Kate Hughes
Kate Hughes, Editor, LODGING Magazine
Lark Hotels’ Tailored and Specific Approach To Growth
When Lark Hotels launched in 2012, the boutique hotel brand was primarily focused on acquiring and renovating existing properties with anywhere between 10 and 27 guestrooms in seasonal transient markets throughout New England and...
Lara Latture: The Accidental Hotelier
Lara Latture has been with The Hotel Group (THG), an Edmonds, Wash.-based hotel developer and management company, for 20 years, but she still often refers to herself as an “accidental hotelier.” She came into...
IHG Breaks Ground on First avid hotel in Oklahoma City
Yesterday, IHG celebrated the groundbreaking of the first property for their new brand, avid hotels, in Oklahoma City. The 87-room avid hotel Oklahoma City–Quail Springs will be a new-build property owned by Champion Hotels,...
Checking In With Best Western’s Ron Pohl
At Best Western’s annual North American Convention and Global Conference earlier this month, the company touted its many successes from the past few years. Huge jumps in guest satisfaction, new brands brought to market,...
IHG’s Eric Lent and Meredith Latham Talk Crowne Plaza Accelerate
In late October, Crowne Plaza held its owner and GM conference, Accelerate Together. The conference focused on the latest initiatives to come out of the Crowne Plaza’s Accelerate program, a 3-year initiative that will...