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Articles tagged “hotels”

Business Travel

Jumeirah’s Big Plans for 2019

Jumeirah Group is certainly ratcheting up its plans. Broadening its brand portfolio will help with name recognition.

Patrick Whyte, Skift | 5 years ago

Jumeirah’s Big Plans for 2019

Business Travel

Travel Advisor Innovation Report: Bleisure Trend a Mixed Blessing for Agents

As more business travelers view their trips as working vacations, travel advisors must draw on both corporate and leisure travel-planning skills. It's no simple challenge, but it's necessary given the strength of the bleisure travel trend.

Maria Lenhart, Skift | 5 years ago

Travel Advisor Innovation Report: Bleisure Trend a Mixed Blessing for Agents

Online Travel

Expedia CEO: Google Is Our Biggest Competitor

It's rare to have an Expedia CEO speak so candidly about Google's threat to his own company. After all, Google knows how to punish companies when it wants to. Given Barry Diller's recent statements, and Okerstrom's view, there must be a lot of concern in Expedialand behind the scenes.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 5 years ago

Expedia CEO: Google Is Our Biggest Competitor

Hotels

Expedia to Hoteliers: Vacation Rentals Won’t Steal Your Business

Expedia officials can try to assure hoteliers that the rise of alternative accommodations is no big deal for their businesses. But you can be certain that figuring out how to manage this changing dynamic is of paramount concern for all parties involved.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 5 years ago

Expedia to Hoteliers: Vacation Rentals Won’t Steal Your Business
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Hotels

CEO Interview: Franck Gervais of AccorHotels Europe, on What European Hospitality Looks Like Today

Europe’s appetite for cutting-edge design, community-driven approaches, and contemporary food and beverage concepts is constantly evolving. Hotel brands, developers, and other leaders in the industry should take note.

Accor Group + Skift | 5 years ago

CEO Interview: Franck Gervais of AccorHotels Europe, on What European Hospitality Looks Like Today

Mergers and Acquisitions

Michelin Guide Owner Buys Tablet Hotels to Build a Travel Business

Tablet Hotels found itself a world-class strategic buyer to propel its growth. Tablet as part of Michelin will face huge marketing hurdles, and the challenge of trying to reshape Michelin's legacy guide offerings.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 5 years ago

Michelin Guide Owner Buys Tablet Hotels to Build a Travel Business

Hotels

U.S. Hotel Occupancy Projected to Hit New Record in 2019 Despite Recent Softness

Bottom line for hotels? They haven't hit the top in terms of growth just yet, and probably won't for at least another year or two.

Deanna Ting, Skift | 5 years ago

U.S. Hotel Occupancy Projected to Hit New Record in 2019 Despite Recent Softness

Hotels

Why AccorHotels’ Mergers Strategy Is Winning Over Investors: New Skift Research

From co-working spaces to restaurant reservations, AccorHotels has demonstrated its willingness to make acquisitions, investments, or strategic partnerships outside of hospitality. It is all in an effort to become an all-in-one experience platform serving consumers no matter what their needs are, and investors seem to like it.

Rebecca Stone, Skift Research | 5 years ago

Why AccorHotels’ Mergers Strategy Is Winning Over Investors: New Skift Research

Online Travel

Booking Holdings Is Taking Its Time to Deliver On a Steep Promise

Booking.com is taking its sweet time to implement a flights-to-attractions travel offering. Some would say the pace is Google-like in its slowness. But behind the scenes, data reigns supreme, and dictates whether a product is scrapped, implemented with a twist, or then reshaped anew. Refill the popcorn. This will take a while.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 5 years ago

Booking Holdings Is Taking Its Time to Deliver On a Steep Promise

Hotels

AccorHotels Balances Asset-Light and Acquisition Strategies: New Skift Research Report

With the sale of a majority stake in the company's owned and leased hotel business, AccorHotels is a more stable, nimble company, with the ability to pursue additional acquisitions and other strategic initiatives. In our latest research report, we break down what going asset-light means for the company and tackle ways of measuring the success of its M&A strategy.

Rebecca Stone, Skift Research | 5 years ago

AccorHotels Balances Asset-Light and Acquisition Strategies: New Skift Research Report