Lodging

U.S. Hotel RevPAR Growth Slowed Year-Over-Year in JuneBy Dawit Habtemariam

U.S. hotel revenue per available room grew in June to $98.85, according to STR, but that growth was 0.4 percent slower than in June 2018. This was the... KEEP READING

OYO CEO Leads $2B Investment in His Own CompanyBy Amanda Metcalf

Ritesh Agarwal has engineered a $2 billion company-management investment round in OYO Hotels & Homes, the company he founded in 2013 and leads as CEO... KEEP READING

Creative Lodging Solutions & CLC Lodging Will MergeBy Dawit Habtemariam

Business payments company Fleetcor will merge two lodging management specialists it owns: Creative Lodging Solutions and CLC Lodging. They will operate... KEEP READING

Greater Control of Accommodations Leads Business Travelers to Anticipate Trips MoreBy Dawit Habtemariam

Eighty-eight percent of travelers look forward to a business trip if they can choose the accommodation style they want, and 84 percent are more inclined... KEEP READING

Business Traveler Hotel Preferences & Booking ComplianceBy Adam Perrotta

Corporate travel buyers often underestimate how important convenience, personalization and amenities are to their travelers when shopping for and... KEEP READING

We Need to Talk About OTAsBy Festive Road managing partner Caroline Strachan

I'm going to say this out loud. We, the business travel community, are letting the online travel agencies gain an even more dominant position in the... KEEP READING

Wi-Fi Access at Hotels Is More Important to Business Travelers Than Room RateBy Dawit Habtemariam

Wi-Fi is important to 84 percent of business travelers choosing a hotel, while room rate is important to only 81 percent, the same as for distance from... KEEP READING

Travel Managers Grapple with Resort Fees as Marriott Gets Sued for ThemBy Elizabeth West

Travel managers have railed against the recent increase in "drip pricing" practices among their hotel partners. At BTN's recent Business Travel Lodging... KEEP READING

ALHI Names Chief Strategy OfficerBy Elizabeth West

Associated Luxury Hotels International continues to expand and refresh its executive team naming Ashly Balding as the organization's chief strategy... KEEP READING

ICO's One-Two Punch Hits Marriott with GDPR FineBy Elizabeth West

After sending a chill through the European business community on Monday by levying a record $230 million fine on British Airways for a June 2018 data... KEEP READING

Apartment-Stay Domio Gunning for Corporate & Group Travel MarketBy Donna M. Airoldi

CEO Jay Roberts co-founded the apartment-stay company Domio in 2016 after a positive experience making money through listing his personal place on... KEEP READING

OYO Launches in Vietnam with 90 HotelsBy Donna M. Airoldi

OYO Hotels & Homes, the fast-growing India-based hotel brand that recently announced a $300 million investment into the U.S. market, launched in... KEEP READING

Sabre Launches OTA Content to Address Gaps for Midsize TMCsBy Donna M. Airoldi

Sabre Corp. has announced the release of its new application programming interface-driven lodging solution, which partners with online travel agencies... KEEP READING

Airbnb Luxe Could Be Attractive to CorporationsBy Donna M. Airoldi

This week, Airbnb launched a new tier of service, Airbnb Luxe, with more than 2,000 handpicked homes around the world, each passing evaluation across... KEEP READING

AHLA Launches New Campaign to Fight Human TraffickingBy Donna M. Airoldi

The American Hotel & Lodging Association has launched a campaign to combat human trafficking, aiming to unite the U.S. hotel industry around a... KEEP READING

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