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Corporate Travel's Growing Acceptance of Airbnb for Work

Airbnb's presence—and acceptance—continues to grow in the corporate travel space. Its business travel division team heads to the upcoming 2018 Global... KEEP READING

ConferenceDirect Names Director of Global Accounts in AsiaBy Dawit Habtemariam

Global meetings management firm ConferenceDirect has named Maytas Jiwalai director of global accounts. Based in Thailand, Jiwalai will work on hotel... KEEP READING

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts Holds First Earnings CallBy Julie Sickel

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts conducted its first earnings call as an independent company on Wednesday, following its spinoff of Wyndham Worldwide, now... KEEP READING

Hyatt's Brief Interest in NH Hotels, Plus a New Loyalty PartnershipBy Julie Sickel

Hyatt Hotels Corp. president and CEO Mark Hoplamazian during the company's second-quarter earnings call acknowledged both Hyatt's recent intention to... KEEP READING

AccorHotels Buys Art-Driven Boutique Brand in U.S.By Julie Sickel

AccorHotels will acquire 85 percent of Louisville-based hospitality management company 21c Museum Hotels for $51 million. 21c's 11 properties will join... KEEP READING

Homelike Enters the U.K.By Dawit Habtemariam

Homelike, a B2B booking platform for furnished and serviced apartments, will list over 2,000 apartments for rent in London on Aug. 1. The units... KEEP READING

Extended Stay America Reports Occupancy Decline in Q2By Julie Sickel

Extended Stay America occupancy dipped slightly year over year during the second quarter, by 130 basis points to 77.6 percent. President and CEO... KEEP READING

AccorHotels Pulls the Plug on Air France-KLM Alliance TalksBy Julie Sickel

AccorHotels CFO Jean-Jacques Morin announced during the company's earnings call for the first half of the year that it has decided not to pursue a... KEEP READING

Mark Your Calendar: Marriott Rewards & SPG Become One on Aug. 18By Julie Sickel

Starting on Aug. 18, Marriott Rewards, Starwood Preferred Guest and The Ritz Carlton Rewards will operate as one, with one set of unified benefits and... KEEP READING

Preferred Hotels Adds 22 PropertiesBy Dawit Habtemariam

Preferred Hotels & Resorts added 22 hotels, resorts and residences to its portfolio of more than 700 properties, including its first properties in... KEEP READING

Hilton Saw Strength in Group & Business Transient During Q2By Julie Sickel

Hilton reported strength in corporate transient demand during the second quarter, a trend president and CEO Christopher Nassetta said has carried over... KEEP READING

Tripbam Launches Benchmarking ToolBy Julie Sickel

Hotel rate shopping and analytics provider Tripbam has launched a benchmarking tool that, among other capabilities, allows travel managers to evaluate... KEEP READING

J.D. Power: Hotel Guest Satisfaction Is Up Across All Segments in North AmericaBy Julie Sickel

Overall guest satisfaction for the hotel industry is up year over year in North America, and the greatest increase came in the upper-midscale segment,... KEEP READING

Kempinski Promotes Elder to Chief Commercial OfficerBy Dawit Habtemariam

European luxury hospitality management group Kempinski Hotels has promoted Amanda Elder to chief commercial officer. She will oversee corporate... KEEP READING

On the Horizon: Facial Recognition Hits the Hotel SpaceBy Julie Sickel

Marriott International is working with joint-venture partner Alibaba Group to pilot the use of facial recognition at check-in with Alibaba's travel... KEEP READING

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