Articles tagged “hyatt”

In a somewhat bizarre twist, even hotel chains are beginning to provide travel management tools to small businesses. This further underscores how much some growing businesses don't really want to deal with a travel management company at all.

Hyatt seems to realize not only that small businesses are the most untapped portion of corporate travel, but that a solid business travel experience can lead to dividends on the leisure side as well. Whether this program catches on is another story, though.

We can only hope that a large portion of Steve Wynn's $34 million compensation from last year will go to his multiple alleged victims.

Marriott — and well, any company wanting to get into private accommodations — should heed the advice of AccorHotels CEO and pay close attention to how they manage those rentals and how they can leverage their existing hospitality labor force to do it.

On one hand, Delta's frequent flyers have a less-effective loyalty program. But on the other, they're flying a great airline.

Even if it seems like Hyatt is jumping on the bandwagon for asset-light, China-centric hotel growth, it's clear the company wants to do so on its own terms.

Hyatt knows that its business is heavily skewed towards affluent and experienced travelers and it's done well to establish itself as a dominant player in many gateway destinations. But the combination of hotel consolidation and a rising middle class has made it think differently about how and where it wants to position itself.

When will the other big hotel companies like Marriott and Hilton begin to take the sharing economy more seriously?

For the hotel industry, shopping for new brands and other companies to buy up is always in season.

It's hard to predict where markets will go, but it seems Hyatt is selling these two properties at an opportune time. How much higher can hotel real estate prices go?