Stories
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Empowering Women
A pair of major lodging industry associations, AAHOA (Asian-American Hotel Owners Association) and AH&LA (American Hotel & Lodging Association, continue to work on behalf of women introducing programs this summer aimed at both elevating and protecting them, respectively. AAHOA, the…
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Change At The Top
A pair of hotel management companies, OTO Development and Twin Bridges Hospitality, tapped new leaders yesterday to help bring their respective companies to the next level in terms of growth. Todd Turner has been named CEO of Spartanburg, SC-based OTO…
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String Of Acquisitions
While the hotel acquisition market has cooled a bit in recent months, there has been an uptick in activity within the past two weeks led by an international alliance that will bring 15 hotels to Wyndham’s Registry Collection. Wyndham Hotels…
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Four Macro Factors That May Erode Midscale Hotels
The travel recovery this summer is at full throttle, but to keep the gravy train going hotels have to look not only at what the post-pandemic guest wants, but also the customer two years, five years and a decade from…
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Leading The Way
Based on system-wide results that outpaced the overall industry, as well as positive growth projections for hospitality in the months ahead, Choice Hotels International, Inc. hosted its annual conference with a theme of “Go” and provided plenty of reasons for…
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Travel Trending Up
U.S. Travel Association President/CEO Roger Dow insisted that hospitality is poised for a full recovery citing the historic resilience of the lodging industry, a number of ongoing travel-related initiatives, and pent-up demand as key reasons for his optimistic outlook. Dow…