Industry News
California legislation would ban small toiletry bottles in hotels
California lawmakers have set their sights on complimentary toiletry bottles that have long been a hotel tradition. Of course, some hospitality companies have already...
Nashville Holiday Inn celebrates 50th anniversary
IHG HOTELS AND Resorts recently celebrated the 50th anniversary of one of its landmark properties, the Holiday Inn Nashville-Vanderbilt in Nashville, Tennessee. Over its...
TRENDS & ISSUES
Report: $1 billion investment in waterparks expected for 2019
SUMMER IS AROUND the corner and the waterparks will soon be springing up like flowers of profit, according to projections by Hotel & Leisure...
Brand USA brought 1.13 million international visitors to the U.S. in 2018
THE DESTINATION MARKETING organization Brand USA brought 1.13 million more incremental visitors to the U.S. in fiscal year 2018, according the organization’s most recent...
U.S. hotels see hikes in occupancy, ADR and RevPAR
U.S. hotels reported positive performance results during the last week of March, according to STR. The fact that Easter fell in the same time...
Hotel stock index dropped 0.9 percent in March
THE BAIRD/STR Hotel Stock Index fell 0.9 percent in March to 4,642. The drop comes a month after a 6.8 percent increase in February.
The...
Study explains pre-opening costs
THERE’S A LOT that goes into opening a new hotel, so much so that even experienced developers may need a little help determining pre-opening...
STR: U.S. hotel occupancy up 0.2 percent in third week of March
U.S. HOTEL PERFORMANCE was nearly flat during the third week of March, according to STR. Parts of California saw the most growth, while Houston,...
Supplement Special Report 2018
