London’s new Westin offers wellness support
Wellness-motivated travelers can now stay at the Westin London City, a first for the brand in the UK. The hotel… Read More »
What will the Super Bowl mean for L.A. hotels?
Los Angeles hotel owners expect to enjoy a robust number of visitors this Super Bowl weekend, but their results could… Read More »
Pandemic casualty: No Loews hotel for Memphis, Tenn.
Loews Hotel Corp. is blaming the ravages of the pandemic for its decision to abandon plans to build a 20-story-plus… Read More »
Progress in sight at Fontainebleau Las Vegas site
Progress is evident at the Fontainebleau Las Vegas site with the arrival of a crane. The 3,700-plus-room project, whose plans… Read More »
Miami stands alone in topping 2019 hotel profit mark
The Miami and Dubai markets set the global pace for hotel profit recovery in 2021, according to a new STR… Read More »
Omni’s convention trade: Full speed ahead, with backup
Omni Hotels & Resorts gave a vote of confidence to the languishing meetings business by opening two convention hotels last… Read More »
Survey looks at labor shortage issues in hospitality
A new survey found that 92% of respondents have faced significant hiring challenges, even prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, and… Read More »
Traveling as a remote worker is new norm
The remote workers are a new sector of the travel industry that is expected to survive the pandemic with mixing… Read More »
Las Vegas Sands outlines expansion project in Singapore
Las Vegas Sands has announced that its Marina Bay Sands’ hotel properties are undergoing a $1 billion renovation, while work… Read More »
3 factors cited in dire straits for Chicago hotels
Winter weather, pandemic restrictions and crime have conspired to drag Chicago’s hotel industry into last place among major cities, the… Read More »
Fate uncertain as Boston’s largest hotel changes hands
The new owner of Boston’s largest hotel has indicated that a non-hotel use such as housing might be in the… Read More »
Study: Women make strides in hospitality C-suite
The Castell Project’s 2022 Women in Hospitality Industry Leadership study revealed that women have gained a slight increase in executive… Read More »
Big Sky’s the limit for Dubai hotel developer
Dubai-based Kerzner International Holdings is teaming up with Montana’s Lone Mountain Land Co. in a large-scale venture aimed at capitalizing… Read More »
Report: World could reap $8.6T from 2022 travel-tourism
Travel and tourism worldwide may rise to within 6.4% of the pre-pandemic financial level this year despite the Omicron surge,… Read More »
NYC hotel opens curling rink
M Social Times Square New York opened a curling rink next to its Beast & Butterflies rooftop bar. Reservations for… Read More »
Hotel insurance cost relief in sight, expert asserts
Insurance rates for hotels and resorts should increase at a moderate rate this year after they soared by double digits… Read More »
N.Y.’s $100M hotels-to-housing offer draws few takers
A New York program to provide developers with $100 million in state money to convert hotels to housing for people… Read More »
Holiday Inn Express head views life beyond 3,000 sites
Holiday Inn Express, the world’s largest hotel brand, has passed the 3,000 mark in properties across 50 nations and isn’t… Read More »
Olympic quarantine hotels draw negative reviews
Beijing’s Olympic quarantine hotels face rising criticism over food quality, food quantity, training facilities and other conditions. Athletes and their… Read More »
Housekeeping as hidden pool of top talent
Those who cite the need for greater representation of women in hotel management should looks to the predominantly female pool… Read More »
No holding back for The Leading Hotels of the World
The Leading Hotels of the World recently added nine properties to its portfolio of more than 400 independent luxury hotels… Read More »
Host Hotels buys asset in Texas, sells Boston property
Host Hotels & Resorts made a $242 million deal to purchase the fee simple interest in Austin, Texas’ Hotel Van… Read More »
San Francisco will purchase hotel to serve homeless
The city of San Francisco will spend $25.7 million to buy the Gotham Hotel for conversion to supportive housing for… Read More »
Report: Q4 US hotel sales reach near-record $9.2B
The fourth quarter of 2021 was the second most lucrative ever for sales of large US hotels, at $9.2 billion,… Read More »
Hawaii lawmakers weigh halt to hotel plastic disposables
Single-use plastic toiletry containers would be prohibited in Hawaii hotels under a measure being considered by the state legislature. The… Read More »
Surcharge to fund improvements at Memphis, Tenn., hotel
City Council members in Memphis, Tenn., have approved a development zone that will allow for a 5% surcharge on goods… Read More »