Rosie Spinks, Skift
Hospitality giants moving into the short-term rental space hasn't always gone smoothly. But Marriott's vice president of Homes & Villas said that the company isn't getting its feet wet anymore — it's found a business model that works and wants to grow it.
2 days ago
Raini Hamdi, Skift
Who has the best setup in Asia? No one-size-fits-all approaches there. But as competition increases amid a softer market, expect strategies and structures to evolve.
1 week ago
Claire Ballentine, Bloomberg
Food waste accounts for a lot more higher global greenhouse emissions than aviation. And hotels are one place where a lot of it is inevitable. Marriott is making a good sustainability move.
2 weeks ago
Rosie Spinks, Skift
All eyes will be on the American presidential campaign come 2020, but despite all the attention on the nation's capital, the effect that an election year has on tourism in Washington D.C. isn't so straightforward.
3 weeks ago
Nancy Trejos, Skift
Marriott keeps growing despite a drop in earnings this quarter. CEO Arne Sorenson is optimistic, even as he prepares for surgery to treat his pancreatic cancer. Sorenson isn't missing his morning workouts, and said he would be healthy for the next earnings call in 2020.
1 month ago
Micheline Maynard, Skift
For boutique hotels to cut back on plastics, customers have to demand it — and then cooperate.
1 month ago
Patrick Clark and Gillian Tan, Bloomberg
Yet another trophy asset for the Qatar Investment Authority, which is making good its plans to take direct stakes in companies and assets in North America and Asia.
1 month ago
Raini Hamdi, Skift
Having more brands when cheap money is chasing real estate is good for Accor, but may not be for its hotel owners. This is especially true in Asia where owners are hoping that in time it won’t be a case of too many Accor hotels chasing too few hotel guests.
2 months ago
Patrick Clark, Bloomberg
It's commonplace for a franchisor to update a property to showcase a refreshed look before asking its real estate partners to invest in similar upgrades. But Marriott International's redo of W Hotels matters more than most such efforts. The wider hotel industry will be curious about the direction of W Hotels, a brand Marriott won as part of its 2016 acquisition of Starwood.
2 months ago
Patrick Whyte, Skift
Buying Elegant Hotels will add another seven Caribbean hotels to Marriott's all-inclusive offering. It's a sure sign that the company is taking this part of the market much more seriously in 2019.
2 months ago
Sean O'Neill, Skift
Airbnb has nothing to worry about. Marriott is mainly interested in using rentals as a tool to build brand loyalty. So the Bethesda, Maryland-based hotel giant won't threaten the established players in short-term rental booking.
2 months ago
Dennis Schaal, Skift
This is going to be a slugfest. Some hotels view resort fees as key to business and argue that they are already transparent in how they advertise them. Consumers, states, and now federal legislators are putting great pressure on that notion. Something's gotta give — and the status quo is not a likely winner.
2 months ago
