• The Best Facebook Ads For Hotels
    Tuesday, February 4, 2025 from Hotel News Resource
    Are you new to Facebook ads or need a crash course? Read on below to get up to speed. If you’re ready to dive in, we’ve outlined common objectives for hotel Facebook ad formats & and examples & that you may be considering and how these...
  • Digital Advertising in Travel: Insights from Sojern's 'State of Destination Marketing 2025' Report
    Tuesday, February 4, 2025 from Hotel News Resource
    Sojern's State of Destination Marketing 2025 report reveals that 85% of destination marketing organizations (DMOs) are maintaining or increasing their digital advertising budgets compared to the previous year.
  • Vacation Rental Channel Marketing: How to Promote Properties on OTAs
    Tuesday, February 4, 2025 from Hotel News Resource
    In 2024, North America had 4.5 million listings active online, while the summer of 2024 saw European listings surge over the 9 million mark for the first time.
  • Omni Hotels & Resorts Secures Development Agreement for Transformative New Orleans Headquarters Hotel
    Tuesday, February 4, 2025 from Hotel News Resource
    The Ernest N. Morial New Orleans Exhibition Hall Authority has approved a development agreement with Omni Hotels & Resorts to develop a 1,000&room headquarters hotel.
  • SOUMA Hotel Lima Marks Vignette Collection's First Foray into South America
    Tuesday, February 4, 2025 from Hotel News Resource
    SOUMA Hotel Lima, Vignette Collection's first destination in South America, is now accepting reservations. Stays will begin in March 2025.
  • U.S. Hotel Investment Industry Eyes 25&30% Increase in Deal Activity by 2025
    Tuesday, February 4, 2025 from Hotel News Resource
    The hotel investment industry shows cautious optimism for 2025, with transaction activity potentially increasing by 25 to 30% from 2024 levels.
  • Four Seasons Announces New Resort and Residences in UAE's Mina
    Tuesday, February 4, 2025 from Hotel News Resource
    Four Seasons, in partnership with RAK Properties, is set to launch a new luxury resort and private residences in Mina, Ras Al Khaimah, UAE.
  • Hotels + OTAs: A Love&Hate Relationship That Needs to Change
    Tuesday, February 4, 2025 from Hotel News Resource
    Online travel agents (OTAs) have been made the arch&enemy of hotel direct bookings – a narrative we’ve seen across the sector due to the volume of bookings and high commission costs they command. But if hotels can reframe their thinking,...
  • Super Bowl LIX in New Orleans: A Boon for Hotel Occupancy and Revenue
    Tuesday, February 4, 2025 from Hotel News Resource
    Despite a 14.3% growth in hotel supply since it last hosted the Super Bowl, New Orleans is expected to achieve high hotel performance levels.
  • InnQuest Welcomes Steven Berger As New Managing Director to Drive Innovation and Growth
    Tuesday, February 4, 2025 from Hotel News Resource
    Berger brings a wealth of experience in leadership roles at Constellation Software, Membr, Virgin, and Red Bull, where he successfully developed and executed growth strategies across multiple industries and international markets.
  • Speaking With One Voice: 2025 AHLA Board Chair Mitch Patel on Advocacy Achievements Through Unity
    Tuesday, February 4, 2025 from Lodging
    Vision Hospitality Group Founder and CEO Mitch Patel rose to his current position from “humble beginnings” as owner/operator of a small hotel, a role that gave him an appreciation for both the aspirations of hospitality employees as well...
  • Dreamscape Hospitality to Manage Portfolio of New Orleans Hotels
    Tuesday, February 4, 2025 from Lodging
    NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana—Dreamscape Hospitality announced its selection to manage a portfolio of independent lifestyle boutique hotels in the Garden District of New Orleans. “We are honored to bring our expertise to this exceptional...
  • Access Point Financial Names Michelle O’Brien Managing Director of Structured Finance
    Tuesday, February 4, 2025 from Lodging
    Officials of Access Point Financial (APF) announced the company has named Michelle O’Brien as managing director of structured finance. In her new role, she will pursue opportunities within the capital markets community, including APF’s...
  • My Place Hotels of America Opens Largest Hotel to Date
    Tuesday, February 4, 2025 from Lodging
    ABERDEEN, South Dakota—My Place Hotels of America has announced the opening of My Place Hotel-Las Vegas South/Henderson, Nevada. The hotel is owned by St. Rose H9 LLC and is managed by National Hospitality Management (NHM). It was...
  • ECHO Suites Extended Stay by Wyndham Richmond, Virginia, Opens
    Tuesday, February 4, 2025 from Lodging
    RICHMOND, Virginia—Sandpiper, LLC announced the opening of ECHO Suites Extended Stay by Wyndham Richmond, Virginia. This hotel was developed from the ground-up by Sandpiper and represents the first ECHO Suites hotel in its portfolio....
  • Doug Kennedy’s Next Training Webcast: Reservations QUEST Part Two: Upselling, Overcoming Objections, and Closing More Sales
    Monday, February 3, 2025 from Hospitality Net Industry News
    Sponsored By Travel Outlook and Track Hospitality Software
  • NYU Langone warns staff not to protect undocumented patients from ICE
    Monday, February 3, 2025 from Hospitality & Tourism - Crain's New York Business News Feed
    NYU Langone Health System is warning staff not to shield patients from immigration raids after the Trump administration moved to make hospitals a site of federal enforcement. In a memo to employees about what to do when Immigration and...
  • Hochul aims to shore up protections for abortion pill prescribers after NY doctor indicted
    Monday, February 3, 2025 from Hospitality & Tourism - Crain's New York Business News Feed
    Gov. Kathy Hochul signed legislation Monday to further shield clinicians from the legal risks of prescribing the abortion pill to patients in other states after a New York doctor was indicted for allegedly prescribing the pill to a teen...
  • NYU Langone calls off gender-affirming procedures for trans kids
    Monday, February 3, 2025 from Hospitality & Tourism - Crain's New York Business News Feed
    NYU Langone has started canceling gender-affirming surgeries for new pediatric patients following threats from the Trump administration to cut off funding for hospitals that offer puberty blockers, hormone therapies or surgeries to...
  • Vornado sells one of its last remaining Billionaires Row condos
    Monday, February 3, 2025 from Hospitality & Tourism - Crain's New York Business News Feed
    Vornado is on the verge of crossing the finish line at 220 Central Park South and notching a $3.5 billion achievement. The developer appears to have just a single apartment left to sell at the blockbuster Billionaires Row condo after...
  • Adams wants out-of-state and international companies to take city’s vacant office space
    Monday, February 3, 2025 from Hospitality & Tourism - Crain's New York Business News Feed
    City Hall is looking to lure out-of-state companies to set up shop in the Big Apple under a new program announced Monday aiming to reinvigorate the ailing office market and bring more jobs online.   The pilot program, called the...
  • Trump tariffs on Canada could spike New York energy prices
    Monday, February 3, 2025 from Hospitality & Tourism - Crain's New York Business News Feed
    New tariffs set to take effect on Canada in March could boost energy prices for consumers in New York, which imported the most Canadian power of any state last year. It also throws a new variable into a massive under construction...
  • What Perplexity’s AI Shift Means for High-Consideration Hotel Bookings
    Monday, February 3, 2025 from Hospitality Net Industry News
    Artificial intelligence (AI) is making significant strides in redefining how brands engage with customers. Perplexity, an emerging AI-powered search and answer engine, recently adopted a CPM (Cost Per Thousand Impressions) model,...
  • New York businesses fret over Trump tariffs with billions at stake
    Monday, February 3, 2025 from Hospitality & Tourism - Crain's New York Business News Feed
    New York businesses on Monday were puzzling over how to respond to President Donald Trump’s new tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China, which could severely impact local firms and quickly drive up the cost of products. Following...
  • UN Plaza buildings to undergo $500M facelift
    Monday, February 3, 2025 from Hospitality & Tourism - Crain's New York Business News Feed
    Two major United Nations buildings in Manhattan will be renovated in a $500 million project, helping the organization consolidate its office footprint in the city. The United Nations Development Corp. is redeveloping 1 and 2 United...
  • Graybar Building’s mortgage rate more than doubles
    Monday, February 3, 2025 from Hospitality & Tourism - Crain's New York Business News Feed
    The Graybar Building has secured a 16-year mortgage extension, an unusually long period that gives operator SL Green until 2040 to fill the 1.2 million square-foot tower. But the price for time was steep. Graybar’s extended mortgage...
  • Build or Buy? Profiling the U.S. Hotel Development Pipeline
    Monday, February 3, 2025 from Hotel News Resource
    To analyze current trends in hotel development activity, CBRE analyzed construction data provided by CoStar. In addition, comparisons were made to the intentions expressed by hotel investors in CBRE’s May 2024 U.S. Hotel Investor...
  • Hampton By Hilton Opens New Property in Cottonwood, AZ
    Monday, February 3, 2025 from Hotel News Resource
    New hotel located near Old Town Cottonwood, Jerome and scenic Sedona
  • Capturing the Hearts of Gen Z and Millennial Travelers
    Monday, February 3, 2025 from Hotel News Resource
    In a recent HSMAI Sales Advisory Board meeting, we explored how compensation structures influence employee performance. Here are five insights from our discussion. 
  • New Yorkers involuntarily transported for psych evaluation more than 7,700 times in 2024
    Monday, February 3, 2025 from Hospitality & Tourism - Crain's New York Business News Feed
    Police and outreach workers involuntarily transported people more than 7,700 times for a psychiatric evaluation last year under a controversial Adams administration directive to hospitalize more individuals with untreated mental illness,...
  • Orlando Central Business District Site Available for Hotel Development
    Monday, February 3, 2025 from Hotel News Resource
    HVS Brokerage & Advisory has listed a 0.53&acre land parcel for sale in Orlando's Central Business District (CBD). The site is poised for the construction of a select& or full&service hotel.
  • Cybersecurity in 2025: Alarming Vulnerabilities in the Hospitality Sector
    Monday, February 3, 2025 from Hotel News Resource
    The hospitality industry faces a surge in cyber threats as the demand for travel rises, with a considerable increase in data breaches and sophisticated cyberattacks.
  • Suburban Studios Berwick & Morgan City in Berwick, LA Listed for Sale
    Monday, February 3, 2025 from Hotel News Resource
    The property is located off Highway 90, just less than five miles from both South Central Louisiana Technical College and the Cajun Coast Convention Bureau.
  • Holiday Inn Rock Island in Rock Island, IL Listed for Sale
    Monday, February 3, 2025 from Hotel News Resource
    CBRE Hotels, on behalf of Kinseth Hospitality III, has listed the 172&room Holiday Inn in downtown Rock Island, Illinois, for sale.
  • Safety & Security: Best Practices for Housekeepers in Hotels
    Monday, February 3, 2025 from Hotel News Resource
    A four&part video series from HospitalityLawyer.com focuses on essential housekeeping safety and security practices in the hotel industry. Moderated by Stephen Barth, with expert insights from Brad Bonnell, Vince Vittatoe, and Salvatore...
  • HFTP Seeks Nominations to Hospitality Technology Hall of Fame, Honored at Hitec 2025
    Monday, February 3, 2025 from Hotel News Resource
    The HFTP International Hospitality Technology Hall of Fame exists to recognize annually the distinguished industry professionals who have demonstrated outstanding application, implementation and innovation in hospitality technology...
  • Orient Express Launches Construction of Two Largest Sailing Yachts, Corinthian and Olympian
    Monday, February 3, 2025 from Hotel News Resource
    The Orient Express Corinthian is expected to set sail in June 2026, offering itineraries across the Mediterranean, Adriatic, and the Caribbean.
  • 5 Insights Into Housekeeper Preferences and Psychology
    Monday, February 3, 2025 from Lodging
    The expected increase in demand for hotel rooms in 2025 is a good news/bad news story for many hoteliers. Everyone’s happy with higher occupancy, but finding the staff to serve the rising influx of guests is a challenge. More than ever,...
  • Merriweather Lakehouse Hotel Names Meyer Jabara Hotels as Manager
    Monday, February 3, 2025 from Lodging
    DANBURY, Connecticut—Meyer Jabara Hotels assumed management of the Merriweather Lakehouse Hotel, Autograph Collection, on Lake Kittamaqundi in Columbia, Maryland. The full-service boutique property has 212 guestrooms and suites; an...
  • Peachtree Group Surpasses $2 Billion in Hotel Development
    Monday, February 3, 2025 from Lodging
    ATLANTA, Georgia—Peachtree Group announced that the firm surpassed $2 billion in hotel development, bringing its total development portfolio to 48 hotels nationwide. Peachtree’s development journey began 17 years ago with a $10...
  • Drury Plaza Hotel College Station Opens
    Monday, February 3, 2025 from Lodging
    ST. LOUIS, Missouri—Drury Hotels Company, LLC opened the Drury Plaza Hotel College Station, which is the 18th Drury Hotel in Texas and includes 160 guestrooms and 1,100 square feet of meeting space. This is the first hotel opened by the...
  • HVMG Launches Third-Party Project Manager: Elevate Renovations + Development
    Monday, February 3, 2025 from Lodging
    ATLANTA, Georgia—Hospitality Ventures Management Group (HVMG) announced the launch of Elevate Renovations + Development, a third-party project manager and asset lifecycle services provider offering flexible solutions tailored to the...
  • The Shelborne by Proper to Open this Spring in Miami Beach, Florida
    Monday, February 3, 2025 from Hospitality Net Hotel Openings
    The Shelborne by Proper in Miami Beach, Proper Hospitality’s first entry into the Florida market, launches reservations for May 1, 2025. Located on the famed Collins Avenue, The Shelborne Hotel opened in 1940 welcoming a variety of...
  • Potential Results of Decline in Canadian Travel to United States
    Monday, February 3, 2025 from Hospitality Net Industry News
    New tariffs on Canada could impact Canadian visitation to and spending in the United Sates. Canada is the top source of international visitors to the United States, with 20.4 million visits in 2024, generating $20.5 billion in spending...
  • Trailborn Surf & Sound Debuts as Trailborn Brand’s First Coastal Resort
    Monday, February 3, 2025 from Hospitality Net Hotel Openings
    The historic Wrightsville Beach resort emerges from dramatic renovations creating an enhanced guest experience with modern and locally-inspired spaces, new food and beverage concepts, and curated programming. Trailborn, one of the...
  • Avvio Founder Announces the Establishment of The roomangel Foundation, an Initiative Hailed as the “Biggest Change in the History of Our Industry"
    Monday, February 3, 2025 from Hospitality Net Industry News
    Based in London, the roomangel Foundation is a newly established non-profit organisation on a mission to transform hotel distribution. Structured as a Company Limited by Guarantee (CLG), the Foundation invites hospitality stakeholders to...
  • ‘FIBO meets Riyadh’ pop-up bridges the gap between hospitality and fitness industries
    Monday, February 3, 2025 from Breaking Travel News | News: tourism
    Event highlights opportunities for hotels to transform gyms and wellness facilities into profit-driving powerhouses
  • Haute Retreats Expands Luxury Villa Portfolio in the French Riviera and Mallorca
    Monday, February 3, 2025 from Breaking Travel News | News: tourism
    Haute Retreats, the award-winning leader in luxury villa rentals, has announced an exciting expansion into two of Europe’s most coveted summer destinations—the French Riviera and Mallorca. This latest addition enhances the company’s...
  • Booking.com’s Traveller Review Awards 2025 Recognize a Record 1.71 Million Partners, and Unveil the Year’s Most Welcoming Destinations
    Monday, February 3, 2025 from Hospitality Net Industry News
    Booking.com, a global leader in connecting travelers to an unmatched selection of incredible accommodations, activities, and transportation options, including flights, car rentals, and taxis, is proud to announce the recipients of its...
  • Wyndham Caps Banner Year, Poised for Continued Growth Amid Rising Global Travel Demand
    Monday, February 3, 2025 from Hospitality Net Industry News
    Following a banner year capping multiple milestones and accomplishments, Wyndham Hotels & Resorts is poised for continued growth and innovation in 2025. Chief among its priorities: complementing its strong foundation of economy and...
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