HOTELS Magazine May/June digital edition is live
The May/June digital edition is now live and available to read. And what a read do we have in store for you! Check out the highlights: Our cover story focuses…
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David Eisen
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January and February performance for Marriott was strong. Then came March.
The hotel industry is sounding like a broken record. Marriott International, like its competitors before it, reported its first-quarter earnings Tuesday and one thing remains consistent among all: strong performance…
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Hotel Equities and Springboard Hospitality merge
Hotel Equities and Springboard Hospitality have announced a strategic merger that will see Springboard CEO Ben Rafter become CEO of the combined company with Brad Rahinsky, former president and CEO…
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Hyatt moderates RevPAR outlook as it races to get Playa deal over the finish line
As Hyatt Hotels looks to close out its more than $2-billion deal for Playa Hotels & Resorts, it’s having to also deal with another reality: waning room bookings. The Chicago-based…
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Retailer Anthropologie and Philadelphia’s Hotel Anna & Bel get suite on each other
Anthropologie, the retailer known for its whimsical women wear, jewelry and home goods, is taking its design aesthetic outside the store and into a hotel, launching a suite within the…
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The CEO of Wyndham Hotels conjured grim events of the past to explain why he’s not afraid of the future
Not five minutes into Wyndham Hotels & Resorts’ first-quarter earnings call, CEO Geoff Ballotti invoked 9/11, the global financial crisis and the COVID pandemic. It’s not confident imagery, but Ballotti…
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As Hilton guides down, its CEO remains reassured
Hilton President & CEO Chris Nassetta expressed pride right out the gate over his company’s first-quarter results and qualified it: “Even with somewhat weaker macroeconomic conditions that drove systemwide RevPAR…
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Marriott snaps up citizenM in $355M deal
The big get bigger by going smaller. Marriott International has reached an agreement to acquire citizenM, a select-service, lifestyle-type brand known for its tech-forward approach, modular design practices, communal public…
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Accor Q1 offers glimpse of first cracks in global travel demand
Martine Gerow, group CFO of Accor, was on her own. Conspicuously absent during the French lodging company’s first-quarter sales and revenue call was Accor CEO Sébastien Bazin, one of the…
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AAHOA is a stentorian voice in hospitality. It’s never needed to be louder.
NEW ORLEANS — The annual AAHOA Convention attracts scores of the association’s members. It makes eminent sense, then, that the executive brand panel be equally substantial. This year’s did not…
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