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Starwood Ditches Marriott for AnbangBy Julie Sickel

Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide has agreed to sell to a China-based consortium led by Anbang Group Insurance Co. in a $13.2 billion deal that breaks... KEEP READING

Furnished Quarters Grows Global SolutionsBy Julie Sickel

Furnished Quarters Global Solutions saw revenue grow 65 percent year over year in 2015 for the third consecutive year. Though a significant portion of... KEEP READING

Benchmark Hospitality Appoints Faust VP of SalesBy Julie Sickel

Benchmark Hospitality International named Tom Faust as its new vice president of sales. He will oversee the hospitality management company's global... KEEP READING

Marriott Says Starwood Buy Will Continue Despite Competing BidBy Julie Sickel

Despite word that China's Anbang Insurance Group Co. has put forth a competing $12.8 billion offer to buy Starwood Hotels & Resorts, Marriott... KEEP READING

Omni Nashville Tops Cvent's 2016 List of Top U.S. Meetings HotelsBy Elizabeth West

Business and leisure travel boomtown Nashville hosts the top two hotels among meetings technology firm Cvent's top 100 meetings hotels in the United... KEEP READING

Concur Will Add Hertz & HRS Bookings to TripLinkBy JoAnn DeLuna

Car rental company Hertz and hotel service provider HRS have agreed to make travelers' direct bookings available for travel managers to view and manage... KEEP READING

European Hotels Turned In 2015's Top Performance Outside North AmericaBy Julie Sickel

Europe led regions outside North America in growth of both hotel occupancy and average daily rate. A look at hotel performance by region.... KEEP READING

Marriott Will Open 4,400 Rooms in Europe in 2016By Julie Sickel

Central and Eastern Europe will account for 70 percent of the 4,400 rooms Marriott International will open in Europe this year. A few highlights:... KEEP READING

Best Western Grows South Africa Portfolio from One to 14 HotelsBy Julie Sickel

Best Western Hotels & Resorts will add Orion Hotels' 13 properties, in South Africa, to its portfolio during the next 12 months. Orion will manage the... KEEP READING

HRS Launches Automated Hotel Invoice ProcessingBy Amon Cohen

Hotel service provider HRS has launched Paperless Travel, a service that consolidates invoices for all a corporate client's hotel stays. Hotels send HRS... KEEP READING

Q1 YOY Business Bookings Dip at North American HotelsBy Julie Sickel

First-quarter bookings in the business transient segment at hotels in North America are down 1.9 percent from the same period last year, according to... KEEP READING

SACO Will Launch Online Booking Tool This MonthBy Amon Cohen

The Serviced Apartment Co. will launch an online booking platform for corporate travel managers this month. MyCo will provide access to negotiated... KEEP READING

What Worries Buyers About a Marriott-Starwood Merger

BTN asked 200 travel buyers how a Marriott-Starwood merger would affect their corporate travel programs. One said, “I will be able to eliminate some... KEEP READING

Hyatt Launches Soft Brand The Unbound CollectionBy Julie Sickel

Hyatt Hotels Corp. has launched The Unbound Collection by Hyatt, a soft brand comprised of what the company calls "unique and independent stay... KEEP READING

DOJ & FTC Give Marriott-Starwood Merger Go-AheadBy Julie Sickel

The U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Federal Trade Commission will not challenge the proposed merger between Marriott International and Starwood... KEEP READING

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