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The upscale members' club saw mounting losses despite a jump in membership during the fourth quarter. Has rapid growth ruined its exclusivity?
Sean O'Neill | 1 month ago
Soho House has been unprofitable since its debut as a public company in 2021. Will it make the numbers work?
Sean O'Neill | 2 months ago
The U.S. and Canada's hotel industries each made significant progress in their recoveries from the pandemic. We also feature other major news in hotel deals and development across the world.
Rashaad Jorden | 10 months ago
There is a boom in private clubs around the world. But, in the race to garner members and open outlets, personalized service and the underlying craft have gone missing. True hospitality plus thoughtful social and commercial dot-connecting remains a nice open white space.
Colin Nagy, Skift | 11 months ago
Know what's cool? Having cool people join your member's clubs. Know what's even cooler? Having members buy your high-margin upsells, like food and skincare products.
Sean O'Neill | 12 months ago
Business Travel
The group's French debut next month follows an experiment with one corporation that "bought out" one of its hotels for an entire month. Zoku is now figuring out how to better accommodate office workers — not just business travelers.
Matthew Parsons | 12 months ago
News Blog
Membership Collective Group is best known for its Soho House upscale member’s clubs and hotels and for being unprofitable for decades. The London-based company wants to change both of those things, it said during a Wednesday earnings call. In a few weeks, it will change its name to Soho House & Co., and its executives said they have…
Sean O'Neill | 1 year ago
Nick Jones said on Wednesday that he would step down from being CEO of Membership Collective Group nearly three decades since he founded the original Soho House that eventually led to the creation of the public company and owner of the Soho House chain. Andrew Carnie, president of Membership Collective Group, will succeed Jones as…
Tourism
Today’s edition of Skift’s daily podcast looks at travelers’ confusion about sustainability, Uganda’s tourism outsourcing, and Soho House’s better numbers.
Rashaad Jorden | 2 years ago
The company behind Soho House remains on track to meet its forecasted membership targets while opening nine properties this year. Membership Collective Group, which runs 36 Soho House venues, said it had 142,250 members for Soho House. The company generated revenues of $243 million in the 13 weeks ending July 3. It has never made…
Sean O'Neill | 2 years ago
