Lodging

Groupize's hotel booking platform for travel management companies to source, book and manage meetings of fewer than 25 hotel rooms or fewer than 50... KEEP READING

Free Wi-Fi, complimentary breakfast, premium bed linens—these things that used to be considered perks are now table stakes for hotel guest satisfaction.... KEEP READING

Chrome River and travel organizer technology firm Traxo have teamed up to deliver “universal automated hotel folio integration,” according to the... KEEP READING

Global travel manager Nicki Leeds is taking a new step for Hess Corp.: examining corporate housing possibilities for long-term stays in the company's... KEEP READING

David Townshend, former senior vice president of global sales for Marriott International, has joined Partnership Travel Consulting as executive vice... KEEP READING

Omni Hotels & Resorts disclosed a malware infection on point-of-sale systems at some of its hotels. A notice sent to customers on July 11 indicated that... KEEP READING

Hospitality management companies Benchmark Hospitality International and Gemstone Hotels & Resorts have merged, forming a portfolio of 58 properties... KEEP READING

Back in February, AccorHotels acquired a 30 percent minority stake in Miami-based Oasis Collections, which operates in 18 cities across the United... KEEP READING

Hoteliers have some worries. U.S. occupancy, while high, is stalling in growth. First-quarter earnings were lackluster thanks to slow U.S. business... KEEP READING

Marriott International has received authorization from competition authorities in Saudi Arabia and Mexico to proceed with the acquisition of Starwood... KEEP READING

During the 2016 corporate hotel request for proposal season, Marriott International declined to bid 18 percent of the time, twice as often as Hilton... KEEP READING

GoldSpring Consulting and tripBAM will partner on corporate travel client hotel sourcing projects. The companies have, between them, tripBAM's hotel... KEEP READING

Airbnb has filed a lawsuit in federal court against the city and county of San Francisco to fight a city ordinance that calls for Airbnb to remove... KEEP READING

Weakness in the economy translates into weakness in the hotel industry. That could spell trouble for hoteliers in the United Kingdom following last... KEEP READING

The European Commission, the executive arm of the European Union, has approved the merger between Marriott International and Starwood Hotels & Resorts.... KEEP READING