotels International, Inc. is performing a series of updates to its upscale and upper upscale portfolio to provide a differentiated product for franchisors and developers. Capitalizing on growing its portfolio of upscale hotels to 400, opening 19 new hotels as part of the Ascend Hotel Collection and nine new Cambria Hotels, and driving a more […] The post
Hospitality Net
JANUARY 23, 2024
Auberge Resorts Collection, a portfolio of 26 one-of-a-kind luxury hotels, resorts and residences, and Sanctum, the global mindful movement method that has taken the world by storm, today announce an exclusive partnership that will bring the transformative wellbeing experience from Europe to the United States for the first time ever with a year-long series of wellness retreats at four of Auberge Resorts’ award-winning properties.
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Shifting to an account-based marketing (ABM) strategy can be both exciting and challenging. Well-implemented ABM motions build engagement with high-value accounts and drive impactful campaigns that resonate with your audience. But where do you begin, and how do you progress from crawling to running? Watch now as Demand Gen experts delve into the essentials of each stage of the ABM process.
Lodging
JANUARY 23, 2024
According to the 2023 year-end U.S. Construction Pipeline Trend Report from Lodging Econometrics (LE), the pipeline stood at 5,964 projects/693,963 rooms. The pipeline hit record project counts in Q4, with the addition of 260 projects and 21,287 rooms over the last quarter, a 9 percent increase in projects, and a 7 percent increase in rooms year-over-year (YOY).
Hospitality Net
JANUARY 23, 2024
InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG), one of the world’s leading hotel companies, announces the opening of the new-build 93 room Candlewood Suites Atlanta Smyrna ® in Smyrna, Ga. The hotel is being managed by Sandpiper Hospitality, a Virginia-based hotel management company with vast expertise in the extended-stay segment.
Hotel Management
JANUARY 23, 2024
Hilton has made its first foray into the world of virtual reality in partnership with Paris Hilton’s 11:11 Media. The global hotels giant has teamed up with the media company to launch a loyalty campaign in Paris Hilton’s Slivingland metaverse on online gaming platform, Roblox. Users will have the opportunity to earn Hilton Honors rewards by engaging in immersive challenges within Slivingland, including at a virtual Hilton hotel.
Hospitality Net
JANUARY 23, 2024
Marriott International and Delonix Group, one of the leading China-based hospitality companies, today announced a long-term cooperation agreement under which the two companies will work together to grow Marriott’s Tribute Portfolio brand in mainland China. The Delonix portfolio currently includes ten hotel brands with over 1,400 hotels open or in the development pipeline.
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