Articles tagged “hilton”

In Skift's top travel stories this week, we covered Hilton's red ink, the passing of Marriott's Arne Sorenson, Tripadvisor's new subscription plan, hotel openings in Asia, and South Africa's historic equity fund.

Hilton's pandemic recovery plan hinges significantly on companywide cost-cutting and fewer staffers at the property level becoming a permanent way of doing business.

Arne Sorenson was a maverick in his own way. He quietly visited Airbnb headquarters in 2014 to get a better understanding of short-term rentals, which culminated in Marriott's Homes & Villas. And he found a way to have a mutually beneficial relationship with those "evil" online travel agencies.

A less unsung story than China's growth is how the pandemic has made the rest of Asia-Pacific a gold mine for chains. Opportunities for conversions and franchising appear at their strongest ever. But the best thing? Owners with a new mindset.

In Skift's top travel stories this week, our Megatrends 2025 discussed travel becoming more soulful and a comeback for the hotel industry. In other stories, Norwegian scuttled its long-haul operation, and Hilton ceased making political contributions.

Hilton suspended all political contributions in light of last week's violence on Capitol Hill. But its blanket approach to both parties may draw the ire from those who had nothing to do with supporting the mob's cause.

Hybrid meetings may not bring the revenue of a fully in-person event, but Hilton's hybrid event strategy at least lays the groundwork for a much-needed recovery in the hotel industry's collapsed group business sector.

Supporters of a new global risk standard soon coming into play have a tough challenge: convincing hotel groups it’s not just another layer of costly bureaucracy.

Leisure travelers proved there was pent-up vacation demand once travel restrictions lifted. Hotel owners need the corporate travel and events sector to follow suit in 2021.

In Skift's top travel stories this week, Sri Lanka is reinventing its tourism future, airlines and global distribution systems made peace, Google faced a bevy of lawsuits, an airline launched in the middle of the pandemic, and Hilton proved that mergers aren't the only way to grow.