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Choice Hotels’ big three priorities on tech: cloud, mobile, big data
DigitalChoice Hotels‘ tech team has identified three tech trends it hopes to capitalize on in the next few years: cloud-based technology, mobile and big data. Having Choice’s property management system housed in the cloud–which [it] says is the first of its kind–means owners and managers can access a property’s performance data from anywhere at any [...]
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Inefficient shower heads at hotels are now climate change issue, SEC rules
RoomsShareholders of Choice Hotels, one of the country’s biggest hotel chains, have struck down a resolution that would force the company to consider replacing energy-guzzling shower heads with more efficient ones—yet its backers are claiming victory. Although only nine percent of Choice’s shareholders voted in favor of the resolution, the proposal is one of a [...]
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Choice Hotels looking at a down 2013, as profits fall 22 percent in Q1
RoomsChoice Hotels International Inc. on Monday reported a 22 percent decline in profit for the first quarter as higher revenues were more than offset by an increase in expenses, including interest expense. Earnings per share missed analysts’ estimates by a penny, while revenues beat their expectations. Looking ahead, Choice Hotels’ forecast earnings per share for [...]
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Choice Hotels CEO on the opportunity other brands are missing in Europe
DestinationsChoice Hotels International Inc., owner of such brands as Comfort Inn and Cambria Suites, seeks to expand in Europe, where the economy has been hindered by the euro zone’s debt crisis, while many other lodging companies are growing in Asia, Chief Executive Officer Steve Joyce said. The franchiser, based in Rockville, Maryland, sees opportunity to [...]
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Choice Hotels forms division to sell its technology to rivals
DigitalChoice Hotels has rebranded its in-house property management system for franchisees, and formed a new division, SkyTouch Technology, to enhance the product and offer it to other chains and independent hotels. Ric Leutwyler, president of the new division and formerly COO of Pegasus Solutions, says a team of 106 people now work in the new division, [...]
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Consumers say Southwest, Choice Hotels and Marriott have top travel apps
TransportSouthwest Airlines, Choice Hotels and Marriott have the best travel apps and mobile websites, according to the Mobile Satisfaction Index: Travel Edition, released today by Ann Arbor-based ForeSee data analytics company. Still, even those travel sites need to get better, according to the study of consumers’ mobile experiences with 25 airlines, hotels, online travel agencies [...]
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Choice Hotels is no longer just a hotel company as it gets into timeshares
RoomsChoice Hotels entered into its first marketing agreement with a timeshare company, and the move is a symbol of how lodging companies are looking to branch out beyond their traditional “hotel” businesses. The agreement means that Bluegreen Vacations, a Boca Raton, Florida, timeshare company, becomes the “official vacation ownership provider for Choice Hotels,” and adds [...]
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Video: Choice Hotels CEO is very bullish about company’s upbranding efforts
RoomsChoice Hotels International broke ground for three new hotels in New York this week. The properties will all be a part of Choice’s effort to upbrand their newest hotel chain, Cambria Suites. “In spite of all the conversation, business for us is really good,” said Choice CEO Steve Joyce on Fox Business earlier this week [...]
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Choice Hotels exceeds earnings and growth expectations in third quarter
RoomsChoice Hotels International, Inc., (CHH) reported net income for the third quarter of $44.4 million or $0.76 per share, compared to $42.3 million or $0.71 per share for the year-ago quarter. Total revenue for the third quarter rose to $210.41 million from $192.32 million a year ago. Analysts polled by Thomson Reuters expected the company [...]
