Disneyland Resorts reports social media cyber-breach
A hacker with an evident grievance against Disneyland Resorts employees breached the attraction’s Facebook and Instagram profiles and injected racial… Read More »
OAG: Sky’s the limit for US travel despite high costs
Inflation, recession worries and widespread flight cancellations are far from grounding Americans’ desire to get away, global travel data provider… Read More »
Amadeus rides rising tide of hotel tech reliance
Amadeus IT Group has made dramatic gains since its expansion from air travel to hospitality, joining a vigorous market for… Read More »
COVID-19 changes strain Hong Kong quarantine hotels
Hotel rooms for quarantining are at a premium in Hong Kong thanks to the slackening of China’s COVID-19 restrictions including… Read More »
Construction underway on $400M Wash. casino expansion
Cumming Group and Skanska are leading construction on a $400 million renovation and expansion of the Snoqualmie Casino in Snoqualmie,… Read More »
Unique interactive hotel room hatched by Marriott
What’s touted as the first immersive hotel guestroom, presenting various puzzles and hidden clues, can be booked beginning July 15… Read More »
Ukrainian hotel business soldiers on as war takes toll
The war with Russia that’s now in its fifth month has battered the hotel industry in Ukraine, though properties in… Read More »
Hoteliers didn’t snooze through rising need for shuteye
Sleep-oriented amenities, ranging from hypnotherapy to soothing tea, are being offered by a growing number of hotels in response to… Read More »
Tailored trailers make for pricey park at Boston hotel
The parking lot behind the trendy Verb Hotel near Boston’s Fenway Park has been converted to a luxury trailer camp… Read More »
COVID-19 crisis puts 4 Macau hotels to work as clinics
Growing COVID-19 contagion has prompted officials in Macau to add two hotels in casino resorts to medical service. The world’s… Read More »
New York law eases hotel-to-housing conversions
A new state law is making it simpler for nonprofits in New York to purchase and convert distressed hotels to… Read More »
Local buyer will rebrand historic Syracuse, N.Y., hotel
A 95-year-old hotel in Syracuse, N.Y., has changed hands and will undergo a change of name. The Jefferson Clinton hotel… Read More »
Robots join depleted workforce at swamped hotels
Hotels are enlisting nonhuman help in their struggle to cope with staffing shortages as patronage swells in the waning of… Read More »
Hackers steal 20GB of data from Marriott hotel chain
Hackers have stolen 20 gigabytes of internal business files, including clients’ credit card details, from the Marriott hotel chain, DataBreaches.net… Read More »
Lenders take note of new Michigan hotel revenue law
Michigan has become the first state to classify hotel revenues legally as rents, a move that could significantly affect lending… Read More »
$100M-plus expansion in works for Austin’s Hotel Ella
Austin, Texas’ historic Hotel Ella will see a quadrupling of its guest rooms in an expansion planned by owner Rex… Read More »
Thailand seeks rise in tourist hotel rates as industry boost
Thailand’s tourism ministry plans to ask hoteliers to raise prices for foreign visitors to pre-pandemic levels while maintaining current low… Read More »
Blackstone grows leisure footprint with purchase of Crown Resorts
In June, Blackstone closed on a deal for Australia’s Crown Resorts worth $6.3 billion. Australian resorts have been slower to… Read More »
New structure coming to Accor’s 5K-plus stable
Accor, Europe’s largest hotel chain, will reorganize its global portfolio of 4,816 properties as of Oct. 1, designating two divisions… Read More »
Gun ban by NYC hotels touted as economic boost
Firearms will be forbidden at approximately three of every four hotel rooms in New York City under an agreement between… Read More »
Trouble grows for Brooklyn’s contested Tillary Hotel
The owner of Brooklyn, N.Y.’s Tillary Hotel, which is under bankruptcy protection and operating as a homeless shelter, is fighting… Read More »
John Lewis debuts culinary apprenticeship program
John Lewis Partnership has created an apprenticeship program aimed at growing the number of qualified chefs in Britain. The Chef… Read More »