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IHG: Business Transient, Group Gain in First HalfBy Julie Sickel

IHG Hotels & Resorts' systemwide business transient room revenue rose 2 percent year over year during the first half of 2026, driven entirely by a 2... KEEP READING

CoStar, Tourism Economics Revise U.S. Hotel Forecast UpwardBy Julie Sickel

CoStar and Tourism Economics have revised upward their joint U.S. hotel forecasts for 2026 and 2027, citing "stronger leisure and business travel" than... KEEP READING

Choice Reports Q2 SME Business Revenue GrowthBy Julie Sickel

Choice Hotels reported an 8 percent year-over-year increase in Q2 SME business travel revenue as well as higher RevPAR and average daily rates, and... KEEP READING

Radisson Launches Long-Stay OfferingBy Julie Sickel

Radisson Hotel Group has launched a global long-stay offering aimed at corporate travel buyers, travel management companies and relocation companies,... KEEP READING

Conferma Launches Index to Measure Hotel VC ProcessingBy Michael B. Baker

Conferma has launched a new index to show how well hotels are processing virtual cards, with several TMCs already signed on to adopt the metric, the... KEEP READING

Marriott: Q2 Business Transient RevPAR Up Amid Slight Volume DropBy Julie Sickel

Marriott International's systemwide second-quarter business transient revenue per available room grew 2 percent year over year though the segment's room... KEEP READING

Report: U.S. Extended-Stay Hotels See RevPAR Gains in Q2By Julie Sickel

Second-quarter U.S. extended-stay revenue per available room rose 4.2 percent year over year, the highest quarterly gain since the first quarter of... KEEP READING

Accor Q2 RevPAR Declines Amid Middle East TensionsBy Lauren Arena

Conflict in the Middle East negatively affected Accor's earnings in the second quarter, CFO Martine Gerow said during a Thursday earnings call, though... KEEP READING

Hyatt Q2 Bolstered by Group, Business Transient GrowthBy Julie Sickel

Hyatt Hotels Corp.'s systemwide second-quarter business transient revenue per available room increased 2 percent year over year, the company reported... KEEP READING

GBTA-Altour Forecast: Travel Price Hikes to Slow in 2027By Chris Davis

After sharp increases in the first half of 2026 spurred by climbing oil prices amid the Middle East conflict, travel price hikes should slow for the... KEEP READING

SMEs Fuel Growth in Business Transient in Hilton's Q2By Julie Sickel

Hilton's Q2 results showed a 5.7 percent year-over-year increase in business transient revenue, driven by SMEs, executives said Tuesday.... KEEP READING

CoStar: World Cup Lifts June U.S. Hotel PerformanceBy Julie Sickel

Boosted by the FIFA World Cup, U.S. hotels in June posted the sharpest average daily rate and RevPAR gains in years, according to CoStar.... KEEP READING

Canadian Tech Co. TravelAI Purchases Sonder Brand, IPBy Julie Sickel

Canadian technology company TravelAI plans to resurrect Sonder in name only after it acquired the former apartment-style accommodations provider’s brand... KEEP READING

Amex, Accor Partner on LoyaltyBy Julie Sickel

American Express and ALL Accor, the booking platform and loyalty program Accor, have formed a new global partnership that introduces elite status... KEEP READING

Wyndham Q2 RevPAR Gains Domestically, Loses InternationallyBy Julie Sickel

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts posted a 2 percent year-over-year increase in U.S. revenue per available room during the second quarter, the company reported... KEEP READING

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