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New Hotel Brand StayAPT Suites Targets Business TravelersBy Donna M. Airoldi

The hospitality industry has another new hotel company, StayAPT Suites, which launched on Thursday. The independent company mainly targets business... KEEP READING

Sabre, Accor to Create Combined Central Reservation and Property Management PlatformBy Donna M. Airoldi

Travel technology company Sabre and hotel company Accor announced on Wednesday plans to create a unified central reservation and property management... KEEP READING

IHG, Hyatt Allow Cancellations, Changes for Some China Hotel BookingsBy Donna M. Airoldi

InterContinental Hotels Group and Hyatt Hotels Corp., in response to the growing concern about the coronavirus outbreak in Asia, will allow guests at... KEEP READING

IHG Launches Spending Data Dashboard for Corporate ClientsBy Donna M. Airoldi

InterContinental Hotels Group has introduced a dashboard for corporate enterprise clients that offers monthly and yearly spending data breakdowns by... KEEP READING

Accor to Eliminate Single-Use Plastics by 2022By Donna M. Airoldi

Accor has joined the UN Global Tourism Plastics Initiative to commit to removing all single-use plastic items in the guest experience from its hotels by... KEEP READING

STR: 2019 U.S. Hotel RevPAR Growth at Lowest Level Since RecessionBy Donna M. Airoldi

The U.S. hotel industry registered its tenth year in a row of revenue per available room growth in 2019, but at 0.9 percent year over year, it is the... KEEP READING

Hilton Unveils New Lifestyle Brand Geared Toward 'Modern Achievers'By Donna M. Airoldi

The number of hotel brands continues to expand. Hilton has introduced Tempo by Hilton, a lifestyle brand that will cater to what the company has... KEEP READING

Average U.S. Hotel Booking Window, Length of Stay Compress in NovemberBy Donna M. Airoldi

Average lead time for U.S. hotel bookings in November shrank by 0.25 percent year over year to 25.4 days, according to a new report by Kalibri Labs.... KEEP READING

Oyo Rooms Lays Off Many Across India and ChinaBy Donna M. Airoldi

Oyo Rooms, one of the hotel industry's fastest-growing companies by room count, has let go of about 600 employees in China, or 5 percent of its... KEEP READING

IHG Appoints New VP of B2B Global SalesBy Donna M. Airoldi

InterContinental Hotels Group has appointed Mark Sergot as vice president of global sales operations and enablement. Sergot will be responsible for... KEEP READING

Ahead of Super Bowl, Hospitality Industry Summit Targets Human TraffickingBy Donna M. Airoldi

Before last year's Super Bowl in Atlanta, the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation made 169 arrests related to human trafficking, and it made more than... KEEP READING

Tips to Help Travel Managers and Business Travelers Recognize Human TraffickingBy Traliant co-founder & chief learning officer Andrew Rawson

Jan. 11, 2020, is National Human Trafficking Awareness Day, an annual opportunity for the business travel industry to review its strategy and... KEEP READING

Apartment-Style Hospitality Startup The Guild Raises $25M in Series B RoundBy Donna M. Airoldi

Austin, Texas-based The Guild, a short-term, apartment-style accommodations provider primarily focused on the business travel market, has raised $25... KEEP READING

Domio Raises $100M in Series B FundingBy Donna M. Airoldi

The market for apartment-style accommodation rentals continues to draw investors, with Domio raising $100 million in Series B funding, split evenly... KEEP READING

STR: November U.S. Hotel Performance Better, Outlook Still SoftBy Donna M. Airoldi

After October's decline in the three key metrics used to assess the U.S. hotel industry, November's results returned the opposite, with... KEEP READING

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