Articles tagged “westin”

Tourism

Middle East Registers Record-High Hotel Openings in 4th Quarter

The sheer number of hotel openings in the region indicates that the Middle East is making sure that it has enough capacity to accommodate the growing number of tourists.

Peden Doma Bhutia | 3 weeks ago

Middle East Registers Record-High Hotel Openings in 4th Quarter

Hotels

Marriott and Hyatt Pump Investments Into How Hotels Smell

Rather than a one-size-fits-all approach to olfactory pleasures, hotels are seeing unexplored branding opportunities for property and consumer-level personalization.

Carley Thornell, Skift | 1 year ago

Marriott and Hyatt Pump Investments Into How Hotels Smell

Hotels

Rethinking Luxury Hotel Design to Connect Guests With Nature

It seems like every hospitality brand these days is eager to jump on the wellness bandwagon. Most do so by adding a gym or throwing a yoga mat in the room. But some luxury hotels are taking a more esoteric approach, namely through biophilic design.

Laura Powell, Skift | 3 years ago

Rethinking Luxury Hotel Design to Connect Guests With Nature

Hotels

Hotels Embrace Role as Curators of Niche Products

As brands struggle to break through with consumers, they need to consider introducing themselves within the environs of hotels. It's a means to create a new relationship in a contextual way. And hospitality brands have a huge opportunity to introduce tastemakers to up-and-coming products.

Colin Nagy, Skift | 4 years ago

Hotels Embrace Role as Curators of Niche Products

Luxury

Is a Peloton Hotel Next?

Whether it’s travel companies looking to partner with fitness brands, private equity firms buying up exercise businesses, or new investors looking to pour money into fitness-tech startups, the outlook is rosy for the exercise industry.

Leslie Barrie, Skift | 4 years ago

Is a Peloton Hotel Next?

Hotels

Hilton’s New Design Brings the Gym to the Guest Room

This is especially ideal for guests who (1) don't want their colleagues (or the general public) to see their sweaty selves in the hotel gym and (2) those rare souls who want to work out 24/7 as if no one is watching.

Deanna Ting, Skift | 6 years ago

Hilton’s New Design Brings the Gym to the Guest Room

Hotels

Marriott Is Selling More Starwood Properties to Further Its Asset-Light Strategy

Hotel by hotel, Marriott is transforming the Starwood legacy business into something more reflective of its own hospitality management style, meaning going asset light all the way.

Deanna Ting, Skift | 6 years ago

Marriott Is Selling More Starwood Properties to Further Its Asset-Light Strategy

Hotels

Future of Hotel Fitness: More On Demand, Tech-Driven and Branded

New year, new you — at least that's what a lot of us are telling ourselves this week now that the holidays are over, and so are our days of gluttony (or so we believe). And since we're all collectively tackling that perennial New Year's resolution to get healthier, now is as good a time as any to take a closer look at how hotel fitness and wellness is evolving.

Deanna Ting, Skift | 6 years ago

Future of Hotel Fitness: More On Demand, Tech-Driven and Branded

Hotels

U.S. Honeymoon Travelers May Be Sticking Closer to Home

Actually, these results aren't all that surprising when you think of them in the bigger scheme of things. Today's honeymooners, many of whom are Millennials, are traveling with the same Millennial mindset we've been seeing across all types of travelers, regardless of whether they're traveling for business, leisure, or a special occasion like a honeymoon.

Deanna Ting, Skift | 7 years ago

U.S. Honeymoon Travelers May Be Sticking Closer to Home

Online Travel

Microsoft Wants to Bring Travel Bots to Skype Messaging

We'll jump at the chance for automated expense reporting whenever we can and Microsoft's Cortana and Skype bots have potential to help travelers book trips. We just need to see whether travelers will trust bots as they've trusted their own booking capabilities in the past.

Dan Peltier, Skift | 7 years ago

Microsoft Wants to Bring Travel Bots to Skype Messaging