Industry News

While they’re different entities serving different purposes, the retail and hotel industries have much in common. Ultimately, they’re both selling a product or brand, and they

In today’s tight labor market, you’d be hard-pressed to find a hotelier who hasn’t been affected by staff shortages. Nowhere is this more evident than resorts and hotels in h

RICHMOND, Virginia—Sandpiper Hospitality has added two newly developed Wyndham Hotels & Resorts properties in Texas to its managed portfolio, a dual-branded La Quinta Inn/Ha

TAMPA, Florida—While the COVID-19 pandemic changed tourism, it also exacerbated the move into the digital world for the industry. Enter the Metaverse and web3, which blur the lin

NASHVILLE, Tennessee—Uniguest announced the acquisition of Otrum AS, a digital engagement provider to the hospitality industry. Founded in 1985 and based in Oslo, Norway, Otrum A

As the hotel industry moves to a post-pandemic environment, a changing landscape for business travel is emerging and, along with it, important questions about the future of how the

HENDERSONVILLE, Tennessee, and MILWAUKEE—The Baird/STR Hotel Stock Index dropped 5.8 percent in May to a level of 5,584. Year-to-date through the first five months of 2022, the s

The latest edition of the Duetto Pulse Report, which compared hotel performance data from May 2022 with April 2022 and cross-referenced this with previous years’ performance, sho

Shiji announced that, with IDeaS, they have built a two-way integration, which has been rolled out in partnership with The Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels, Ltd, owner and operator of

KANSAS CITY—Inflation, rising gas prices, and other world events seem to be no match for the enduring allure of a vacation. According to the Portrait of American Travelers resear