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The economic spinoffs of Qatar's World Cup will be felt all over the region that has been looking to diversify beyond the oil sector.
Peden Doma Bhutia | 2 years ago
Coronavirus
Eric Danziger, the departing CEO at Trump Hotels and one of the few non-family members to hold the top job at the company, is the latest drag on the hotel brand that has shed properties over the last several years.
Cameron Sperance | 2 years ago
Hotels
In Skift's top stories this week, the Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C. is on the verge of being sold, the new CEO of Standard International outlines her plans, and Americans are spilt on whether mandatory vaccine mandates should be issued for airline passengers.
Rashaad Jorden | 3 years ago
A cratered reputation and tanked revenue don’t mean much in the eyes of hungry investors waiting for any property to hit the market.
Cameron Sperance | 3 years ago
Airlines
In Skift’s top stories this week, the UK opens up more non-essential travel, Reserve with Google is ending, Hawaii's residents say tourism is worth its troubles and American Airlines sues Sabre — again.
Angel Adegbesan, Skift | 3 years ago
Business Travel
After Trump's departure from the White House, expect the political polarizations and divisiveness to seep back into the former president's marquee business and future deals. How bad will it be for the bottom line?
Cameron Sperance and Matthew Parsons, Skift | 3 years ago
The already tall task of finding a buyer at an acceptable price (to the Trump Organization) for the Trump International Hotel in D.C. got even more difficult now that its brokerage firm appears to have dropped the company as a client.
Cameron Sperance, Skift | 3 years ago
If you're a hotel company planning to launch and/or reinvest in a midscale brand, please make it interesting.
Deanna Ting, Skift | 7 years ago
The hotel business will always be a challenging one, regardless of whether your founder happens to be the 45th President of the United States or not. Whether the Trump Hotels company can continue its focus on domestic growth, while avoiding the many conflicts of interest and challenges that arise in this unprecedented situation, we'll have to wait and see.
We're calling 2017 as the year when loyalty becomes an even bigger focus for hotels, if it isn't already. Why? Because there's no better time than now to try to capture a consumer's loyalty, or to engage with them, even if the landscape is becoming a lot more competitive, and consumers, overall, aren't quite as "loyal" as they used to be.
