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The U.S. General Services Administration has awarded a five-year contract to manage the FedRooms government lodging program to Birmingham, Ala.-based travel management company Adtrav, a GSA spokesperson this…
Read more Adtrav Awarded GSA’s FedRooms ContractWyndham Hotels & Resorts has opened the first property under its new Echo extended-stay brand in Spartanburg, S.C., the company announced Thursday. Additionally, Wyndham has hired a head…
Read more Wyndham Opens First Echo, Adds Ext.-Stay HeadEuropean luxury hotel company Kempinski Hotels this week named cruise industry veteran Barbara Muckermann CEO, effective immediately. Muckermann joins Kempinski from Royal Caribbean division Silversea Cruises, where she…
Read more Kempinski Hotels Names Muckermann CEOAs leisure demand wanes and hoteliers find room rate increases harder to implement than in recent years, PwC on Wednesday tempered its projection for 2024 U.S. average daily…
Read more PwC Softens 2024 U.S. Hotel Rate ForecastHilton plans to open in London its first European property under the flag of its new midscale “premium economy” brand Spark, the hotel company announced. The 125-room Spark…
Read more Hilton to Launch Spark in U.K.Business travel demand has had “gradual, consistent growth” in the first quarter as pricing remains elevated across several categories, according to FCM Consulting’s Global Quarterly Trend Report, released…
Read more FCM: ‘Steady’ Q1 Booking Volume Amid Strong PricingInterContinental Hotels & Resorts has rolled out complimentary access to the Timeshifter jet-lag management app to guests at all the brand’s properties during their inbound and outbound travel,…
Read more InterContinental Enables Jet-Lag App AccessHyatt Hotels Corp.’s business travel demand in 2024 has been “extraordinarily encouraging,” with systemwide first-quarter revenue from the sector up 6 percent year over year, with some segments…
Read more Hyatt: Q1 Business Travel ‘Extraordinarily Encouraging’Choice Hotels International’s systemwide first-quarter occupancy, average daily rate and revenue per available room all declined year over year, although its upscale holdings bucked that trend and executives…
Read more Choice Q1 RevPAR, Average Rates SlipAccor has added the first U.S. property to its soft upper-midscale Handwritten Collection brand, the company announced Monday. The 94-room boutique Hotel Stratford San Francisco joins more than…
Read more Accor Adds First U.S. Handwritten Brand PropertyFirst-quarter occupancy, average daily rate and revenue per available room at U.S. extended-stay hotels each declined year over year, according to a new report by The Highland Group.…
Read more Report: Q1 U.S. Ext.-Stay Rate, RevPAR DeclineBusiness travel revenue in the first quarter at IHG Hotels & Resorts properties fell flat year over year and declined in the Americas region, executives said on a…
Read more IHG Q1 RevPAR Up Even as Corp. Travel FlatAccor Group’s first-quarter systemwide revenue per available room increased nearly 8 percent year over year, officials said, helped by “good traction” on business travel demand. “We’re seeing good…
Read more Accor: Q1 RevPAR Up, ‘Good Traction’ on Corp. TravelHilton Worldwide’s first-quarter business transient travel revenue per available room among large corporate clients increased more than 3 percent year over year on “strong demand in consulting and…
Read more Hilton: Q1 Corp. Demand Recovery ‘Steady’The Science Based Targets initiative has verified Marriott International’s plans to reduce carbon emissions, the hotel company announced Monday. Marriott has committed to reach net-zero value chain greenhouse…
Read more SBTi Approves Marriott Emissions TargetsShort-term accommodation provider Sonder Holdings acknowledged Friday it had received a “delinquency notice” from Nasdaq regarding its listing. Sonder has yet to file its fourth-quarter and full-year results, and…
Read more Nasdaq Warns Sonder on Financial FilingsWyndham Hotels & Resorts has partnered to bring extended-stay brand WaterWalk’s 11 properties into its portfolio, the company announced Tuesday. Under the deal, WaterWalk becomes Wyndham’s 25th brand and…
Read more Wyndham Deal to Add Ext.-Stay WaterWalk to PortfolioHosted by BTN Editorial Director Elizabeth West Business Travel News editorial director Elizabeth West and Sonesta International CEO John Murray talk about reported moderated leisure and business travel…
Read more 5Qs with Sonesta Int’l CEO John MurrayHilton and American Express are introducing a “newly refreshed” Hilton Honors American Express Business Card with a higher annual fee than its current card but accelerated points-earning capabilities,…
Read more Hilton Amex Business Card Ups Fee, Increases Point Accrual RateIHG Hotels & Resorts on Tuesday unveiled new U.S. prototypes for its three suites brands, designed to allow for more guest rooms per property. The prototypes, which IHG…
Read more IHG Rolls Out New Suites Prototypes
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