Video: Building a Lifestyle Hotel Brand in the Sharing Economy Age
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The Standard and Bunkhouse properties have developed highly engaged communities of loyal guests and local residents due to their carefully curated design and social spaces unique to their neighborhoods.
Do lifestyle hotels have a hedge against the impact of Airbnb?
At the Skift Global Forum in New York City in September, Amar Lalvani, CEO and managing partner of The Standard Hotels, and Liz Lambert, owner of the Austin-based Bunkhouse Group, said their properties are somewhat more protected from Airbnb's gains than larger hotels because the properties have evolved into neighborhood gathering places that attract a strong community of locals and visitors.
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