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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.

Hotels

Highgate Signs Deal to Buy Viceroy Hotels

Viceroy may be able to accelerate its growth and brand awareness given Highgate's scale and track record. Of course, that is if Highgate can execute well after the deal closes.

Highgate Signs Deal to Buy Viceroy Hotels

Short-Term Rentals

Airbnb Debuts Total Prices Before Taxes With Plan to Make It Default View

Airbnb's pricing changes will likely have a ripple effect, prompting some hosts to reduce cleaning fees and property management websites to switch to showing total prices.

Airbnb Debuts Total Prices Before Taxes With Plan to Make It Default View

Hotels

Hilton CEO on Balancing the Luxury Push in the Middle East

Hilton's brand development formula is working. Never say never on acquisitions, but Nassetta doesn't want to be distracted by disadvantages inherited from rivals.

Hilton CEO on Balancing the Luxury Push in the Middle East

Hotels

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

Short-Term Rentals

Property Managers and Hosts Report Lack of Progress in Direct Bookings: Survey

It's clear that vacation rental hosts and property managers crave direct bookings, and many may be making inroads. Still, the marketing power of big brands is tough to compete with.

Property Managers and Hosts Report Lack of Progress in Direct Bookings: Survey

Hotels

Rosewood Hotels Aims to Double Luxury Footprint This Decade

Rosewood practices arbitrage, luxury-hotel style. The company seems to believe that the three most important words in hospitality real estate are experience, experience, and experience.

Rosewood Hotels Aims to Double Luxury Footprint This Decade

Hotels

Hilton Grand Vacations Sees Inflation Boosting Timeshare Sales

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Hilton Grand Vacations Sees Inflation Boosting Timeshare Sales

Hotels

Why Small Luxury Hotels Think Tiny Is Mighty in the Post-Pandemic Era

Demand for “small, mindful" travel is supposedly on the upswing, and Small Luxury Hotels of the World is looking to take advantage. But can the marketing organization move the needle in the shadow of giant hotel groups?

Why Small Luxury Hotels Think Tiny Is Mighty in the Post-Pandemic Era

Hotels

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’

News Blog

Airbnb Increases Efforts to Boost Short-Term Rentals in Multifamily Buildings

Building on initiatives that had mixed results in the past, Airbnb is debuting an Airbnb-Friendly Apartments program to enable long-term renters in multifamily buildings where landlords permit it to list their rooms or apartments on Airbnb. Sentral Wynwood in Miami participated in Airbnb's new Airbnb-Friendly Apartments Program. Source: Airbnb For both guests and hosts, one…