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Articles tagged “independent hotels”

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Soul Community Planet Hotels Seeks Profit in Holistic Hospitality

We like how this new hotel brand is testing rare concepts. It suggests a rate but lets guests haggle if they feel underwhelmed. It ties guest stays to specific, if minor, environmental and community fixes. And it opposes the trendy asset-light model.

Soul Community Planet Hotels Seeks Profit in Holistic Hospitality

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New York’s Gansevoort Hotel Tries a Reinvention in a Transforming Neighborhood

Manhattan's former meatpacking district is becoming more about fine art and luxury goods than wild nightlife. So the local Gansevoort Hotel is adjusting with a $30 million revamp. Will it work?

New York’s Gansevoort Hotel Tries a Reinvention in a Transforming Neighborhood

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Ireland’s Doyle Collection Revamps Luxury Hotel Strategy

True, Doyle Collection, a family-run luxury hotel group, is a small player. But the strategy of its new CEO Gordon Drake, who previously sold Six Senses to IHG and Fairmont Raffles to Accor, underscores what indie brands are thinking now.

Ireland’s Doyle Collection Revamps Luxury Hotel Strategy

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Bridgeton’s Boutique Hotels Embrace Quirks Rather Than Erase Them

Atit Jariwala is willing to risk creating hotels that some people hate as long as enough guests love them. After doubling the value of his Montauk hotel in five years, Jariwala is going bolder with his next project, Dawn Ranch.

Bridgeton’s Boutique Hotels Embrace Quirks Rather Than Erase Them

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Palisociety Boutique Hotel Chain Expands With Quirky Innkeeper Vibe

No, it's not a low-carb diet club. Palisociety is a brand of 15 boutique hotels. Its design philosophy represents a percolating sector trend.

Palisociety Boutique Hotel Chain Expands With Quirky Innkeeper Vibe

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The Secret Sauce of Branded Hotels in the U.S. Market Recovery

Today’s edition of Skift’s daily podcast looks at independent hotel recovery, AirAsia's China hopes, and Portugal's potential short-term rental restrictions.

The Secret Sauce of Branded Hotels in the U.S. Market Recovery

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Independent Hotels in the U.S. Pressured by the Big Brands

Brands have overtaken independents in the U.S., and that trend looks set to repeat itself abroad. But independents have held up better than expected in the past year. Perhaps the U.S. market is reaching an equilibrium.

Independent Hotels in the U.S. Pressured by the Big Brands

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Emerging Boutique Hotel Brand Casetta Tests Next-Gen Storytelling

Casetta is winning acclaim as a boutique hotel brand that renovates and runs old hotels and lodges with stories to tell. But will its "barely there branding" pay off for its investors?

Emerging Boutique Hotel Brand Casetta Tests Next-Gen Storytelling

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The Trends Boutique Hotels Need to Watch in 2023

Few people have given more thought to boutique hotels than Frances and Ariela Kiradjian. Today they believe boutique hotels need smarter local partnerships, more design that's functional as well as stylish for our post-Instagram era, and more wellness offerings than just yoga.

The Trends Boutique Hotels Need to Watch in 2023

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Independent Hoteliers Seek Every Edge Against the Big Brands

Many consumers are eating up experience-led storylines in travel. That gives an opening to independent hoteliers to compete with the global hotel groups on everything from hiring to word-of-mouth marketing.

Independent Hoteliers Seek Every Edge Against the Big Brands