Hospitality News

• Expedia Releases 2012 Flip Flop Report: Study Examines Beachgoer Behavior and Preferences Across Five Continents
  Expedia.com®, the world's largest online travel agency, today released the results of the 2012 Flip Flop Report, an analysis of behavior and preferences among beachgoers in North America, South America, Europe, Asia and Australia. Harris Interactive, on behalf of Expedia.com, conducted the online study among 8,599 adults in 21 countries. Global study re […]
• Sleep Inn and MainStay Suites Introduce Dual-Branded Combination Hotel Prototype
  Today at the company's 58th annual convention, Choice Hotels International unveiled a new dual-brand combination hotel prototype for its Sleep Inn and MainStay Suites brands. The combined Sleep Inn and MainStay Suites hotel design joins two great brands under one roof. With a highly efficient design and operating model, it allows for unique construction […]
• Choice's Comfort Brands To Open First Hotel to Feature New Truly Yours Design
  Announced today at its franchisor's 58th Annual Convention inLas Vegas, the first-ever Comfort hotel to feature the brand's entirely new design package is scheduled to open next month -- the Comfort Inn & Suites hotel of SpokaneValley, Wash.As the first hotel to boast the new Comfort design, the recently-converted Spokane Valley Comfort Inn […]
• W Hotels Worldwide Selects Rising International DJs to Participate in 2012 W Hotels & burn studios DJ Lab
  W Hotels Worldwide, in collaboration with burn studios, an innovative music platform developed by burn®, a globally leading energy drink from The Coca-Cola Company, today announced the new international DJs who have been selected to participate in the second annual W Hotels & burn studios DJ Lab. In addition, a global search has launched on whotels.com/m […]
• Market Overview Madrid vs Barcelona | HVS
  By Esther Gladen. The article deals with the hotel and tourism markets in Madrid and Barcelona, reviewing 2011 data and comparing with previous years. The reader will learn about visitation, performance, supply, especially the five-star segment in both cities. Barcelona´s hotels are achieving a better overall performance than Madrid at the moment and this ma […]
• Middle East/Africa hotel pipeline for April 2012 | STR Global
  The Middle East/Africa hotel development pipeline comprises 494 hotels totalling 126,606 rooms, according to the April 2012 STR Global Construction Pipeline Report. Among the Chain Scale segments, the Upper Upscale segment accounted for the largest portion of the total active pipeline with 31.5 percent and 39,844 rooms. Three other segments each accounted fo […]
• Europe hotel pipeline for April 2012 | STR Global
  The Europe hotel development pipeline comprises 908 hotels totalling 145,437 rooms, according to the April 2012 STR Global Construction Pipeline Report. Year-to-date 2012, 82 properties have opened totalling 10,071 rooms. There are 197 more properties planned to open in 2012 with 30,851 rooms. The Upscale segment is expected to add the most rooms in the rema […]
• Asia/Pacific hotel pipeline for April 2012 | STR Global
  The Asia/Pacific hotel development pipeline comprises 1,591 hotels totalling 365,507 rooms, according to the April 2012 STR Global Construction Pipeline Report. Among the region"s markets, New Delhi, India, reported the largest expected room growth (+43.3 percent) if all 11,049 rooms in its total active pipeline open. Other markets to report expected ro […]
• Cornell Center for Real Estate and Finance Offers New Report Series
  With reports explaining a new series of hotel real estate indices and an analysis of gateway cities, the new report series from the Center for Real Estate and Finance (CREF) at the School of Hotel Administration fills a gap in publications for the hospitality real estate and finance industry. "Our faculty have been actively publishing in the discipline […]
• TRUMP HOTEL COLLECTION™ Installs EzRMS™ at its Two Most Recent Property Openings
  Leading global provider of SaaS Revenue and Yield Management solutions, Easy (Ez) Revenue Management Solutions Ltd. (EasyRMS) proudly announces two important additions to its rapidly growing portfolio of prestigious properties around the world. An EasyRMS client since March 2007, the TRUMP HOTEL COLLECTION"s™ latest properties Trump Ocean Club® Internat […]