Lodging

April hotel rates and occupancies increased year over year in the Americas and Asia/Pacific regions, but results elsewhere were mixed, according to STR Global.

Accor signed an agreement to sell the Motel 6 and Studio 6 brands to a Blackstone Real Estate Partners affiliate for $1.9 billion.

It's fashionable to say business travelers increasingly are going rogue, but that's neither new nor true in absolute. While some commentary and certain data of late have supported the going-rogue theme,...

Preferred hotel blackout dates—those periods when negotiated rates are not available for booking—are on the rise, according to some travel buyers, citing blackouts as long as weeks or even a month....

Rare are the times when hoteliers are frustrated by too much demand, but a tsunami of electronic meeting requests for proposals, many including dozens of properties and triggered by the rise of a few...