Choice Sets July SoCal Debut for First Everhome SuitesBy Terri HardinChoice Hotels expects its first Everhome Suites, the company’s latest entry into the midprice extended-stay category, to debut around July 1 in Corona,... KEEP READING
Highland Group: Smaller Markets Leading Extended-Stay RecoveryBy Terri HardinThe report showed only 10 percent of the metropolitan areas achieving above average RevPAR recovery in 2021 had 50,000 or more hotel rooms.... KEEP READING
Accor: 20 Percent Decline in Int'l Biz Travel "Could Probably Last Forever"By Terri HardinCEO Sebastien Bazin set sights on domestic business travel and meetings—as well as leisure—to fill the gap expected to be left by terminally reduced... KEEP READING
STR: Omicron Stings U.S. Hotels' January PerformanceBy Terri HardinThe three key U.S. hotel industry performance metrics in January each declined sharply from December 2021 levels as the omicron variant of Covid-19... KEEP READING
IHG Eyes Biz Travel Through Lens of Workplace ChangesBy Terri HardinIHG swings back from 2020 losses, contemplates the new shape of business travel as the segment emerges from hibernation.... KEEP READING
Citi, HRS Report 'Big Pipeline' For New PartnershipCorporate lodging platform HRS in recent months announced a global partnership to integrate Citi's virtual payment product into its travel booking... KEEP READING
Infrastructure Business Travel Boosts WyndhamBy Chris DavisWyndham will lean into blue-collar infrastructure demand for 2022 and launch a new economy extended-stay brand... KEEP READING
Hilton: Resilient SME Business Travel Lifts Q4By Terri HardinDespite headwinds from the Covid-19 omicron variant that impeded corporate travel momentum late in the period, Hilton Worldwide's fourth-quarter... KEEP READING
Sunny Outlook Opens Horizon for Choice Hotels to InvestBy Terri HardinFourth-quarter earnings were upbeat for Choice Hotels, and executives during a Wednesday earnings call said the company is reaping the benefits of a... KEEP READING
Marriott Sees Slow but Improving Corp. Travel PerformanceBy Terri HardinMarriott International for the fourth quarter of 2021 reported year-over-year advances in key performance metrics, even narrowing some gaps in Q4 2019... KEEP READING
Tripbam Tweaks RFP Tool to Include Hotel Global Sales Org.By Terri HardinSmart Sourcing, first launched in 2019, targeted individual property deals. Now, a toggle button allows buyers to choose to include above-property sales... KEEP READING
Extended Stay America Appoints Juceam as President and CEOBy Terri HardinJuceam succeeds previous president and CEO Bruce Haase, who has stepped down to pursue other opportunities.... KEEP READING
HotelPlanner.com SPAC Merger Called OffBy Chris DavisHotelPlanner.com and the special purpose acquisition company with which it planned to merge as a method of going public have canceled the proposed... KEEP READING
Study: Accommodation Wages Rising Amid Worker ShortageBy Terri HardinWages in 2021 rose in the accommodation sector while employment figures declined, and the gap between the two is larger than in any other surveyed... KEEP READING
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