Hilton: Business Transient, Led by SMEs, Increased Throughout Q2
Hilton Worldwide’s business transient segment improved throughout the second quarter, with June revenue per available room increasing 20 percentage points… Read More »
Accor: First Half of 2021 Profitable, Recovery Varied
Accor during the second quarter continued to see sequential monthly key performance indicator improvements, but the recovery “remains heterogeneous,” according… Read More »
Wyndham: Blue-Collar Business Travel Solid in Q2
Business travel demand related to logistics and infrastructure, including trucking, in the second quarter increased from levels in the second… Read More »
Long-halted Tulsa, Okla., hotel tax resumes Sunday
About 30 hotels in Tulsa, Okla., will begin paying a 3% room tax on Sunday thanks to a vote this… Read More »
Law says Texas hotel staff must learn trafficking signs
Texas hotel and motel workers have begun training on how to spot and report human trafficking as the industry prepares… Read More »
Don’t undersell new builds, IHG CEO declares
Tight money and pandemic exhaustion may seem to favor conversions as the path to hotel growth, but IHG Hotels &… Read More »
Citigroup to lead bond sale for N.J.’s Showboat water park
Citigroup Inc. is set to replace Janney Montgomery Scott as the underwriter of the $95 million municipal bond sale that… Read More »
Hotel featured in Churchill Downs’ $76M growth plan
A five-story, 123-room hotel will be part of a 135,000-square-foot expansion of Derby City Gaming in Louisville, Ky., Churchill Downs… Read More »
Sorenson award will honor hoteliers who go extra mile
The late Marriott International President and CEO Arne Sorenson will be memorialized in a national award to be presented annually… Read More »
Sonder Targets Corporate Travel with GDS, TMC Deals
Apartment-style accommodation provider Sonder now offers its inventory on the three major global distribution systems via a third-party provider and… Read More »
Marriott to Launch Enhanced Human Trafficking Awareness Training
Marriott International will launch an expanded version of its human trafficking awareness training on July 30, the United Nations’ World… Read More »
Hotel executives confident in industry’s resilience
Executives from the hotel industry expressed cautious optimism about economic recovery at this week’s Americas Lodging Investment Summit. Noting the… Read More »
Sale of Ohio mall clears path for development with hotel
DealPoint Merrill purchased the remaining 36 acres of Ohio’s 69-acre Richmond Town Square, clearing the way for the demolition of… Read More »
Trustees greenlight U. of Maine hotel project
A proposal to develop two vacant buildings on the University of Maine’s main campus into a $17.2 million boutique hotel… Read More »
Caution won’t drop from restaurant menus anytime soon
Many of the pandemic-spurred adaptations hotels have made in food and beverage service, such as sanitation stations and pre-packaged to-go… Read More »
Hyatt covers globe with luxury, lifestyle ramp-up
Hyatt Hotels says it will open more than 35 luxury and lifestyle properties through 2022, and several already have made… Read More »
Car-loving guests can sleep at the wheel in style
The V8 Hotel in Stuttgart, Germany, invites guests to rev up a luxurious night’s sleep with beds fashioned from components… Read More »
Greater Cincinnati hotel pipeline heralds gusher
The Greater Cincinnati hotel industry appears to be on the verge of a remarkable comeback from a devastating pandemic. More… Read More »
Biden: Travel restrictions to stay in place
Resisting pressure from the travel industry, the Biden administration Monday announced it was keeping existing restrictions on travel as the… Read More »
New IHG promo aims to fetch pet lovers
IHG Hotels & Resorts is reaching out to the growing ranks of traveling pet owners with a dual promotion at… Read More »
Why casino operators are selling property to REITs
MGM Resorts International will own 15 acres on the Las Vegas Strip once two recently announced transactions are completed later… Read More »
Office Properties’ D.C. renovation to add Royal Sonesta
A Royal Sonesta Hotel will open at 20 Massachusetts Ave. NW, in Washington, D.C., where Office Properties Income Trust is… Read More »
STR: Fewer hotel rooms being built in Mideast, Africa
Fewer hotel rooms in the Middle East and Africa region were under construction in the first quarter of 2021 as… Read More »
Long view leavens Q2’s bad news on hotel pipeline
The US hotel construction pipeline at the end of the second quarter fell 14% short of the same period last… Read More »
Hotel-to-shelter shift for homeless resumes in NYC
New York City resumed moving homeless people from hotel sanctuaries to shelters Monday over protests against the transfer and amid… Read More »
New U.S. Hotel Construction Projects Up 20 Percent Year Over Year in Q2
A total of 372 new U.S. hotel projects with 45,084 rooms were announced in the first half of 2021, with… Read More »