Lodging

Marriott International has expanded its Connect with Confidence meetings program beyond the United States and Canada and into the Caribbean and Latin... KEEP READING

Best Western Hotel Group CEO David Kong spoke with BTN senior editor Donna M. Airoldi at the Americas Lodging Investment Summit in Los Angeles in late... KEEP READING

Citing sluggish group and business demand, weakening leisure demand and the spread of the Covid-19 delta variant, Kalibri Labs now projects a recovery... KEEP READING

In absolute numbers, July 2021 average daily rate and revenue per available room for U.S. hotels exceeded July 2019 levels, according to STR's latest... KEEP READING

Second-quarter demand for U.S. extended-stay room nights reached record levels not only for the category as a whole but also for all three of its... KEEP READING

Hyatt Hotels Corp. has entered into an agreement to acquire Apple Leisure Group for $2.7 billion in cash, the company announced. The companies... KEEP READING

The U.S. General Services Administration's standard per diem for fiscal year 2022 will be $155, up $4 from last year's standard per diem. ... KEEP READING

STR and Tourism Economics have upgraded their 2021 U.S. hotel forecast for the second time in three months, citing a surge in demand and "room rates... KEEP READING

Leisure demand continued to boost IHG Hotels & Resorts' recovery during the first half of 2021, but "we are now seeing more group activity and corporate... KEEP READING

Choice Hotels' second-quarter domestic systemwide revenue per available room declined 1.1 percent compared with the same period in 2019, with June... KEEP READING

Hyatt Hotels Corp. is encouraged by the steady recent improvement in its business transient and group segments, president and CEO Mark Hoplamazian said... KEEP READING

Marriott International during the second quarter and in July experienced what it called a widespread rebound in business travel bookings, with special... KEEP READING

Starwood Capital Group has appointed Raul Leal as CEO of SH Hotels & Resorts, the company announced. ... KEEP READING

Hilton Worldwide's business transient segment improved throughout the second quarter, with June revenue per available room increasing 20 percentage... KEEP READING

Accor during the second quarter continued to see sequential monthly key performance indicator improvements, but the recovery "remains heterogeneous,"... KEEP READING