Articles tagged “wyndham”

With such a broad range of products across so many markets, Holmes must look at the top-level changes in guest expectations in order to meet as many customers' needs and desires as possible.

Room Key, the joint venture by Choice Hotels, Hilton Worldwide, Hyatt, InterContinental Hotels Group, Marriott and Wyndham, hasn't set the world on fire, and doesn't appear to have had much of an impact on the chains' businesses.

If chains such as Wyndham follow Hilton Worldwide's lead and enable their guests to reserve specific rooms, then photography and video will likely become an even more important part of booking and post-booking decisions.

Marriages between major, global hotel groups would indeed be tremendously complex, but they are certainly not out of the question. Wyndham reportedly thought that a tie-up with InterContinental Hotels would be very practical.

For the hotel industry, the early booking pattern for this summer, if it translates at other chains, is a nice omen of sweet things to come.

We bet Howard Johnson and Knights Inn, among others, are grooving about the fact that they are getting some national exposure and airtime right alongside Wyndham Hotels and Resorts. Business travelers taking leisure trips with their families may discover new Wyndham brands, and they will build up their loyalty points just the same if they can give them a try.

The gaming companies don't have the most beds, but they've managed to turn each one they have into a reliable cash register for their business.

For a company with few physical assets, Airbnb demands a high value for its listings. But this value reveals more about how the lodging economy is evolving more than it tells us about what the sharing economy leader is really worth.

Wyndham doesn't expect its Revpar numbers in China to improve for another 18 months when it hopes to open additional full-service Wyndham-branded hotels. Then the worry might come down to the issue of whether there will eventually be a glut of full-service properties in China as international chains descend on the country.

What was once one of the most well-known hotel brands in the U.S. isn't any longer. The redesign is an attempt to reintroduce Howard Johnson to a new set of design-conscious travelers that have few preconceived perceptions of the brand.