Skift Blog

MARCH 25, 2023

The next generation knows what they want from hotels, and it's not bad at all. Skift Take: Gen X move over. Jason Clampet Read the Complete Story On Skift

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Skift Blog

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Skift Take: The hotel sector in the Asia Pacific is doing better than before, but filling rooms — especially with business events — will take a bit longer. Peden Doma Bhutia Read the Complete Story On Skift

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Skift Blog

MARCH 26, 2025

Skift Take: In the competitive hotel market, commission yields quietly shape profits, and small percentage shifts can mean big revenue swings. In Europe, higher proportions of independent hotels and third-party booking transactions require nuanced strategy and sharp data analysis for optimizing revenue from hotel room sales.

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Hotel Speak

JUNE 11, 2025

Artificial intelligence is no longer a futuristic concept in the hotel industry—it’s an essential driver of performance in today’s hyper-competitive digital landscape. In this article, we’ll explore how AI is transforming three key pillars of hotel commerce: channel management, CRM, and direct booking engines.

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eHotelier

MAY 29, 2025

Google has long made it clear that it doesnt want to just help users search it wants to help them find answers. Its latest round of updates in Search and Maps

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Hotel Management

JUNE 20, 2023

The post Exclusive: the pub business taking on Sydney’s boutique hotel market appeared first on Hotel Management. “These are the students doing the night shifts – the early mornings and late nights – they’re the backbone of our industry, and we really rely on them to be able to do those hours.”

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Skift Blog

JULY 5, 2023

Skift Take: Get a preview of our latest output from our Hotel Tech Benchmark data product. In this update, Skift Research looks closely at the best uses of digital marketing and advertising tools. Saniya Zanpure Read the Complete Story On Skift

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Lodging

DECEMBER 18, 2023

DENVER, Colorado—Crescent Hotels & Resorts announced the addition of The Source Hotel & Market Hall to its Latitudes: Lifestyles by Crescent portfolio. The Source is a boutique hotel, market hall, and creative location in Denver’s RiNo Art District. The property offers 100 guestrooms with 20 suites.

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HotStats

JUNE 25, 2025

Southeast Asia’s hotel performance is showing signs of a reset. After years of dependable growth in destinations like Thailand, Singapore, and Indonesia, newer markets such as Phnom Penh, Manila, and Hanoi are beginning to outpace their regional neighbors in year-on-year growth.

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Hotel Management

JUNE 26, 2025

Fiji’s hotel market has shown consistent growth and forward bookings indicated continued strength, writes Nick Thompson, Senior Vice President, Hotels and Hospitality. Fiji’s hotel market demonstrates consistent growth as demand exceeds supply, with robust forward bookings indicating continued strength.

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Skift Blog

AUGUST 23, 2024

Skift Take: Choice Hotels has revamped Radisson and Radisson Blu to further solidify its position in the upscale hotel market. Choice Hotels Read the Complete Story On Skift Appeal to a new generation of travelers while honoring its 115-year-old heritage.

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Skift Blog

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Skift Take: Two back-to-back hotel deals in Bengaluru point towards a high investor interest. Behind this interest lie several factors that are making the city's hotel market lucrative. Bulbul Dhawan Read the Complete Story On Skift

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Skift Blog

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

Skift Take: In May 2022, Marriott said it would let non-hotel marketers place ads on its site, lobby TVs, and guest-room Wi-Fi portals. But it's been largely quiet since then. Here's an update. Sean O'Neill Read the Complete Story On Skift

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Skift Blog

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Skift Take: Amtrak is taking a lesson from the hotel marketing playbook and focusing on its guest amenities to take on the airlines and other competitors. Dawit Habtemariam Read the Complete Story On Skift

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Hotel Management

JUNE 10, 2025

Queenstown continues to be one of the best performing hotel markets in Australasia, and our hotel property is in a prime location on the shores of Lake Wakatipu,” said EVT Director – Commercial, Mathew Duff. The refurbishment will significantly enhance the assets value and grow earnings for our shareholders.

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Hotel Management

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

This appointment further strengthens our position as Australia’s leading luxury hotel, as we continue to lead the way as masters in the craft of hospitality. I am thrilled to join Capella Sydney, a hotel renowned for its commitment to excellence and luxury, he said. billion in hotel transactions for 2025.

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Are Morch

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

(Original article: [Hotel Marketing: TikTok Isn’t Just for Dance Challenges]([link] The original article by my friends at Smart Pineapple makes a great point: TikTok isn’t just for teens and viral dances.

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Skift Blog

FEBRUARY 9, 2025

Skift Take: IHG CEO Elie Maalouf sees rich potential in many fragmented hotel markets, such as Europe and Japan, where independent hoteliers face mounting pressures from digital transformation. Sean O'Neill Read the Complete Story On Skift

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Skift Blog

APRIL 17, 2023

Skift Take: A growing middle class with high disposable income as well as the big fat wedding industry are fueling the Indian luxury hotels market. Peden Doma Bhutia Read the Complete Story On Skift

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Skift Blog

MARCH 31, 2023

Skift Take: In this video from Skift Future of Lodging Forum 2023, we hear from hospitality leaders at Sojern and Marriott International about what hotel marketers should be thinking — and doing next — in order to develop first-party data, understand guests on a one-to-one basis, and increase profitability.

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Lodging

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Leveraging its offerings in ROI for owners, Holiday Inn Express has garnered attention from owners and investors since entering the market.

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Hotel Management

JUNE 10, 2025

The Sydney hotel market is undersupplied and has experienced extraordinary RevPAR (revenue per available room) growth since the pandemic.

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Hotel Management

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

More than 120 hoteliers from New South Wales hotels were in attendance for the recent Accommodation Australia NSW Hotel Market and Economic Outlook Update at Hilton Sydney.

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Lodging

JUNE 3, 2025

CHICAGO, IllinoisHotel Communication Network(HCN) announced the acquisition of Crave Interactive, a UK-based provider specializing in digital guest experiences for luxury hotels. This strategic move expands HCN’s reach across the four- and five-star hotel markets. The deal closed for an undisclosed amount.

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Hotel Management

JANUARY 14, 2025

The tournament is also expected to have a positive impact on the luxury end of the hotel market. Strong demand is apparent from the North American market, with hotel suite bookings popular, said newly appointed Accommodation Australia (Victoria) Advisory Group Chair, Peter Minatsis.

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Hotel News Resource

JUNE 23, 2025

With most hotel markets facing uncertainly, if not a softening in transient demand, now is a perfect time for Revenue Generation Managers to help their hotel’s operations leaders focus on generating even more revenue from the transient segments. Here are some opportunities and corresponding action steps.

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Hotel Speak

JUNE 18, 2025

Beyond celebrating the incredible marketing minds behind some of the UK’s best hotel marketing campaigns and hotel websites, this week’s Hotel Marketing Association Awards , held at The Savoy in London, brought together a stellar panel of industry leaders – Alex Polizzi, Suzie Thompson, Mike Baxter and Matthew Saunby.

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Hotel Management

APRIL 21, 2025

Hotels in Queenstown, Christchurch and Rotorua have enjoyed a strong start to the year with increased room rates, driven by an uptick in international visitors, while New Zealands main centres of Auckland and Wellington saw a decline. to NZ$239 in Queenstown for the year ending 31 March.

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Hotel Management

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

AHICE Aloha sponsor and panel moderator, Rodger Powell from THSA, has strong ties to the Hawai’ian hotel market and shared his thoughts on the outcomes from the conference. “It I am confident that this event will evolve and grow in the future.

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Hotel Business

JUNE 18, 2025

The transformation will be guided by Catalyst Hotel Marketing, a proprietary marketing program developed by Bruce A. Under Mount Vernon’s stewardship, the property will be repositioned and reimagined to deliver an elevated guest experience while honoring its storied history, according to the company.

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Hotel Management

OCTOBER 24, 2024

JLL Managing Director and Head of Investment Sales – Australasia, Peter Harper, said quality real estate continues to remain highly sought after in the hotels sector.

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Hotel Management

APRIL 29, 2025

Commenting on the build, Stonewood Group Director, Michael Chow, said, We are excited by our partnership with the Radisson Hotel Group and when we open later this year, we will be bringing to the Auckland hotel market an exceptional lifestyle hotel.

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Hotel Business

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

“The breakdown in the historical correlation between hotel demand and GDP growth continued into the third quarter, but we expect a normalization of this relationship due to interest rate cuts, lower CPI growth, and improving GDP indicators,” said Michael Nhu, head, global hotels forecasting, CBRE.

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Hotel Management

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Having worked with Choice in the past to successfully grow our previous regional property, we were eager to re-enter the hotel market with Choice, said Phill. Being part of Choice Hotels gave us access to corporate markets in regional areas something we couldnt do alone.

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Hotel Management

JULY 11, 2023

“Following years of substantial construction cost inflation, it is now unfeasible to develop world-leading, premium specification luxury hotels in Australia’s capital cities,” he said. These Ritz-Carlton’s represent the pinnacle of Australia’s luxury hotel market and are unlikely to see new competition for the foreseeable future.”

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Hotel Management

JULY 4, 2025

Once more the event is focused solely on the London hotel market and will offer statistical, investment, development and operations outlooks, plus a look at some of the new hotels that have opened in the Capital.

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Hotel Management

JANUARY 8, 2024

The appointment coincides with a focus on luxury expansion for Marriott, particularly in the Asia Pacific, a region that accounts for a third of Marriott International’s luxury hotels and over half of Marriott’s global pipeline. How is the luxury hotel market evolving in Australia? What are guests demanding?

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