Arne Sorenson Posthumously Receives The Lodging Conference’s Lifetime Achievement Award
Harry Javer, producer and founder of The Lodging Conference, one of the industry’s events for hotel owners, CEOs, and deal makers, announced that Arne Sorenson, the beloved former president and CEO of Marriott International, has been selected…
read more
Marriott’s new CEO sat down with TPG to talk Bonvoy benefits, hot breakfast and more
This post contains references to products from one or more of our advertisers. We may receive compensation when you click on links to those products. Terms apply to the offers listed on this page…
read more
New York icon Ian Schrager has seen the high-end hotel future: We’re carrying our own bags
‘Who needs all those luxuries from Europe in the 17th and 18th centuries?’ Schrager says of his contemporary, Lower East Side hotel
read more
Travel Media Group Recognizes 25 Hoteliers with Hospitality Hero Award
Travel Media Group announced today 25 winners of the new TMG Hospitality Hero Award. The top-rated digital marketing vendor launched the award to recognize stories of resilience and excellence in hospitality…
read more
The Gstaad Palace is mourning the loss of Ernst Andrea Scherz (1939-2021)…
read more
Hotel general managers faced a crisis like no other. How will the lessons they learned apply to the future?
read more
Emirates Palace’s Michael Koth on taking good and making it great
The general manager says Mandarin Oriental will make people love the iconic property in new ways
read more
Accor’s Mark Willis on the rise of lifestyle brands: “I’m fully in”
Someone walks past our photo shoot and does a double take at the man sitting in the chair having his photo taken (the picture is the one you can see on the opposite page)…
read more
A Consultant’s Perspective on the Pandemic in 2021
The pandemic continues to plague our operations and practically all aspects of our daily lives…
read more
Hotel Grand Strategy Starts with Your People
A new year means a new mindset. And 2021 will be an interesting period as the entire hospitality sector looks for a fresh start…
read more
Industry Veterans Launch Hospitality Management Company
Hospitality industry veterans Chris Manley, formerly with Stonebridge Companies, and Jeff Blackman, founder and president of Bedford Lodging, have launched hotel management company Five Senses Hospitality Management™…
read more
Marriott Appoints Capuano CEO, Linnartz President
Marriott International has named Anthony “Tony” Capuano CEO and Stephanie Linnartz president of the company. The appointments follow the unexpected passing of Marriott President/CEO Arne Sorenson on Feb. 15…
read more
JLL Appoints Perez-Alvarado Global CEO, Hotels & Hospitality
Gilda Perez-Alvarado has been promoted to global CEO of JLL’s Hotels & Hospitality Group to succeed Mark Wynne-Smith, who will continue as global CEO of valuation advisory.
read more
Marriott’s Arne Sorenson Passes Away; Industry Reacts
Arne M. Sorenson, president/CEO of Marriott, unexpectedly died yesterday. He was 62. In May 2019, the company announced that he had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. On Feb…
read more
“Lifelong learning”: why dual education institutions will lead the way
By 2022 – in just one year – more than 40% of core skills required to perform existing jobs are expected to change, as estimated by the World Economic Forum in their recent call for a “global reskilling revolution”…
read more
SH Hotels names Arash Azarbarzin CEO, provides business update
Starwood Capital Group has named Arash Azarbarzin CEO of its SH Hotels & Resorts subsidiary, which operates the 1 Hotels, Baccarat Hotels and Treehouse Hotels brands.
read more
Marriott’s Sorenson to Temporarily Reduce Schedule; Interim Leaders Named
Marriott International Inc. has revealed that president/CEO Arne Sorenson will be temporarily reducing his schedule to facilitate more demanding treatment for pancreatic cancer…
read more
‘Nobody Gets Out of This Stronger’ Says Langham Hotels CEO
Hospitality will be permanently altered by the pandemic. Here’s how one hotel group is handling it
read more