Comprehensive coverage of the hospitality industry, hotels, and motels including news, original stories, trends, deep dives, interviews and more.
Cameron Sperance, Skift
The U.S. hotel industry may already be inching into recovery territory while hotel construction has yet to begin a decline that could last years.
9 hours ago
The Guardian, The Guardian
Stanley Ho's life was hardly a rags-to-riches story, but he nevertheless will be remembered for his enduring impact on modern gambling in China and Macau.
18 hours ago
Dennis Schaal, Skift
In coronavirus travel stories this week, we covered staff trims at Agoda, the future of vacations, social distancing on flights, and what it will take to see a hotel industry recovery.
4 days ago
IDeaS Revenue Solutions + Skift
No matter the situation, hotel revenue managers need to figure out how to stack the right building blocks to forecast accurately, price with confidence, and maximize profitability. Taking small steps toward a more holistic approach to revenue planning and strategy is a smart — yet realistic — way to make this happen.
7 days ago
Cameron Sperance, Skift
Braemar Hotels & Resorts may have a $3 billion lighter mortgage debt load than Ashford Hospitality Trust, but it still needs to find a way to buy time and protect assets, many of which are still temporarily closed.
4 days ago
Francois Murphy, Reuters
For a country desperate to reopen its internal borders for summer holidays, Austria's bold plan to extensively test hospitality workers for coronavirus could pave a faster way towards tourism recovery.
5 days ago
Cameron Sperance, Skift
Ashford Hospitality Trust is running out of relief options for its billions of dollars in mortgage debt, and selling or giving back assets to lenders seems almost certain.
5 days ago
Cameron Sperance, Skift
Coronavirus liability lawsuits may seem like catnip for lawyers who advertise on daytime TV, but the proof hurdle is a high one to clear when it comes to a highly infectious disease.
6 days ago
Muvija M and Abhinav Ramnarayan, Reuters
Whitbread is the UK's leading hotel operator. It wants to boost its room inventory in the UK and Germany by 170,000, mostly by taking share from the "significant but declining independent hotel sector."
6 days ago
Adrian Sainz and Jay Reeves, Associated Press
Coronavirus heightened the vulnerabilities of tourism-based economies, but Tunica's problems were beginning well before the first outbreak.
7 days ago
Cameron Sperance, Skift
Hotel tech innovations that were just beginning to roll out before coronavirus will likely become tech necessities, as companies look to limit guest interactions and do everything they can to assure a safe stay.
1 week ago
Steve LeBlanc, Associated Press
The Massachusetts tourism sector shouldn't get too excited by the state's reopening guidelines. Coronavirus case numbers and death rates still need to decline significantly before hotels and short-term rental hosts will have the green light to open their doors to visitors.
1 week ago
