Articles tagged “choice hotels”

Choice Hotels had an asset, its own property management system, and decided in 2013 to offer the solution to unaffiliated hotels, but it is always a tough sell for one brand to attempt to sell services to competitors, as Choice is finding out.

If hoteliers needed a wakeup call about the necessity to providing free Wi-Fi to leisure travelers, then this Choice Hotels survey should be loud and clear.

Will Millennials really be swayed by soft music and hotel lobby front desks that are more curvy than square? We'll reserve judgment until we see the changes in reality later this year.

All global players have their sights set on long-term growth in China and India, but groups should focus short-term efforts on meeting the rising demand in smaller markets of South America and Southeast Asia.

Choice has been among progressive on using digital, and has recently appointed a CTO to now leverage these big three tech priorities at one of the larget hotel chains.

Fascinating corporate battle that will increasingly get played out at the shareholder level, and the hospitality industry has to become more responsible or shareholders and SEC will force them to.

Choice Hotels is playing its strengths by entering the European markets as most brands focus on Asia, in a strategy that could make the group one of continent’s largest players in the future.

Officials hope the new Choice Hotels division will break out of the slow-moving hotel world, and make its mark as a technology startup. Whether creating a new division will help entice competitor chains and independents to sign on remains to be seen.

You are crazy if you think Airbnb and HomeAway aren't pressuring the traditiional hotel industry. Choice Hotels' new timeshare endeavor is a tiny manifestation of the disruption in the lodging industry.

Hotel demand has been on a steady upswing for the past three years in the U.S. prompting properties placed firmly in the economy sector to renovate or rebrand slightly higher than in the past.