Recent Hotel Earnings Tell Us Brands See Resilience in Development Pipelines
While economic storm clouds gather, public hotel companies said in earnings calls that their deal and development work remains largely strong — and intact.
Sean O’Neill is Skift’s Senior Hospitality Editor. Sean’s forte is reporting, and he’s broken multiple hotel industry scoops. He has also conducted 1:1 interviews on stage with the CEOs of Marriott, Hilton, IHG, Hyatt, and Wyndham.
Global Hotel Sector Is Turning a New Corner: New JLL Report
Operating performance at many hotels worldwide is getting closer to pre-pandemic levels, according to a Hotels Global Asset Management Report released on Tuesday by JLL Hotels & Hospitality — an investment advisory…
Choice Hotels Looks to Transcend Budget Image by Going Upscale
Choice Hotels is eager to expand its portfolio more broadly. But a move upmarket is not without risk.
Hotel Operators Face Thorny Choices for 2023 Budgeting
A top hotel asset manager sees too many hoteliers trying to restaff to 2019 levels and too many failing to upsell guests effectively. Heed her words.
Irish Inbound Tourism Set to Regain 75 Percent of Pre-Pandemic Level
Ireland's overseas inbound tourism level for the year is set to hit 75 percent of 2019 levels, CEO of Tourism Ireland Niall Gibbons told The Sunday Times (London).
Airbnb Data Says Flexible Search Tools Help Combat Overtourism
Airbnb said that the flexible search features it has rolled out since early 2021 have so far diverted bookings from destinations coping with overtourism and peak travel times, according to…
Hotel Green Efforts Are Hitting Right Message for Social Media Users
Can you go wrong with imagery of animals or nature and heartwarming messages? Not if you're a hotel sharing your sustainability efforts via social media. That's what The Datai Langkawi, Fairmont, and Banyan Tree have found.
India’s Hotel Supply Is Less Than Demand as Development Tries to Catch Up
Developers are eagerly building hotels in India, but analysts say they're not doing it quickly enough to meet demand over the next five years. Plus, other news in hotel development worldwide.
Airbnb Has Begun to Partly Break Out Its Spending on Brand Marketing
Airbnb executives have talked a lot about how they have reduced their spending on performance marketing (think: buying ads in Google search results) to focus on brand marketing (think: subway…
Hyatt to Add Hotels in Markets That Feed Its All-Inclusive Resorts
When Hyatt adds hotels to new destinations, it can cross-sell the newfound guests on its recently acquired all-inclusive resorts through marketing messages. So the company is seeking more hotels to speed up this virtuous cycle.