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Hotels
Today’s edition of Skift’s daily podcast looks at Hilton’s happiness equation, Delta’s South American boast, and Bhutan’s gold bounty.
Rashaad Jorden | 2 days ago
When we asked Hilton how it's updating its brands for a new era, we expected to hear mostly about color palettes and breakfast options. But the company instead said workforce satisfaction was the most critical ingredient.
Sean O'Neill | 3 days ago
Tourism
In its effort to position itself as a destination for large-scale events and conferences, Abu Dhabi has been investing in world-class venues. And now it's incentivizing event planners even more by scrapping a 10 percent tax.
Peden Doma Bhutia | 3 days ago
We've covered the environmental performance of hotel companies before, but that research was due an update. Much has happened in the world, and — probably unrelated — hotel companies have become better at setting emission reduction targets and reporting of current performance. Let's continue that trend.
Wouter Geerts | 1 week ago
Daily Lodging Report
Raines announced they acquired HP Hotels, a full-service, third party hotel management company. Raines said this will result in operational expansion throughout the Southeast and Southwestern U.S.
1 week ago
Hilton’s Asia Pacific president, Alan Watts, told Nikkei Asia that they expect hotel guest numbers in China to return to their pre-pandemic levels by year-end.
2 weeks ago
With Indian airlines placing big bets on aircraft orders and deploying higher capacities on international routes, the global travel industry seems to be sitting up and taking note of the India outbound travel market's potential.
Amrita Ghosh | 2 weeks ago
Lodging Econometrics released its Q4 year-end Global Construction Pipeline Trend Report. At the close of 2022, LE analysts state that the total global construction pipeline stands at 14,267 projects with 2,298,846 rooms.
4 weeks ago
Today’s edition of Skift’s daily podcast looks at an exceptional hotel earnings season, surging last-minute vacation rental bookings, and U.S. tourism's sustainability marketing problem.
Rashaad Jorden | 4 weeks ago
Business Travel
Most of the major hotel chains have now reported their fourth-quarter results. Tourists are back in full force, traditional business travelers less so. But fortunately for them all those conferences and big events are keeping their properties filled.
Matthew Parsons | 1 month ago