Former La Quinta head helps launch ‘contactless’ check-in tech company
INVESTORS IN VIRDEE, a new software as a service company focused on producing “contactless” technology for hotels and other industries, have raised $2 million...
HVS: Average per diem rates rising across top U.S. markets
THERE HAS BEEN an increase in average per diem rates across top U.S. lodging markets in 2020 expected to continue into 2021, according to...
The Witness Group contracts with HE for management
THE WITNESS GROUP, an Asian American owned hospitality development and investment group, has contracted with Atlanta-based management and development firm Hotel Equities to manage...
AHLA: 74 percent of hoteliers could cut more jobs without aid
THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC has already cost thousands of jobs in the U.S. hospitality industry. Now a majority of American Hotel & Lodging Association members...
HVS points out critical components for a receivership
MANY HOTELS WILL go into receivership and/or foreclosure in the coming months as a result of COVID-19 pandemic. An article from consulting firm HVS...
IHG brings voco brand to U.S.
VOCO, AN UPSCALE brand launched in Australia two years ago by InterContinental Hotels Group, is coming to the U.S. market. The first three properties...
USTA continues demand Congress pass federal stimulus
THE U.S. TRAVEL industry lost more than half the 15.8 million jobs it supported before the COVID-19 pandemic and if the sector does not...
Tripadvisor survey shows travel will continue in fall
THE SUMMER IS over but the traveling is not, according to Tripadvisor. The online travel platform’s Seasonal Travel Index for Fall shows at least...
HotStats lists 5 ways to find opportunity in COVID-19 crisis
EVEN IN SUCH an unprecedented crisis as the current pandemic, opportunity can be found for hotels to make extra profits, according to a blog...
IHG enters partnerships for racial equality
RACIAL EQUALITY REMAINS a top issue for the U.S. and InterContinental Hotels Group is joining the national conversation with three new programs. IHG has...
