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Tripbam Hires Pair of Account Management ProsBy Amanda Metcalf

Jeff Hillenmayer will join Tripbam from HRS to serve as EVP of account management. Based in Philadelphia, he'll launch and head a consulting practice to... KEEP READING

BridgeStreet Appoints New CEOBy Donna M. Airoldi

BridgeStreet has appointed board member Kamal Advani as CEO to succeed Sean Worker, who is leaving to pursue other interests. Advani is managing... KEEP READING

Deutsche Bank Travel Program Joins Boycott of Hotel CompanyBy Michael B. Baker

Deutsche Bank has removed the Dorchester Collection hotel group from its list of preferred suppliers amid a boycott of the group. The Dorchester is... KEEP READING

India's OYO Hotels & Homes Expands to JapanBy Donna M. Airoldi

OYO Hotels & Homes and Tokyo-based SoftBank Corp. and SoftBank Vision Fund have formed OYO Hotels Japan. Prasun Choudhary will lead the joint venture,... KEEP READING

Airbnb Invests Big in Indian Hotel CompanyBy Donna M. Airoldi

Airbnb has invested between $100 million and $200 million in India-based hotel company OYO Hotels & Homes, according to Reuters. The capital is part of... KEEP READING

Half the Rooms Marriott Is Adding by 2021 Are in North AmericaBy Jeremy Silk Smith

Marriott International plans to add between 275,000 and 295,000 rooms via 1,700 hotels by 2021, part of its 478,000-room longer-term pipeline. 214,000... KEEP READING

U.S. ADR Grew Less Than 2 Percent YOY in FebruaryBy Jeremy Silk Smith

U.S. hotel occupancy, average daily rate and revenue per available room all increased year over year in February, according to STR. Occupancy grew 0.7... KEEP READING

Homelike Enters SpainBy Jeremy Silk Smith

Homelike, a B2B booking platform for furnished-housing rentals over one month, opened its third office this month, in Barcelona. The company said it now... KEEP READING

What Hotels Are Offering as Customer Preferences EvolveBy Jeremy Silk Smith

"In an effort to meet the needs of influential Millennial travelers, hotels are continuing to innovate, focusing on community and convenience,"... KEEP READING

Why So Many New Hotel Brands?By Jeremy Silk Smith

Alongside hotel companies' reporting on fourth-quarter and full-year 2018 performances came a wave of announcements about new brands, expanded... KEEP READING

Hotel Meetings Negotiations: Four Quick TipsBy Aventri VP of channel & partner management Brad Langley

It works. Hotel sales managers live by it, and meeting planning teams use it to score the best prices on meetings and events. I'm talking about hotel... KEEP READING

Kempinski Hotels CEO Will ResignBy Jeremy Silk Smith

Kempinski Hotels CEO Markus Semer will leave his post as chairman and CEO once the luxury hotel management company appoints a successor. He joined 16... KEEP READING

Marriott's Plans for Data ProtectionBy Jeremy Silk Smith

In testimony to a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs subcommittee, Marriott president and CEO Arne Sorenson laid out potential changes to... KEEP READING

Standard International Adds 15 Hotels to Its PipelineBy Jeremy Silk Smith

Standard International is adding 15 projects to its pipeline, including the company's first European property—The Standard, London—which will open this... KEEP READING

Accor & SBE Launch Luxury BrandBy Jeremy Silk Smith

AccorHotels and SBE Entertainment Group have created a luxury lifestyle collection called The House of Originals with four of the five properties in... KEEP READING

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