Positive YOY Results for US Hotel Industry for June 2018
U.S. hotels have now posted 100 consecutive months of year-over-year RevPAR growth. Additionally, each of the key performance metrics are at record highs on a 12-month moving average.
Google Tests Location Tab for Hotel Knowledge Panels – Search Engine Land
Need help finding a great hotel based on what you can do near that hotel? Google is testing a location tab that shows you just that.
Is the Hotel Luxury Dead? – Multibriefs
What’s in a name? A luxury hotel by any other name is still luxurious, right? No longer, it seems, in today’s hospitality industry.
High-tech Hotel Wars – Sleeping in China Just Got More Futuristic – CNN
Hotel guests in China might no longer have to worry about figuring out the air-con control panels or waiting in line to check in.
Marriott International To Remove Plastic Straws Worldwide By July 2019
Company to eliminate more than 1 billion plastic straws annually
Comfort Hotel Brand Opens 15 Hotels
In the last three months, 15 new Comfort properties opened; a rate of more than one per week. In addition, there have been several franchise agreements in primary markets.
Best Western Plus University Inn Opens in Winston Salem, NC
Best Western Hotels & Resorts announces the opening of the Best Western Plus University Inn, located at 3050 University Parkway. Managed by WNW Management the hotel features 187 guest rooms and three suites.
24 Acre Oceanfront Resort Announced for Knights Key in Marathon, Florida
In addition to nearly one mile of private beach, the resort will feature; elevated design, full service spa, four food & beverage concepts, five swimming pools, over 24,000 sq. ft. of meeting and event space, a marketplace, fitness center, on-site water sports, fishing pier, marina and Atlantic Ocean views from all 199 rooms and suites.
Companies Increasingly Exposed to Financial Loss and Duty of Care Violations As the Number of Meetings Grow
Over Half of Companies Globally Book Simple Meetings Outside of Managed Channels – Over 70 Percent of U.S. Respondents Use Consumer Channels for Simple Meetings
U.S. Hotel Industry Reaches 100 Consecutive Months of RevPAR Growth
The 100-month streak is still one year shy of the longest overall expansion cycle in industry history, which lasted 112 months from December 1991 through March 2001.