Articles tagged “two roads hospitality”

Most hotel operators will say that food and beverage can be a money loser for brands, but offering some version of it remains an essential part of the guest experience. Hyatt just stepped up its game.

Hyatt’s second-quarter performance was another step in the right direction for the brand. But were it not for a slowdown in its U.S. and Chinese markets, it would have been better.

Hyatt keeps packing on the partnerships to please reward members, which is probably the smart play for the time being. Creating alliances with hoteliers is a faster solution than building a slew of new properties in new markets from scratch.

Hyatt is not the first and will not be the last hotel company to launch a new lifestyle brand or division. You can take that to the bank. The sector's popularity is only matched by that of the homesharing market.

World of Hyatt members have a wider spectrum of hotels to look forward to in their loyalty program later this year. Starting this week, portions of Hyatt's acquisition of Two Roads Hospitality will start getting incorporated into the loyalty program.

We all knew Hyatt was in the mood for a major acquisition. (NH Hotel Group or Starwood, anyone?) And now we have a much better idea of what its plans are for Two Roads, as well as other acquisitions down the line.

If voice technology can do more than help facilitate guest requests for forgotten toothbrushes, there's a good chance it will be more than the latest hotel tech fad.

Hyatt’s M&A strategy might be best summarized as this: If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again.

This was quite a week for major hospitality executive shuffles, and their respective moves will certainly impact the future development of the companies and brands they've left and are headed to.

Niki Leondakis reminded us that sometimes the biggest disruptions or innovations don't come from the outside, but rather from within.