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La Quinta Opens First Del Sol Prototype Hotel

When La Quinta announced its new Del Sol prototype last year, the company talked about how the new design maximized the revenue-producing square feet to create a more cost-efficient hotel. The company had started...

How to Deal: Leveraging Assets for Optimal Returns

The hotel business is attracting a lot of investment money and there’s a good reason for that. “The market fundamentals are as good as we’ve seen since we’ve been in this business,” says Jim...

Dean Savas Talks G6 Hospitality’s Latin American Development Deal

G6 Hospitality, the company behind the Motel 6 and Studio 6 brands, is acting out an ambitious growth plan fueled by the investment of its owner, the Blackstone Group. Along with rolling out a...

CEO Bruce Haase Breaks Down Value Place Rebranding

Two weeks ago, extended-stay hotel brand Value Place announced that it was changing its name to WoodSpring Suites, and developing a sub-brand with more enhanced offerings. Bruce Haase, Value Place-now-WoodSpring Suites CEO, said the...

Industry Execs Address Issues at AAHOA Convention

Speaking as part of the opening panel at the Asian American Hotel Owners Association annual convention last week in Long Beach, Calif., Raj Trivedi, EVP and chief development officer, La Quinta Inns & Suites,...