Choice-Wyndham: Debt? Private Equity? Other Bidders? What Comes Next
If an alternative asset investor like Blackstone gets interested, things could get even more interesting. Same if European hotel giant IHG made a bid of its own.
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.
IHG’s China Recovery ‘Isn’t a Hope, It’s a Reality’ Declares CEO
The IHG third quarter results are here. They don't provide much information on financial performance, but they show promising signs of recovery in China.
Preventing a New Vacation Rental Listing From Being a Dud — AirDNA’s New Tool For Home Buyers
AirDNA is providing a heap of reality to unwitting homebuyers who count on their new vacation rental to instantly covering their mortgage payments. The real numbers may tell a different story.
Premier Inn Expects Boost From Shrinking Independent Hotel Sector
Premier Inn says it has gained pricing power as 10% of all UK independent hotels have closed in the past few years. More remarkably, it says repeat guests made 86% of its bookings this year. It's a direct booking champ other hoteliers could learn from.
Google Reshapes Hotel Distribution: 3 Key Insights
Google is constantly tweaking its hotels platform and we see its latest iteration contributing directly to the democratization of the online travel industry.
Choice’s Hostile Bid for Wyndham: 6-Month Timeline
Choice is confident it can sell its offer to Wyndham shareholders without the opinion of Wyndham executives.
Choice Hotels Explained: 5 Key Facts as it Goes After Wyndham
Tracing its roots back to its original name, Quality Courts United, Choice has established itself as a prominent player through acquisitions.
Choice Hotels Offers to Buy Wyndham for $7.8 Billion, Wyndham Rejects Bid
This is in essence a hostile takeover, and the acquisition may not go through. But if it does, it will create the largest budget hotel player in North America.
AccorInvest to Sell More Than $2 Billion in Hotel Assets: Report
Accor has signaled over several years that it plans to become more asset-light. Bloomberg News reports that the Paris-based hotel giant is about to take more steps as its owner-operator…
The Top 20 U.S. States Where Investors Are Buying More Homes
The real estate market might be tight, but investors' purse strings are still loose