Lodging

Choice Hotels today announced that the company has hired a former Marriott International executive to head its global sales and intermediary marketing... KEEP READING

Smith Travel Research today revised its 2009 U.S. hotel industry forecast to project a 9.8 percent year-over-year decline in revenue per available room,... KEEP READING

Marriott International on Thursday reported a first-quarter loss, noting that corporate demand remains weak, despite some pockets of resilience, and... KEEP READING

Hilton Hotels Corp. today said it has "temporarily suspended" development of its Denizen luxury lifestyle hotel brand following last week's lawsuit by... KEEP READING

Corporate housing inventory dropped by 5.7 percent in 2008 while rates increased slightly but behind the rest of the lodging industry, according to the... KEEP READING

Traveler compliance with preferred hotel programs, though improving, still trails other policy aspects, and buyers are reporting emerging challenges in... KEEP READING

Corporate travelers paid on average 17.4 percent less in hotels in 30 key global cities in the first quarter of 2009, year over year, and travel buyers... KEEP READING

Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide in a lawsuit alleges that two former executives who joined rival Hilton Hotels Corp. used proprietary information to... KEEP READING

Omni Hotels this month is expanding its loyalty program, adding a new tier for its most frequent guests and new benefits to existing tiers and allowing... KEEP READING

Buyers who negotiated 2009 rates in rosier times for hoteliers now have new opportunities for savings with targeted renegotiations, as some hotel... KEEP READING

Corporate travel buyers saw a decrease in average local-currency-based hotel rates for nearly every major global city during the first nine weeks of... KEEP READING

Lane Hospitality president and CEO Bill DeForrest spoke recently to BTN hotel editor Michael B. Baker about the economy's impact on corporate travel and... KEEP READING

Corporate housing inventory dropped by 5.7 percent in 2008 and is forecast to continue in that direction this year while rates increased slightly but... KEEP READING

The overall timeline for recovery in the U.S. lodging industry is lengthening, but certain markets should emerge more quickly than others and could be... KEEP READING

Corporate travel buyers saw a decrease in average local-currency-based hotel rates for nearly every major global city during the first nine weeks of... KEEP READING