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Accor Introduces New Cleanliness Program, Label for Compliant HotelsBy Donna M. Airoldi

Accor has launched an enhanced hotel cleanliness program, developed with and vetted by testing, inspections and certification firm Bureau Veritas.... KEEP READING

InterContinental Hotels Expands Its Cleanliness ProgramBy Donna M. Airoldi

InterContinental Hotels Group has expanded its cleanliness program and on June 1 will launch an enhanced effort, the company announced Monday. ... KEEP READING

STR, Tourism Economics Further Downgrade U.S. Hotel ForecastBy Donna M. Airoldi

Revenue per available room for the U.S. hotel industry in 2020 is projected to decline 57.5 percent year over year, then increase 48 percent in 2021,... KEEP READING

Extended Stay America Announces Health and Safety InitiativeBy Donna M. Airoldi

Similar to other major hotel companies, Extended Stay America has introduced a health and safety initiative, dubbed "Stay Confident."... KEEP READING

Red Lion Hotels CFO Departs Position After Two MonthsBy Donna M. Airoldi

Red Lion Hotels Corp. CFO Nate Troup is leaving the company, Red Lion announced. His last day will be May 29, after which he will join tech firm Twilio... KEEP READING

Zeus Living Lays Off 50 Percent of Remaining StaffBy Donna M. Airoldi

Less than two months after it laid off 30 percent of its employees, apartment-style accommodation provider Zeus Living, which focuses on corporate... KEEP READING

Report: Extended-Stay Tier in Q1 Not as Hard-Hit as Other U.S. HotelsBy Donna M. Airoldi

First-quarter U.S. extended-stay hotel demand declined 7.1 percent year over year to 29.2 million room nights, the largest such quarterly drop ever... KEEP READING

STR: U.S. Weekly Hotel Rooms Sold Top 10 Million, Most Since MarchBy Donna M. Airoldi

Demand for U.S. hotels increased for the fourth week in a row, according to STR, with absolute occupancy for the week ending May 9 at 30.1 percent, up... KEEP READING

Hyatt to Lay Off 1,300 Corporate EmployeesBy Donna M. Airoldi

Hyatt Hotels Corp. is restructuring its global organization and laying off 1,300 corporate employees in the wake of the historic drop in travel demand... KEEP READING

Loews Hotels Enhances Safety and Cleanliness ProtocolsBy Donna M. Airoldi

Loews Hotels, which as of the end of 2019 said groups accounted for approximately 42 percent of its business, has introduced enhanced safety and... KEEP READING

Choice: Extended-Stay Segment Bright Spot in Q1 ResultsBy Donna M. Airoldi

Choice Hotels' first-quarter revenue per available room declined 15 percent year over year, but its extended-stay segment has proven resilient, with... KEEP READING

Marriott: Demand Low But Has Stabilized, Q1 RevPAR DownBy Donna M. Airoldi

Consistent with the recently reported effects of the coronavirus pandemic on other hotel companies, Marriott International on Monday reported a 22.5... KEEP READING

Motel 6, Studio 6 Launch Cleanliness InitiativeBy Donna M. Airoldi

G6 Hospitality, the parent company of Motel 6 and Studio 6, has announced a cleanliness initiative for its 1,400 hotels across the U.S. and... KEEP READING

Hyatt: Q1 RevPAR Decline, 'Still Early' to Assess RFP SeasonBy Donna M. Airoldi

In line with its preliminary first-quarter results, Hyatt Hotels Corp. reported Thursday that comparable systemwide revenue per available room for the... KEEP READING

Hilton: Full Demand Recovery 'Several Years' Away, Q1 RevPAR DropsBy Donna M. Airoldi

In line with preliminary first-quarter results it released in April, Hilton Worldwide's first-quarter revenue per available room declined 22.6 percent... KEEP READING

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