Kate Hughes
Kate Hughes, Editor, LODGING Magazine
Digging Into What Makes Days Inn Work as the Brand Marks its 50th Anniversary
The story of the founding of Days Inn—now Days Inn by Wyndham—has an almost mythic quality. In 1969, Cecil B. Day was on a cross-country road trip with his family and had difficulty finding...
Six Experts Weigh in on Hotel Industry Recovery
After nearly three months of lockdowns and sheltering in place, restrictions are starting to lift and people are considering traveling once more. The hotel industry, which was hit particularly hard by the COVID-19 pandemic,...
Stephen Rogers on Deloitte’s “Global State of the Consumer Tracker” Survey
Last week, Deloitte released the results of its first in a series of bi-weekly surveys that focus on the effects of the current global health crisis on the mindset of the consumer. The survey,...
More Than a Number: Forging a Path When Millions of Hotel Workers Are Losing...
On March 11, the World Health Organization declared the spread of COVID-19 a pandemic—not even three months after the disease was officially reported to the WHO Country Office in China on December 31 of...
Radisson Hosted AHLA CEO Chip Rogers for an Online Discussion of COVID-19 Challenges
Last week, president and CEO of the American Hotel & Lodging Association (AHLA) Chip Rogers joined Radisson’s newly minted Americas CEO Jim Alderman for an online video discussion about the challenges facing the hotel...