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IHG says it plans to add a new hotel brand to its portfolio in the coming weeks in the lifestyle and luxury segment.
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After a transformation project, the former Jamie Oliver restaurant space at Watergate Bay has been reimagined into seven new suites that will define a new room category at the hotel and within the wider portfolio…
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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…
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Over the past 35 years of my hospitality career, I have seen a great many things…
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A downturn is a terrible thing to waste, business sentiment generally goes. Paris-based Accor certainly hasn’t wasted time accelerating plans to transform the hotel company.
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A presentation of research findings that confirm significant gender differences in diversity of leadership roles, specifically in perception when it comes to understanding why women occupy so few professional leadership roles…
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In the face of COVID-19 and the need for a contactless, sterilized and traceable environment, hotels rapidly pivoted by implementing a myriad of hard and soft solutions to make guests and staff safer while also enabling remote work, more data-driven…
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Interstate Hotels & Resorts, the international arm of Aimbridge Hospitality, has surpassed 60% occupancy rates across its U.K. portfolio in the first half of the year, as the hard-hit hospitality sector resurgence continues…
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United States hotel prices have rebounded above their statistical lower bound in all regions except the Mountain states, signaling a return toward their pre-pandemic level—although we are not quite there yet…
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Brazilian airline Azul has signed a $1 billion commercial and strategic alliance with Germany-based Lilium, a startup that makes electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) jets to transport people and goods…
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The former Starbucks CEO first worked at a ski lodge. His next moves were both serendipitous and strategic.
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Red Roof, the leader in economy lodging, unveiled a new prototype for its groundbreaking HomeTowne Studios by Red Roof brand at the 2021 AAHOACON conference of hotel franchisees.
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After being one of the highest-performing countries during the early portion of 2021, Australia’s hotel occupancy has been on a rapid decline amid the latest COVID-19 lockdowns across the country, according to data from STR through 1 August…
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Choice Hotels International Inc., for the second quarter ended June 30, reported net income increased 15% to $85.9 million vs. second-quarter 2019…
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Hyatt Hotels Corporation, for the second quarter ended June 30, reported a net loss of $9 million, or $0.08 per diluted share, compared to net loss of $236 million, or $2.33 per diluted share, in the second quarter of 2020…
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Raffles Hotels and Resorts has announced a raft of new openings for 2021 and beyond. Accor’s luxury hotel brand is on track to more than double its portfolio, with openings this year in Dubai, Bahrain, Udaipur and Macau, followed by Doha and Jeddah…
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A $17 billion deal announced Wednesday consolidated many of Las Vegas' biggest hotel-casinos under one real estate company. 
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Commercial laundries serving the hospitality and leisure industries are warning that that cost increases and labour shortages are crippling their recovery, and that they are being forced into increasing their prices…
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