Marriott’s Growing Pains and 10 Other Hospitality Trends This Week
Photo Credit: Marriott Ritz-Carlton in Lake Tahoe, CA. In February Marriott kicked off a new marketing campaign for its loyalty program Bonvoy. Marriott
Skift Take
This week in hospitality, Marriott divulges the financial impact of its data breach and recent labor strikes, while hotel CEOs explore their mixed feelings around alternative accommodations. Plus, Marriott tries to turn "Bonvoy" into a greeting.
Hotel News Weekly Roundup
Throughout the week we post dozens of original stories, connecting the dots across the travel industry, and every weekend we sum it all up. This weekend roundup examines hotels. For all of our weekend roundups, go here.
Marriott Cites Growing Pains Following Data Breach, Labor Strikes: Being bigger, Marriott is discovering, may not always be better in the short term. But if the company can weather a massive cyberattack and some debilitating labor strikes, the future shouldn’t be nearly as challenging, executives hope.
IHG to Replicate Its Light-Touch Kimpton Approach With Six Senses: Let’s just hope, for everyone’s sake, IHG sticks to its word here and lets Six Senses be Six Senses.
Marriott’s New Marketing Campaign Aims to Make Bonvoy a Thing: We can just imagine what some befuddled viewers of the Oscars were
