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Halkyard Will Replace Lopez as ESA CEOBy Julie Sickel

Extended Stay America's board of directors has named CFO Jonathan Halkyard as ESA president and CEO, effective Jan. 1. Halkyard has been CFO for ESA... KEEP READING

Choice Hotels Will Buy WoodSpring SuitesBy Julie Sickel

Choice Hotels International will acquire extended-stay brand Woodspring Suites for $231 million. The transaction fills a relative gap in Choice's... KEEP READING

ALHI Expands Sales Division in U.S.By Dawit Habtemariam

Associated Luxury Hotels International has named Michelle Russell as global sales manager of its new sales office in Minnesota. Having previously worked... KEEP READING

Marriott Strikes New Co-Branded Card Deals with Amex & JPMorgan ChaseBy JoAnn DeLuna

Marriott International has extended and negotiated new "multi-year" co-branded credit card agreements for its U.S.-issued cards with American Express... KEEP READING

HRS Plans to Open Two More U.S. Offices in 2018By Julie Sickel

Hotel solutions company HRS intends to open two new U.S. offices in 2018, one in the Dallas-Fort Worth area and another in the San Francisco Bay Area.... KEEP READING

BTN Group Hall of Fame Class of 2017

The BTN Group inducted four people to its Hall of Fame Monday night.... KEEP READING

Marriott Tops J.D. Power Hotel Loyalty SurveyBy Julie Sickel

Marriott International's loyalty program Marriott Rewards edged out Hyatt Hotels Corp.'s World of Hyatt to win J.D. Power's 2017 Hotel Loyalty Program... KEEP READING

GlobalStar Travel Management Strikes Consortium Deal With WINBy Julie Sickel

GlobalStar Travel Management has named WIN Hotel Programme as its preferred consortium beginning Jan. 1. WIN's content will complement GlobalStar's own... KEEP READING

U.S. Hoteliers See Boost in Occupancy but Restrained Pricing PowerBy Julie Sickel

The U.S. hotel industry saw year-over-year gains in both average daily rate and occupancy during October, according to STR. ... KEEP READING

MagicStay Booking Tool Enables Amex & AirPlus PaymentsBy Dawit Habtemariam

Corporate apartment provider MagicStay now allows users of its booking tool, Weezard, to pay with American Express and AirPlus cards. ... KEEP READING

First-Quarter Bookings Down at North American HotelsBy Julie Sickel

Bookings at North American hotels for the first quarter of 2018 are tracking lower than this same time last year for both the group and business... KEEP READING

Airbnb Buys U.K.-Based AccomableBy Julie Sickel

Airbnb has acquired Accomable, a London-based startup that uses a similar model as Airbnb but features listings that specifically accommodate those with... KEEP READING

PwC Revises 2018 U.S. Lodging Forecast with Rosier OutlookBy Julie Sickel

The most recent version of PwC's Hospitality Directions U.S. lodging outlook pegs 2018's average daily rate, occupancy and demand growth at slightly... KEEP READING

Best Western's Plans for Loyalty, Tech & ExpansionBy Julie Sickel

Best Western Hotels & Resorts intends to grow its existing presence in the industry and embrace updated and new technologies, both consumer facing and... KEEP READING

Airbnb Adoption Growth Has Plateaued, According to Morgan StanleyBy Julie Sickel

New research from Morgan Stanley suggests the pace of growth of Airbnb use is slowing in the U.S. and Europe. In its third annual AlphaWise survey, the... KEEP READING

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