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The pipeline of U.S. hotel development in the third quarter set another new record for planned projects, according to a new report from Lodging Econometrics, with more than…
Read more Robust Q3 U.S. Hotel Pipeline Reaches New HeightsAccor Group preliminarily projects 2025 negotiated corporate rates to increase by “mid-single digits” year over year, CFO Martine Gerow said Thursday during the company’s third-quarter earnings presentation, similar…
Read more Accor Projects 2025 Corp. Rate Hikes Similar To This Year’sWyndham Hotels & Resorts’ systemwide third-quarter revenue per available room declined slightly but executives during a Thursday earnings call claimed increasing demand from its blue-collar base of business…
Read more Wyndham Claims Q3 Infrastructure Demand LiftThe average U.S. hotel rate increased year over year September as occupancy slipped, according to hotel analytics firm STR. The average daily U.S. hotel rate in September increased…
Read more STR: September U.S. Occupancy Slips as Rates RiseHilton Worldwide has partnered with Be My Eyes, an app designed to assist the visually impaired, and will use live agents to help such travelers navigate participating hotels,…
Read more Hilton Partners to Assist Visually Impaired GuestsThe August average U.S. daily hotel rate and occupancy rate each increased notably year over year, according to hotel analytics firm STR, which separately noted midweek demand strength,…
Read more STR: August U.S. Hotel Rates, Occupancy JumpTravel prices are moderating in most markets around the globe, according to a new forecast and report from CWT and the Global Business Travel Association. But business travel…
Read more CWT: Don’t Count on Travel Savings in 2025Omni Hotels & Resorts has named former Marriott International executive Annette Bales its new VP sales, effective immediately, the company announced. Bales in her new role “will spearhead the…
Read more Omni Names Bales VP SalesBusiness travel in the second quarter continued “incremental growth” and was set to continue to increase for the balance of 2024, according to FCM Consulting’s Global Quarterly Trend…
Read more FCM: Q2 Prices Rise Amid ‘Incremental’ Corp. Travel GrowthNearly 9,400 hotel workers in seven U.S. cities remained on strike Tuesday morning after walking off the job this weekend, according to Unite Here, the union representing the…
Read more Nearly 10K U.S. Hotel Workers Go on StrikeDeeksha Hebbar, COO of short-term accommodation provider Sonder Holdings, will resign Aug. 31, the company disclosed in a filing this week with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.…
Read more Sonder COO Hebbar to DepartCiting “weaker-than-expected leisure travel and slowing corporate profit growth,” CBRE Hotels Research on Thursday for the second time in three months lowered its projected year-over-year increases for full-year…
Read more CBRE Again Cuts 2024 U.S. RevPAR OutlookSecond-quarter systemwide Hilton Worldwide revenue per available room generated by large corporates increased 5 percent year over year, officials said during a Wednesday earnings call, adding that technology…
Read more With Corp. Travel ‘Grinding Up,’ Hilton Gains in Q2Three months after Hyatt Hotels Corp. CEO Mark Hoplamazian called business travel demand at the hotel company “extraordinarily encouraging,” officials said demand lived up to that promise in…
Read more Rising Business Travel Revenue Boosts Hyatt’s Q2The pipeline of U.S. hotel properties under development remains robust, according to a new report from Lodging Econometrics, with nearly 6,100 hotels and more than 713,000 rooms at…
Read more Sturdy Q2 U.S. Hotel Pipeline Sets More RecordsSystemwide second-quarter business travel revenue per available room at Marriott properties increased 4 percent year over year, a trend executives project will continue throughout 2024, they said Wednesday…
Read more Marriott: Q2 Corp. Demand Again GrowsAccor’s first half revenue per available room increased 6 percent year on year, while revenues grew 11 percent compared to the same time in 2023, according the company’s…
Read more Accor Reports 6 Percent RevPAR Growth in H1 2024Meeting planning platform provider Groups360 this week launched GroupSync Planner Plus, a meeting planning and booking solution the company said has a “specialized set of features” that are…
Read more Groups360 Launches Enterprise Meetings SolutionRadisson Hotel Group and enterprise meetings booking platform Hubli have unwrapped a real-time integration to Radisson’s property management system that automates responses and the booking process for Hubli-facilitated…
Read more Hubli and Radisson Enable Real-Time Meetings BookingsGlobal Hotel Alliance CEO Chris Hartley talks: The alliance’s growth strategy The nature of the network’s TMC partnerships The state of international business travel demand The Global Hotel…
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