Condé Nast Traveler Announces 2018 Readers’ Choice Awards for Best Hotels
NEW YORK—Condé Nast Traveler this week announced the winners of its 31st annual Readers' Choice Awards, ranking the best hotels, resorts, cities, islands, airlines,...
The Top Hotel Companies and Brands in Europe’s Pipeline
PORTSMOUTH, NH—According to a recent Hotel Construction Pipeline Trend Report for Europe, analysts at Lodging Econometrics (LE) report that the top global hotel companies...
Marriott Expected To Open Nearly a Third of All New U.S. Hotels in 2018
Marriott International's current hotel construction pipeline in the United States has 1,383 projects totaling 177,926 rooms, the largest of any domestic franchise company, according...
Five U.S. Markets with the Largest Hotel Construction Pipelines
Analysts at Lodging Econometrics recently reported the five U.S. markets with the largest hotel construction pipelines by project count.
New York — With 169...
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Area of protection (AOP) is a negotiated geographic area of exclusivity that a new franchisee sets up with a franchisor that blocks new, competing...
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Five Hotel Companies Among Fortune’s 100 Best Companies to Work For
Five hotel companies made the recently released 21st annual Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For list, which is based on surveyed employee ratings...
Five Markets With the Most Hotel Construction
Analysts at Lodging Econometrics recently reported the top five markets with the largest hotel construction pipelines for the third quarter of 2018. The number...
12 Ways To Increase Hotel Security
Even when hotels have strong security policies and procedures in place, they are still vulnerable to cyber attacks, break-ins, theft, fraud, and other crimes....
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Knowing the average, actual costs incurred per occupied guestroom enables a manager to make more prudent pricing and marketing decisions and to monitor expenses....
