Articles tagged “gaming”

Short-term rentals outshone hotels during the pandemic years in the U.S. accommodation sector. However, the boundaries between hotels and so-called STRs are blurring and it is still to be seen how the two segments will compete to define the market landscape.

Except for the down year of 2020, the U.S. accommodation sector has been performing robustly, with the short-term rental segment gaining market share. We believe hotels will make a strong comeback in 2022 relative to the short-term rental sector.

Loyalty is big business. Presumably, MGM Resorts replaced its old program with a new one to juice revenues. But it's not exactly clear why this program is better than the old one.

Macau is an extraordinarily important gaming market for Las Vegas Sands, and the company’s third quarter earnings call was a giant love fest for China’s gaming regulators. What else are company leaders going to do but schmooze the people in charge of renewing their gaming license?

Watch a full session from our recent online event devoted to hotels and hospitality, and post-pandemic marketing strategy and planning.

The panic's over. Las Vegas' gigantic venues will soon be back selling things like concrete and computers at full capacity. Which is why MGM's CEO and president William Hornbuckle is looking further afield for the brand's next chapter.

In this video conversation from Skift Global Forum we hear from Jeanne Jones, Vice President, Head of Customer Community, Amperity and Prakash Ranjan, Vice President, Marketing Technology, MGM, about how to meet the changing needs of the modern traveler and MGM’s journey towards becoming a digital powerhouse. 

MGM Resorts has agreed to sell two of its most notable Las Vegas properties, MGM Grand and Mandalay Bay, to a joint venture including real estate giant Blackstone. The company is going asset-light following its sale of the Bellagio last year.

Oyo is opening, on average, one new hotel per day. It should be available in all 50 U.S. states in no time.