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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

Hoteliers are spending a ton of money to improve their properties this year

Increased occupancy and room rates are providing hotels the extra cash needed to finally update rooms, lobbies, and amenities that haven’t been touched since 2007 in an effort to save money.

Skift | 12 years ago

Hotels

Despite Room Key’s collective hotel wisdom, its marketing and booking strategy is convoluted

Room Key is trying to lure nonbookers at hotel chain websites, bring them to Room Key, and then pass them back to hotel websites to make their reservations. It's a very complicated journey, but these hotel-brand founders have considerable clout.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 12 years ago

Airlines

Loyalty tracking shakeout? Traxo acquires GoMiles

There are so many loyalty tracking companies in existence that a shakeout is inevitable.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 12 years ago

Hotels

Best Western enlists hotel reviews from TripAdvisor users

Best Western realizes that providing links to TripAdvisor ratings and user reviews makes its websites more attractive to guests, and saves them the trouble of having to look for these hotel reviews elsewhere.

Skift | 12 years ago

Airlines

Loews Hotels refunds $100 Global Entry fee for guests in its loyalty program

Allowing guests to skip the application process would ruin the expedited security check, so while loyalty members will still have to sit through interviews, they won’t have to pay for them.

Associated Press | 12 years ago

Hotels

The growth of luxury hotels in Toronto mirrors the city’s changing landscape

The variety of luxury hotels in Toronto portrays the diversity of its evolving neighborhoods with room décor as varied as chic boutique to black-and-white photos of the city’s top athletes.

Skift | 12 years ago

Hotels

Peru, the next big hotel boom market in South America

How does Peru build a pipeline --and indeed reputation -- behind the Machu Picchu tourism machine? That's the big question is is trying to answer.

Skift | 12 years ago

Hotels

Maldives’ new leader introduces bans that could devastate tourism industry

At the center of a political conflict between the ousted president and new leader are religious regulations that could hamper the islands’ image as an oasis and drive away its steadiest source of revenue.

Oliver Smith, The Telegraph | 12 years ago

Hotels

Hotel investors ramp up investment efforts in Saudi Arabia for religious tourists

In a tightly regulated market like Saudi Arabia, whatever the govt. decides happens. It is ramping up modernization efforts for pilgrims and tourists, and hence this spate of hotel investment,

Skift | 12 years ago

Hotels

Marriott Reward’s largest ad campaign ever focuses on program’s variety

Business travelers are often reward members but taxi between a limited number of cities. The campaign should suggest ways for points earned on business to be turned into vacations in new destinations.

Samantha Shankman, Skift | 12 years ago