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Given HNA's willingness to sell many of its other assets, offloading the Radisson Hotel Group looks like a likely scenario.
Patrick Whyte, Skift | 6 years ago
With official brand descriptions like these, it's like Radisson was just begging for us to give them the Skift Take treatment — and we gladly obliged.
Deanna Ting, Skift | 6 years ago
Carlson Rezidor hasn't taken advantage of its vast potential. This new name and strategy may help.
The answers vary but there's at least one overriding shared sentiment. Even if times are good, there's always room for improvement in any industry.
Signs of HNA’s influence are pretty apparent here. Now that it owns all of Carlson Hotels, will it attempt to buy the rest of the remaining shares of Rezidor that it doesn’t own?
Deanna Ting, Skift | 7 years ago
The bigger question now is what will happen to Rezidor, and how will that impact HNA's other hotel investments in NH Hotels, as well as Hilton and Red Lion Hotels?
No hospitality merger or acquisition is ever as simple as it seems and, as this case shows, hotel buyers need to consider what kind of impact their purchases may have on their other investments.
Deanna Ting, Skift | 8 years ago
Airline loyalty programs have offered TSA PreCheck as a perk, but this marks the first time a hotel company has done so. Here's hoping the PreCheck program, embattled by TSA budget cuts, will improve enough to become a real, tangible perk for travelers.
Although Carlson Rezidor saw one of its best years, financially, in 2015 since 2007, 2016 is proving to be a challenging one for the company, which has also been rumored to be up for sale.
Hotel brands have to strike a balance between listening to customers' current needs and anticipating their future desires, a strategy that takes seamless technology and conscious employees.
Samantha Shankman, Skift | 9 years ago