Lodging

STR and Tourism Economics further downgraded their growth projections for the U.S. hotel industry after a previous downgrade in June. The companies... KEEP READING

Minute Suites' ninth location will open next year in Terminal 4's B Concourse at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport. Minute Suites offers... KEEP READING

With supply edging up, acutely in certain markets, STR has downgraded its 2019 forecast again. A less-than-stellar Q1 performance also affected the... KEEP READING

U.S. extended-stay rooms under construction as of June 30 decreased 7.7 percent year over year, The Highland Group reported. The company attributed... KEEP READING

WorldHotels Collection, a group of 300 global independent hotels and resorts, has appointed Gregory Habeeb as North America president and has promoted... KEEP READING

Choice Hotels' systemwide revenue per available room decreased 0.1 percent year over year during the second quarter to $56.17. Occupancy remained flat... KEEP READING

InterContinental Hotels Group global comparable revenue per available room declined 0.2 percent year over year in the second quarter, bringing the... KEEP READING

Extended Stay America's comparable systemwide revenue per available room grew just 0.1 percent year over year in the second quarter to $53.94, driven by... KEEP READING

Travel Leaders Corporate now resells the automated version of Yapta's RoomIQ and FareIQ reshopping services, branding the offering as Price Optimizer.... KEEP READING

Continuing a trend set by other hotel companies as they've released their second-quarter earnings, Marriott International has lowered its 2019 global... KEEP READING

At a Tacoma, Wash., hotel, a housekeeper standing in a hallway saw a man turn back into a hotel room and tell an unseen person: Keep the blinds closed;... KEEP READING

Airbnb has acquired Urbandoor, a platform of furnished and serviced apartments tailored for extended business trips and relocations. Founded in 2015,... KEEP READING

Hotel reshopping provider Tripbam has enhanced its Hotel Intelligence solution's benchmarking and analytics capabilities. The update allows travel... KEEP READING

Yapta has launched a second version of its hotel analytics tool TravelAI Hotel, a year after the initial version. The tool complements Yapta's... KEEP READING

Hyatt Hotels Corp. has released a new version of its World of Hyatt mobile app. The new and expanded features allow loyalty members to request items to... KEEP READING