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Why Hotel Companies Keep Adding Hotel Brands

What's driving the recent wave of new hotel brands? Does the industry suffer from brand bloat? Here are some answers.

Why Hotel Companies Keep Adding Hotel Brands

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The Standalone Lifestyle Hotel Management Company That Won’t Be Rolled Up

Sage Hospitality is going it alone as it bets on lifestyle independent hotels while its peers sell out to bigger players or plan to go public. This strategy is either very sage or very dumb.

The Standalone Lifestyle Hotel Management Company That Won’t Be Rolled Up

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IHG Sees Room to Take Kimpton Worldwide as Lifestyle Hotel Brand

Ah, the challenges of delivering quirkiness at scale.

IHG Sees Room to Take Kimpton Worldwide as Lifestyle Hotel Brand

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Standard International CEO Says Lifestyle Hotel Growth Plan Isn’t ‘Drag and Drop’

Standard chief executive Amber Asher is one of the smartest people in hotels. But The Standard International has so much going on it, we wonder if the company can manage it all.

Standard International CEO Says Lifestyle Hotel Growth Plan Isn’t ‘Drag and Drop’

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Flynn Properties’ $1.1 Billion Hotel Play Signals Ambition in Franchising

A recent acquisition of 89 hotels will almost certainly go down as the largest U.S. hotel transaction in the second half of the year. Notably, the dealmaker Flynn Properties remains in a shopping mood.

Flynn Properties’ $1.1 Billion Hotel Play Signals Ambition in Franchising

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European Hotel Leaders Expect More Distressed Sales

What's ahead for hotel investment in Europe? A survey of more than 100 hotel leaders points to both risks and a window for opportunistic acquisitions.

European Hotel Leaders Expect More Distressed Sales

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Hotel Operators Face Thorny Choices for 2023 Budgeting

A top hotel asset manager sees too many hoteliers trying to restaff to 2019 levels and too many failing to upsell guests effectively. Heed her words.

Hotel Operators Face Thorny Choices for 2023 Budgeting

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The Bottom Line on Hotel Bottom Lines So Far

Overall, analysts at investment banks like what they're hearing from public hotel companies about their financial performance in the near term. But some are revising downward their forecasts for growth in 2024, given worries about the impact of economic storms.

The Bottom Line on Hotel Bottom Lines So Far

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Hotel Group Faith in Asset Light Model Opens Gap for Upstarts

Most large lodging companies avoid owning real estate. This groupthink is dumb. One of the smartest strategic thinkers in hospitality, Inès Blal, is right to call for a more critical appraisal of the asset-light model.

Hotel Group Faith in Asset Light Model Opens Gap for Upstarts

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6 Themes for Hotel Earnings Season

Expect analysts in the next few weeks to be eyeing the group bookings recovery, Europe's energy supply shock, hubris about property pipelines, currency turmoil, China's fragility, and opportunities in lifestyle properties.

6 Themes for Hotel Earnings Season