Survey: Majority of Travelers Check Online Reviews Before Booking

CHICAGO—More than three quarters of travelers use review sites such as Yelp and TripAdvisor to conduct research prior to booking services, according to a...

Hotels—Not OTAs—Own the Data That Makes the Difference

Online travel agencies (OTAs) have built incredibly successful, valuable businesses, and their websites largely define what consumers now expect from the modern booking experience....

SiteMinder: Hotel Websites Rank Among the Top Three Booking Channels

SiteMinder has revealed the 15 booking channels that generated the greatest revenue for U.S. and Canada hotels in key tourism destinations in 2017. The...

Choice Creates New Global Reservation System—choiceEDGE

ROCKVILLE, Md.—Choice Hotels International announced that the company will transition to choiceEDGE, the first new global reservation system (GRS) from a hotel company in...

Fornova Highlights Three Trends in Hotel Distribution for 2018

Dori Stein, CEO of hotel distribution technology company Fornova, anticipates a year of even faster growth in 2018, and pointed to three trends in...
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Choice Hotels Publishes 2023 ESG Report

NORTH BETHESDA, Maryland—Choice Hotels International, Inc. published its 2023 Environmental, Social, and Governance Report. The report details Choice's latest initiatives to drive sustainability across...
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World of Hyatt Platform Adds More Than 700 Properties From Mr & Mrs Smith

CHICAGO—Hyatt Hotels Corporation announced that World of Hyatt is offering members access to earn and redeem at a collection of more than 700 boutique...
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Lodging Econometrics: U.S. Hotel Construction Pipeline Shows Robust Growth

As seen in the Q1 2024 U.S. Hotel Construction Pipeline Trend Report from Lodging Econometrics (LE), at the end of the first quarter, there...
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