Comprehensive coverage of the hospitality industry including news, original stories, trends, deep dives, interviews and more.
Dennis Schaal, Skift
WeWork's implosion is putting pressure on all of SoftBank's investments, Oyo included. If it's not changing course already, the budget hotel chain may soon have to decide whether, as CEO Ritesh Agarwal put it, to grow fast or grow right.
16 hours ago
Jasmine Ganaishlal and Spencer Lee, Skift
This week in hospitality, Oyo CEO Ritesh Agarwal is focusing on improving problems brought up by hotel owners. Meanwhile, Accor has entered a new partnership with Alibaba Group to help the company develop tech to appeal to the Chinese outbound market.
1 day ago
Christopher Palmeri, Bloomberg
In a city with so much entertainment and stimulation, nightclubs are proving to be a challenge to keep open in Las Vegas. The Kaos nightclub at the Palms casino is the latest casualty.
2 days ago
Expedia Group Lodging Partner Services + Skift
Independent hotels struggle to keep up with larger hotels and chains when it comes to adopting the latest technology, thanks to high costs and complexity of implementation. However, they stand to benefit substantially if they adopt the right systems.
5 hours ago
Anisha Sircar, Bloomberg
The political tensions in Hong Kong and China are having implications for the hospitality industry all over the world. There is no clear end in sight.
3 days ago
Nancy Trejos, Skift
Accor has formed a partnership with online marketplace Alibaba to make it easier for Chinese travelers to book rooms and other services. It's a smart move to appeal to Alibaba's 700 million high-spending consumers who are eager to travel around the world.
4 days ago
Raini Hamdi, Skift
A deeper engagement with owners is definitely one of the key things Oyo needs to achieve to address some of its problems. CEO Ritesh Agarwal, who recently took a larger stake in the company, seems to be on the case.
6 days ago
Laura Powell, Skift
In the multisensory world of travel, it's surprising that it's taken so long for luxury operators to realize that appealing to all five senses is quite sensible.
6 days ago
Nancy Trejos, Skift
Marriott keeps growing despite a drop in earnings this quarter. CEO Arne Sorenson is optimistic, even as he prepares for surgery to treat his pancreatic cancer. Sorenson isn't missing his morning workouts, and said he would be healthy for the next earnings call in 2020.
6 days ago
Meghan Carty, Skift Research
Wellness tourism is here for the long term. Understanding what it is today can help stakeholders find their place in this booming sector.
6 days ago
Colin Nagy, Skift
The state of luxury is evolving and morphing. And the commonality of those who are forging resonant experiences is that they are looking outside of some of the tried-and-true formulas, mining heightened sensory territories that evoke something deeper in guests.
6 days ago
Micheline Maynard, Skift
For boutique hotels to cut back on plastics, customers have to demand it — and then cooperate.
7 days ago
