Sarah Marsh, Reuters
"Potential" is the key word here, at least until the market is better developed — especially outside of Havana.
5 hours ago
Luke Bujarski, Skift
For today's hospitality brands, loyalty programs are as much about repeat customers as they are about controlling distribution costs. Often times that means strategy at the property level, rather than at the brand level.
11 hours ago
Deanna Ting, Skift
Well, that only took a few years. It'll be interesting to see how tourism to the Bahamas changes now that the long-beleaguered mega resort has finally opened.
20 hours ago
Hui-yong Yu, Bloomberg
It was probably for the best that Anbang didn't wind up triumphing over Marriott to buy Starwood, especially given the confusing nature of its ownership structure.
1 day ago
Everyone in hospitality, it seems, is focusing on more wellness offerings, whether through mergers and acquisitions, partnerships, or enhanced programming — but what do the wellness vets think? Does this trend have staying power or is it just a fad?
2 days ago
Sarah Enelow, Skift
These are the hospitality trends we were talking about this week.
This fourth-generation hotelier isn’t afraid to think differently, and he has grand plans for introducing the rest of the world to his family’s luxe interpretations of Japanese hospitality.
6 days ago
Yet again, Steve Wynn keeps winning, as are his gaming counterparts. Marriott CEO Arne Sorenson, who managed to win an all-out battle for Starwood last year, was the top-ranked non-gaming CEO.
1 week ago
In its attempt to own more of the traveler experience from start to finish, AccorHotels is leveraging the power of its loyalty program — something its peers, no doubt, will also want to do going forward.
Dave Montali, Skift
There ain't no such thing as a free booking.
If anyone can reinvent a hotel brand, or the hospitality industry as a whole, time and time again, we're placing our money on Ian Schrager.
2 weeks ago
