Daily Podcast: Marriott’s Massive Profit


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Good morning from Skift. It's Wednesday, February 16, in New York City. Here's what you need to know about the business of travel today.
Series: Skift Daily Briefing

Skift Daily Briefing Podcast

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Today's edition of Skift's daily podcast discusses Marriott’s massive payday, Hertz’ investment in electric vehicles, and Lonely Planet’s digital investment.

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Here’s what you need to know about the business of travel today.

Marriott managed to avoid a major hit from the Omicron variant at the end of the year as the strong demand in leisure travel propelled the hotel giant to more than $1 billion profit for all of 2021, writes Hospitality Reporter Cameron Sperance.

That enormous figure — a huge reversal from its reported $267 million loss