July 2022

AUSTIN, Texas—Reflecting on the 50th Anniversary of the Hospitality Industry Technology Exposition and Conference (HITEC), the global hospitality technology event is positioned t

HENDERSONVILLE, Tennessee, and MILWAUKEE—The Baird/STR Hotel Stock Index fell 19.3 percent in June to a level of 4,504. Year to date through the first six months of 2022, the sto

PARSIPPANY, New Jersey—Wyndham Hotels & Resorts announced BOLD by Wyndham, a new program designed to engage and advance more Black entrepreneurs on their path to hotel owner

Long gone are the days when internet was a “nice to have” amenity. Today’s guests often travel with multiple connected devices that require greater bandwidth for activities l

ORLANDO—LG Electronics and Amazon have co-developed the first integration of Amazon’s popular Alexa AI with LG hotel TVs using the webOS smart TV platform, the companies announ

CHICAGO—Maverick Hotels and Restaurants announced that it has added the Hyatt Rosemont O’Hare hotel in Rosemont, Illinois, to its portfolio of owned and managed properties. Chi

DANBURY, Connecticut—Main Street Community Capital (MSCCap) has selected Meyer Jabara Hotels (MJH) to manage its JDV by Hyatt in Dubuque’s Historic Millwork District. The 96-ke

PLANO, Texas—Aimbridge Hospitality has announced the creation of six operational divisions to give owners the advantage of working with a global company while benefiting from the

NEW YORK—Hotel Per La Los Angeles, a lifestyle property in Downtown Los Angeles, announced its opening at the former site of the NoMad Hotel. Now available for bookings, Per La w

Just as technology has become more ubiquitous throughout our lives, it is now impacting guest service and hotel operations throughout all departments in a hotel. To provide more ex