Hyatt Select: Yet Another New Limited Service Hyatt Brand
Hyatt has today announced details of its newest hotel brand. Keep in mind that now more than ever, hotel brands are being created for prospective hotel owners, rather than for hotel guests, as these all kind of run together, if you ask me…
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ALIS luxury, lifestyle panel tackles big questions
Build or buy, brand or run independent? First Hospitality’s David Duncan offered keen insights into the decision-making process during ALIS session.
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New York City is set to close a controversial migrant shelter at the Roosevelt Hotel
A Manhattan hotel-turned-shelter is set to close after becoming an emblem of New York City's fraught effort to manage an influx of international migrants.
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Luxury Unfiltered: Redefining boutique hotels in the age of personalization
In the not-so-distant past, the term “boutique hotel” was synonymous with exclusivity and distinction. These intimate, design-forward establishments stood out effortlessly in a sea of cookie-cutter chain hotels…
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Asian capital continues European push
Hospitality investors and operators from Asia are continuing to reshape the hotels and leisure landscape in Europe, pursuing diversification while expanding successful concepts on the continent.
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Trinity Investments prides itself on being a clear-minded hotel investor. Its focus is paying off.
Sean Hehir, the CEO of Trinity Investments, has a Dickensian notion of the hotel industry: a tale of two segments, where strong performance in one is offset by tepid performance in the other. The data support him: STR forecasts RevPAR growth in the…
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Australia’s Trilogy Hotels pursues ambitious growth
Fast-growing Trilogy Hotels is capitalizing on untapped demand for third-party management in Australia and has ambitions for international growth.
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Is the White Lotus Season 3 Hotel a Real Place?
Film geeks dream of stepping on the set of their favorite TV show or movie but rarely get the opportunity. But the White Lotus is different. For fans of the show, an escape to Thailand and the stunning Four Seasons Resort Koh Samui and the rare…
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