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Hotel News Now’s experienced, award-winning journalists bring diverse perspectives and voices to the news. From exclusive video interviews with CEOs, to conference news from around the world, to coverage of public hotel companies, our stories are accessible for free 24/7 to inform your business today and in the future.
Hotel News Now tells the stories behind the STR hotel data you know, incorporating big-picture data trends and STR’s expert voices into our global coverage of hotel performance, development and operations. STR’s regular performance overview snapshots are always available free at Hotel News Now.
Hotel News Now is now part of the global CoStar News team, which reports commercial real estate news from all over the United States, Canada and the U.K.
Hotel News Now tells the stories behind the STR hotel data you know, incorporating big-picture data trends and STR’s expert voices into our global coverage of hotel performance, development and operations. STR’s regular performance overview snapshots are always available free at Hotel News Now.
Hotel News Now is now part of the global CoStar News team, which reports commercial real estate news from all over the United States, Canada and the U.K.
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Prism Hotels & Resorts founder Steve Van discusses the ins and outs of his former company's acquisition by Aimbridge Hospitality in 2021 and how that decision was more emotionally charged than he expected.
Former Chesapeake Hospitality and Remington Hospitality executive W. Chris Green joins the podcast to talk about the recent wave of mergers and acquisitions involving hotel management company and how he navigated a deal himself.
News editor Sean McCracken recaps some of Hotel News Now and CoStar News' top stories and podcasts from October.Stories featured in this podcast include:Six months in, Aimbridge's CEO focuses on hotel owners and building relationshipsTell Me More: Data fuels '25 travel trends around hotel restaurants, off-the-beaten-path destinations and set-jettingDallas developer opens two new luxury hotels in Texas, CaliforniaThe Upgrade: Serviced apartments attract hotel developer, brand attentionJoint venture will buy former Hôtel Saint-James & Albany in Paris
STR's Jesper Palmqvist and Matthew Burke join the podcast to discuss the latest across the Asia Pacific region, including whether recent stimulus efforts -- and the Golden Week holiday -- will help spur a travel rebound in China.
CoStar's Emmy Hise and Randyl Drummer join the HNN podcast to discuss why Seattle is in a better position than many other West Coast markets.
HNN's Bryan Wroten and Trevor Simpson share their thoughts and what they heard from second full day of the Lodging Conference 2024 in Phoenix, Arizona.
HNN's Bryan Wroten and Trevor Simpson share their takeaways from the first day of the Lodging Conference 2024 in Phoenix, Arizona.
In this episode, Hilton's Jess Petitt speaks about the company's 2025 Trends Report, which calls 2025 the "year of the travel maximizer" as travelers want to get the most out of their trips.
STR's Jesper Palmqvist joins the HNN podcast to talk about varying degrees of performance across the Asia Pacific region, the impacts of sporting events from F1 in Singapore to the Australian Football League, and takeaways from recent headlines like Oyo's pending acquisition of G6 Hospitality and China's new stimulus package.
Preparing for hurricane season is a year-round job, and HVMG's Jamison Conrey joins the HNN podcast to talk about how his company works to best prepare properties and employees for storms.
In this episode, Pyramid Global Hospitality's Patrick Berwald talks about how creating value and quality experiences in food and beverage set hotels apart from the competition as well as Pyramid's Purple Mynt concepting program.
Cade Watanabe, president of Unite Here Local 5 in Hawaii and co-chair of a ongoing national campaign that lead to more than 10,000 hotel workers striking over Labor Day weekend joins the Hotel News Now podcast to discuss why hotel workers are walking off the job and why they believe providing workers with better pay and working conditions is vital to "save our industry."
In this episode of the summer demand series, Michael Darrow, general manager of the Squire Resort at the Grand Canyon, BW Signature Collection, talks about normalizing demand levels and how extra offerings entice guests seeking new experiences to stay longer.
In this interview, Kampgrounds of America President and CEO Toby O'Rourke talks about the growing popularity of camping due in large part to the growing number of options available to travelers.
In this episode, STR's Jesper Palmqvist digs into the changing patterns of Chinese inbound and outbound travel.
Ashford Inc.'s Jeff Borman joins the Hotel News Now podcast to discuss his favorite current hotel industry trend -- the lack of volatility -- along with how he was inspired to work in the travel industry and start his own podcast explaining that industry, No Show.
Bashar Wali of This Assembly and Practice Hospitality joins the HNN podcast to talk about establishing real loyalty at hotels, which boils down to establishing real human-to-human connections.
HNN's Bryan Wroten speaks with CoStar's Emmy Hise and CoStar News' Tony Wilbert to discuss what they heard on the second day of the 2024 Hotel Data Conference and to share their overall takeaways.
HNN's Sean McCracken and Trevor Simpson are joined by STR's Kelsey Fenerty to discuss the first day of the 2024 Hotel Data Conference.
In this episode, David Hill, area general manager for Crestline Hotels & Resorts, outlines how his hotels in Washington D.C. and New York are doing everything they can to capture increased demand despite some hotel-specific challenges.
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