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Hotel News

Extensive coverage of news stories specifically curated for travel industry professionals seeking to stay informed about the latest developments, trends, and opportunities in the global hotel sector. The archive provides a comprehensive overview of the industry, covering various aspects of hotel management, operations, guest experience, and marketing. In-depth analysis and expert opinions are presented by Skift editors and contributors, examining the challenges and opportunities faced by hoteliers in different regions and market segments. The archive also highlights the influence of global events, regulations, and changing traveler preferences on the industry.

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Hotels

The Chinese firm that wants to cram an entire city into the world’s tallest building

Trees 200-floors in the air, a building constructed in just 7 months, and an actual plan for China’s rapid urbanization: There’s several points that make this plan unfeasible and we’d hate to watch it what happens should it fall.

Hotels

Dubai’s Atlantis hotel is in the market for loan to refinance its debt

The Atlantis' early excesses were excessive -- even by Dubai standards. They led to the exit of former owner Kerzner, and since then they've been more conservative.

Dubai’s Atlantis hotel is in the market for loan to refinance its debt

Hotels

Luxury hotels personalize wake-up calls to build brand loyalty

Hotel chains are taking pains to different themselves with even the smallest details as they work to capture the largest share possible of the rebounding business travel market.

Luxury hotels personalize wake-up calls to build brand loyalty

Hotels

Choice Hotels’ big three priorities on tech: cloud, mobile, big data

Choice has been among progressive on using digital, and has recently appointed a CTO to now leverage these big three tech priorities at one of the larget hotel chains.

Choice Hotels’ big three priorities on tech: cloud, mobile, big data

Hotels

TripAdvisor CEO bullish now but takes blame for slow move to Kayak-style search

Kaufer believes that hotel metasearch is going to scale TripAdvisor to a whole new dimension. He hasn't been wrong about much so far.

Hotels

Viceroy Hotels takes first step into Dubai with management of $1 billion resort

Viceroy emerged from the boutique hotel boom of the early 2000s to become a serious high-end threat to the legacy hotel operators.

Hotels

Inefficient shower heads at hotels are now climate change issue, SEC rules

Fascinating corporate battle that will increasingly get played out at the shareholder level, and the hospitality industry has to become more responsible or shareholders and SEC will force them to.

Inefficient shower heads at hotels are now climate change issue, SEC rules

Hotels

Dubai’s latest flashy hotel opening looks to Hollywood for star power

With big names and big money, the Paramount hopes it will make a splash in Dubai. While it's prowess beyond the reveal is still TBD, Damac has a track record of turning brand names into hospitality businesses.

Dubai’s latest flashy hotel opening looks to Hollywood for star power

Airlines

Hotwire launches airfare price-drop site in race to the bottom

It's deal-time 24/7 in the world of online and mobile travel. There's nothing particularly wrong with that, although it would be nice to see some originality. It's like a commercial AT&T is currently airing, when the kids in it implore, "We want more, we want more."

Hotwire launches airfare price-drop site in race to the bottom

Hotels

Are smaller hotel housekeeping carts a real trend?

There's nothing in here about making life easier or more efficient for the cleaning crews, which would really benefit guests.

Are smaller hotel housekeeping carts a real trend?