Industry News
Trump Hotels suspends development of Scion, American Idea
CITING POLITICAL PRESSURE, Trump Hotels has pulled its plans to build the first of two new brands in Cleveland, Mississippi, a Scion and two...
RLH Corp. sets record for franchise agreements in 2018
LAST YEAR, RED Lion Hotels Corp. set records for the number of franchise agreements it signed. The company’s recent acquisition of Knights Inn accounted...
TRENDS & ISSUES
Atlanta’s hotel performance exceeds expectations during Super Bowl weekend
THE CITY OF Atlanta’s hotel performance growth exceeded expectations during the weekend of Super Bowl LIII, according to STR.
During the Super Bowl nights from...
LE: Supply growth in U.S. reached 2 percent in 2018
NEW U.S. HOTEL supply growth reached 2 percent in 2018 for the first time in eight years, according to a new report from Lodging...
Survey: Guests frustrated by unfriendly hotel staff
MOST HOTELS TELL their staff to be friendly with guests, but a new survey commissioned by hotel communications software producer ALICE found that unfriendly...
STR: U.S hotel occupancy up 0.1 percent, performance steady after government reopening
U.S. HOTEL PERFORMANCE was a bit steadier during the first week of February following the ending of the government shutdown, according to STR. Slight...
USTA: U.S. travel marks 3.6 percent growth in December
TRAVEL TO AND within the U.S. maintained its steady growth in December, according to the U.S. Travel Association’s newest Travel Trends Index. USTA also...
Travel industry adds 33k jobs in January
MORE THAN 33,000 jobs were generated in the U.S. by the travel industry in January, according to the U.S. Travel Association. That is the...
Supplement Special Report 2018
