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Business Travel

Hilton Opens Direct Line to Navan, Cutting Out Corporate Travel Middlemen

Hilton and Navan have launched a direct booking connection that skips distribution middlemen, giving the hotel group more control over retailing. It's an early step in a broader corporate travel push to overhaul how road warriors book hotels.

Sean O'Neill | 10 hours ago

Hotels

How an Airline Pilot Built One of Portugal’s Most Distinctive Hotels

1 day ago

Hotels

Private Capital Is Moving Into Saudi Tourism — Their Bets Look Very Different

1 day ago

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Hotels

Extended-Stay Demand Hits a Four-Year High as Supply Pipeline Thins

2 days ago

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Hotels

Marriott Outspends Rivals on TV, But Airbnb Owns the World Cup

5 days ago

Hotels

Noble Investment Group's Extended-Stay Bet Is Behind a 149-Hotel Buying Spree

5 days ago

Airlines

UAE Bets on Discounts, Insurance, and New Visa Markets to Refill Hotel Rooms After Iran War Hit

The UAE is running two recovery tracks at once — emergency incentives to plug a war-driven demand hole and multibillion-dollar infrastructure bets. The gap between those timelines is the story.

Deepthi Nair | 5 days ago

Hotels

GMH Hotels: Hotel Owners Are Dropping the Big Brands

On this week's Good Morning Hospitality, A Skift Podcast: Hotels Edition, Sarah Dandashy and Steve Turk are joined by Skift Editor-in-Chief Sarah Kopit to break down a question that is…

Sarah Kopit, Sarah Dandashy, and Steve Turk | 6 days ago

Hotels

Barceló Has the Cash to Buy Hotels, But Says They’re Too Expensive

Record profits don’t necessarily mean it’s time to buy. Barceló has the cash to acquire hotels but says today’s prices no longer justify the returns it expects.

Luke Martin | 6 days ago

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Hotels

Not For Sale: Sandals CEO Shuts Down Deal Rumors

The all-inclusive operator's executive chairman says he isn't selling the company, despite rumors, but is instead pouring tens of millions into properties to drive rate premiums.

Sean O'Neill | 1 week ago

Hotels

U.S. Motel 6 Business Is Driving Prism’s Indian IPO, New Filing Shows

Prism may be listing in India, but its business is increasingly American. The Motel 6 acquisition now drives its profits and defines the purpose of its IPO.

Peden Doma Bhutia | 1 week ago

Hotels

Accor and H World Link Loyalty Programs to Swap Chinese and European Travelers

Accor’s real prize isn’t more hotels. It’s a direct line to H World’s 310 million loyalty members.

Luke Martin | 1 week ago

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Hotels

Best Western Has Been Shrinking. BWH Hotels’ Fix Is to Shift Upscale and Overseas.

Best Western's parent group is about 10% smaller by room count than it was in 2019. CEO Larry Cuculic says he's changing that, partly by adding upmarket brands.

Sean O'Neill | 1 week ago

Hotels

India’s Next Hotel Boom Is Being Built by Companies That Don’t Run Hotels

As developers race to own hotel assets, hospitality brands with their 'asset-light' and 'asset-right' strategies seem content managing them.

Peden Doma Bhutia | 1 week ago

Hotels

Going it Alone: Why Hotel Owners Are Dropping The Big Brands

Franchise agreements, like casinos, tend to favor the house. Now, as a generation of hotel contracts begin to expire, some owners are deciding to walk away from the table.

Sarah Kopit | 1 week ago

Hotels

Dubai’s Rove Hotels Targets Saudi Arabia’s Mid-Scale Gap Before the Events Crunch Hits

Mid-scale supply in Saudi Arabia is structurally short, and the events pipeline — Expo 2030, the 2034 World Cup — will make that shortage acute. Rove is moving early, but it won’t be the only brand doing the math.

Deepthi Nair | 2 weeks ago

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Luke Martin is Skift’s UK-based Jr. Hospitality Reporter, covering hotels, from major deals and brand launches to executive interviews and the broader trends shaping the sector.

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