Articles tagged “choice hotels”

Choice Hotels sees itself moving upmarket thanks to the addition of Radisson's Country Inn & Suites and other brands. That could help sustain revenue and profits while fending off rivals like Hilton's new Spark brand.

Airbnb was the top travel brand spender on U.S. TV, but Expedia Group brands collectively committed more dinero. Booking.com got way more active than last year.

Today’s edition of Skift’s daily podcast looks at Airbnb’s new price transparency, why U.S. tourists are spending more than tourists to the U.S., and Choice Hotels’ upgrades.

Choice Hotels is eager to expand its portfolio more broadly. But a move upmarket is not without risk.

They say smart people can hold two opposing ideas in their minds and still function. So hotel executives must be geniuses, as they watch bookings stay strong while economic worries rise.

The big hotel groups sit on a $7 billion cash pile. How they use it, whether it's to acquire properties, improve their offerings, or buy back stocks, will shape their futures.

Today’s edition of Skift’s daily podcast looks at Marriott’s new corporate campus, Concur’s new tools, and Choice Hotel’s spring ad campaign.

Watch out for the quiet ones. Choice didn't run any U.S. national TV ads in 2021 and Virgin Voyages was absent during the first seven months of last year. Yet both brands surged to leadership positions in 2022.

Today’s edition of Skift’s daily podcast looks at Choice Hotels’ upscale ambitions, Brazil’s beach privatization, and Lufthansa’s earnings.

Choice Hotels on Thursday offered the first in-depth details of plans for its $675 million acquisition of Radisson Hotel Group Americas. The endgame? Boost those franchise royalties. .