Cameron Sperance

All eyes are on Asia's hotel recovery, as Club Med's North American and Caribbean division waits to reopen resorts to (hopefully) pent-up travel demand.

Seasonal hotels risk not surviving to see 2021 if governments don't allow some level of business to return this summer.

Are enhanced cleaning standards enough to calm travelers' nerves once social distancing goes away? We'll find out this summer.

"Buy now, pay later" programs can deliver quick capital to struggling hoteliers, but operators need to remember the discounts will inevitably impact balance sheets.

Coronavirus may lead to distressed pricing and investment opportunities for firms like Blackstone, but it could take up to a year before we see the first wave of acquisition plays.

It is impossible to predict a hotel company's overall 2020 financial performance until the spread of coronavirus stabilizes, and until operators can see what type of travel returns first.

Hotel builders shouldn't get too optimistic by a record-setting month. It can take as long as a year for economic downturns to reflect in the construction industry.

An unprecedented downturn calls for a hotel performance metric shakeup, as revenue declines don't show just how deep the coronavirus downturn in travel really is.

Empty hotels are getting put to use for medical staff during the coronavirus pandemic, but it will be just as tough restoring these properties as it was to prepare them for emergency service providers.

Smaller hotel chains likely face two choices coming out of the coronavirus crisis: shutter completely or consolidate into a bigger brand.