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Future of Lodging

As the lines continue to blur between hotels and short-term rentals, Skift is focused on the technology and the consumer behaviors that are driving this. Follow our coverage across the wide world of lodging, from traditional hotels and motels to urban short-term rentals and traditional vacation rentals.

Short-Term Rentals

Black Swan Buys and Tries to Revive Short-Term Rental Brand Lyric

The Lyric short-term rental brand is resurfacing as the capital environment sobers up, and the industry learns to be patient about scale and growth.

Black Swan Buys and Tries to Revive Short-Term Rental Brand Lyric

Hotels

What Causes Sleepless Nights for Hotel Execs? The Rise of Fintech

The chief financial officers at Marriott and Accor are closely watching the entry of banks, financial technology (fintech) firms, and tech giants into the selling and servicing of travel. As they should.

What Causes Sleepless Nights for Hotel Execs? The Rise of Fintech

Online Travel

‘Airbnb-Friendly Apartments:’ Growth in Deals With Landlords For Short-Term Rentals

Airbnb plans to scale up worldwide a U.S. partnership with landlords who let their tenants host guests at their apartments. The multi-family market represents a mostly untapped greenfield for Airbnb. And vice versa.

‘Airbnb-Friendly Apartments:’ Growth in Deals With Landlords For Short-Term Rentals

Short-Term Rentals

Marriott’s Homes & Villas Puts Focus on Loyalty and Quality

Marriott sees Homes & Villas as a key part of keeping its customers happy to grow its loyalty market share, as opposed to dominating the short-term rental market.

Marriott’s Homes & Villas Puts Focus on Loyalty and Quality

Hotels

Hotel CEOs Are Loving Limited Rooms and High Prices

The good times will keep rolling for the hotel sector, according to its CEOs. They make a compelling case.

Hotel CEOs Are Loving Limited Rooms and High Prices

Short-Term Rentals

Frontdesk Buys Rival Property Manager Zencity

Frontdesk's acquisition of Zencity highlights a consolidation trend among property managers, but also the very fragmented nature of the sector.

Frontdesk Buys Rival Property Manager Zencity

News Blog

Sonesta Debuts Two Soft Brands

Sonesta International Hotel Corporation announced the debut of two soft brands within its expanding portfolio, Classico, A Sonesta Collection, and MOD, A Sonesta Collection. These two new brands offer independent hotel owners the opportunity to affiliate with Sonesta’s network while retaining their iconic hotel names, identities, designs, and established styles. Marketed by Sonesta’s Luxury and Lifestyle Lodging Development Team,…

Hotels

Marriott CEO on the ‘Resilience of Travel’ and New Paths for Growth

Marriott CEO Anthony Capuano has decentralized some decision-making to help the company move faster in its development growth goals. He's also looking to add products adjacent to hotels, amplifying its loyalty program.

Marriott CEO on the ‘Resilience of Travel’ and New Paths for Growth

Hotels

Marriott to Launch Hotel Brand for Budget-Minded Extended-Stay Guests

Marriott's move underscores how hot the extended-stay category is.

Marriott to Launch Hotel Brand for Budget-Minded Extended-Stay Guests

Short-Term Rentals

Airbnb Says These Rules Chill the Host Registration Process in New York City

It is a charade for New York City to require hosts to have no locks on any bedroom door in their unit so guests and hosts can live in a "common household." On the other hand, requiring platforms to submit transaction reports doesn't seem unreasonable.

Airbnb Says These Rules Chill the Host Registration Process in New York City