Industry News
Advantage Hotels partners with LPS of USA
NEWLY-FORMED COMPANY Advantage Hotels is now a vendor partner for Brentwood, Tennessee-based Leuva Patidar Samaj of USA. Industry veteran and Advantage President and CEO...
Marriott ‘drip pricing’ lawsuit may be just the beginning
A LAWSUIT FILED against Marriott International by the District of Columbia is the first result of a multi-state investigation into “drip pricing,” the practice...
TRENDS & ISSUES
USTA: U.S travel index grew 3.2 percent in May
TRAVEL TO AND inside the U.S. grew 3.2 percent in May over the previous year, according to the U.S Travel Association’s latest Travel Trends...
Hotstats: Information technology a focus for U.S. hotels
INFORMATION AND TELECOMMUNICATION technology was a major focus of spending by U.S. hotels in 2018, according to Hotstats’ blog. Labor was one of the...
STR: U.S. hotel occupancy down 0.5 percent in last week of June
OCCUPANCY FOR U.S. hotels fell 0.5 percent to 75.5 percent during the final week of June, according to STR. ADR increased 1.4 percent year-over-year...
Hotel stock index rises 6.2 percent in June
THE BAIRD/STR Hotel Stock Index rose 6.2 percent in June after a shaky performance in May. Lifts in the overall stock market bolstered the...
USTA: U.S travel index grew 3 percent in April
TRAVEL TO AND inside the U.S. grew 3 percent in April over the previous year, according to U.S Travel Association’s latest Travel Trends Index....
U.S. hotels’ profits rose 2 percent in May
MAY WAS OVERALL a good month for the U.S. hotel industry. Bouncing back from the negative turn in April, May recorded a 2 percent...
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Supplement Special Report 2018
