Accor's overall average room rates rose during the past three months, but stalled in January at its midprice and upscale hotels....
READ MORE »The average daily rate at Choice Hotels International properties increased by 2.7 percent year over year during the fourth quarter of 2011....
READ MORE »Hyatt Hotels Corp. reported that "sustained transient business travel" globally helped drive a 2.6 percent year-over-year increase in rates during the fourth quarter of 2011....
READ MORE »The 2011 fourth-quarter average daily rate at Marriott International properties increased by 3.2 percent year over year in North America...
READ MORE »Rates at InterContinental Hotels Group properties increased year over year by 2.8 percent in the fourth quarter of 2011...
READ MORE » February 22, 2012 - 04:05 PM ET
Yotel, the five-year-old hotel brand that takes its design cues more from
first-class airline cabins than Architectural
Digest, has been testing its draw among U.S. travelers with last summer's
opening...
February 20, 2012 - 03:30 PM ET
Travelers these days have more ways than ever to
book hotel rooms. A growing number of online travel agencies, content
aggregators and mobile technologies provide the means to search for and book
low...
February 16, 2012 - 04:25 PM ET
Tasked with negotiating rates for thousands of
properties globally, GlaxoSmithKline sourcing group manager Paul Plank turned
to an auction to help keep rates in check, even in a supplier's market.
February 13, 2012 - 03:15 PM ET
Among the benefits of globalizing his firm's travel program, Deloitte senior manager of travel procurement and operations Brian Nichols found a perk: added negotiating leverage in an increasingly challenging...
February 09, 2012 - 12:10 PM ET
Following a rash of
announcements during the past fortnight, hotel payment solutions appear to be
the plat du jour in Europe. Both Sabre and Amadeus have announced deals with
Conferma, a United Kingdom-based...