American Express launches Platinum Card credit card product
American Express has announced that its Platinum Card will switch from a charge card to a credit card for new customers.
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Restaurants Face an Extortion Threat: A Bad Rating on Google
Emails sent to dozens of restaurants, including those with Michelin stars, threaten a barrage of one-star reviews unless owners pay.
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RECONSIDERING THE AMERICAN PLAN FOR TREVPAR
Some hotel terminology from a bygone era and one that is very much critical for today:
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STARTUP STAGE: STAY OPEN TURNS EMPTY BUILDINGS INTO POD HOTELS
Stay Open creates pod hotels in vacant or underutilized office and retail space, while contributing proceeds to help unhoused people. Travelers join Stay Pass, the company’s membership and rewards program, by purchasing an NFT (non-fungible token)…
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In an age of specialization, Homi Vazifdar is one of the few remaining hotel generalists…
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HTNG Checks In: AHLA Launches Hospitality Is Working Campaign with Focus on Reigniting Travel
The campaign will include television and digital advertising as well as AHLA events around the country alongside local hoteliers, economic development organizations and community groups.
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CHOICE EXPANDS UPSCALE PRESENCE WITH RADISSON AMERICAS DEAL
Giving it a greater presence in the upscale and core upper-midscale segments, particularly in the West Coast and Midwest of the United States, Choice Hotels International has acquired the Radisson Hotel Group Americas franchise business, operations…
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Moliving is moving hospitality in a new direction
For entrepreneur Jordan Bem, a mismatch between room supply and offseason demand in the highly seasonal destination of Montauk, N.Y., turned out to be the catalyst for a new hospitality concept.
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People Want to Travel! 4 Industry Leaders Say That Tourism Will Change and Grow
The global travel and tourism industry's post-pandemic recovery is gaining pace as the world’s pent-up desire for travel rekindles.
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NOMO CLAIMS U.S. FIRST WITH NFT HOTEL STAYS
NoMo SoHo is the latest to claim an NFT first with its launch of a token with hotel stays attached. The property, and its owner Sapir Corp, believe it's the first hotel in the United States to enable guests to book stays via blockchain technology…
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Texas Woman Sues DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel in Austin in Sexual Assault Case
Lawsuit alleges DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel failed to cancel lost room key picked up by attacker
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MGM acquires operations of The Cosmopolitan for $1.625B
MGM Resorts International has closed on its transaction with Blackstone to acquire the operations of The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas for cash consideration of $1.625 billion…
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A Miami investment group purchased the Trump International Hotel in Washington, DC, and wasted no time scrubbing the former president's name from the property.
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Guest Preparation Like Never Before
For owners, managers, and employees alike, the past few years have been, in a word: unpredictable!
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After two years of pandemic isolation, multigenerational family travel is booming
With the height of the pandemic in the rearview mirror, families who may have put a reunion on hold in 2020 and 2021 are increasingly looking to reconnect with their loved ones through travel.
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BEST WESTERN GIVES VĪB REBOOT FOR SMALLER MARKETS
Best Western Hotels & Resorts announced last week the relaunch of its urban, upscale boutique brand, Vīb, putting its money where its mouth is by investing US$20 million (including land) to create the prototype property in Tempe, Arizona, marking…
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Sonesta Announces New President and CEO
John Murray will succeed Carlos Flores at the international hotel company
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Hotels Seek Out the Ordinary in 2022
Hoteliers appreciate predictability…
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