Lodging

Wyndham Q3 Results Benefit from La Quinta BuyBy Julie Sickel

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts saw year-over-year revenue gains of 74 percent, to $604 million, during the third quarter, owing to its acquisition of La... KEEP READING

Gant Travel Strikes Partnership Agreement with Airbnb for WorkBy Julie Sickel

Gant Travel has formed a partnership with Airbnb for Work to make Airbnb content available to all its Concur Travel customers. Concur began... KEEP READING

Hilton CEO Speaks to Corporate Sentiment & Rate NegotiationsBy Julie Sickel

Hilton president and CEO Christopher Nassetta pegged 2019 corporate rate increases in the 2 percent to 3 percent range during the company's... KEEP READING

Uber Was Expensed the Most Often in Q3, While Lyft Cracked the Top 10By Adam Perrotta

Uber was expensed by businesses in North America more often than any other brand during the third quarter, according to Certify's latest SpendSmart... KEEP READING

U.S. Hotel Fees & Surcharges Projected to Hit $2.93B in 2018By Julie Sickel

Fees and surcharges at U.S. hotels are expected to hit a record $2.93 billion this year, according to analysis from Bjorn Hanson, industry consultant... KEEP READING

Hilton Launches Hostel-Inspired BrandBy Julie Sickel

Hilton has launched an urban microhotel brand called Motto by Hilton that borrows from the emerging lifestyle hostel trend in the lodging... KEEP READING

IHG Advances Strategic Initiatives in Q3By Julie Sickel

InterContinental Hotels Group is steadily progressing on strategic initiatives it first detailed in February with a relaunch of the recently... KEEP READING

AccorHotels Sees Revenue Gains in Q3 but Grapples with Onefinestay & John PaulBy Julie Sickel

AccorHotels reported revenue of 1 billion euros during the third quarter, a 7.6 percent year-over-year increase on a like-for-like basis. The... KEEP READING

Choice Hotels Appoints Sales VPBy Dawit Habtemariam

Choice Hotels International has appointed Jeannie Lin VP of sales strategy and operations to work on franchise development and global sales and oversee... KEEP READING

NYU Analysis Outlines Differing Perspectives for 2019 Rate NegotiationsBy Julie Sickel

With the hotel sourcing season for 2019 corporate negotiated rates well underway, it's expected that U.S. corporate rates will increase between 2.5... KEEP READING

Competition Heats Up in LuxuryBy Amon Cohen

In last year’s BTN Hotel Brand Survey, the gap between first place and last place was 0.31 points on a six-point scale. This year, the distance has... KEEP READING

Established Brands Maintain PowerBy Julie Sickel

Midscale is quickly becoming the segment to watch as multibrand companies launch more and more midscale product into the market to meet developers’... KEEP READING

Extended Stay Pulls Up a Seat at the TableBy Julie Sickel

Extended-stay hotels have until recently been somewhat of a black sheep within the corporate travel lodging landscape, used more for relocations and... KEEP READING

Hotel Brands' New Rapport with the Corporate Travel MarketBy Julie Sickel

The hotel industry is at a tricky point in its history, as occupancy in North America continues to hold at record levels while the power of hotels to... KEEP READING

Traveler Wellness Wins UpscaleBy Julie Sickel

Wellness won the day among the upscale segments, as Marriott International’s Westin brand and Hyatt Hotels Corp.’s Hyatt Place brand both earned the... KEEP READING

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