Margaritaville in the Smokies
A Margaritaville resort in the Great Smoky Mountains? Actually, there are three.
The Margaritaville Island Inn and the Margaritaville Island Hotel—both in Pigeon Forge—are nearly...
The New ABCs of Hotel Financing
The fundamentals of hotel investing have never been better, and opportunities abound for getting deals done. The current funding landscape isn’t as crazy as...
How Joining SureStay Boosted a Washington Hotel’s Occupancy
The recently renovated, 54-room SureStay Hotel by Best Western Wenatchee in Wenatchee, Wash., was an independent property until August 31 of last year. Then,...
Full Steam Ahead
Although year-over-year total pipeline counts are flat, the internal pipeline metrics that drive future openings have been trending upward. For six quarters new project...
U.S. Hotels Are Operating at the Highest Level of Efficiency Since 1960
Atlanta–U.S. hoteliers enjoyed an eighth consecutive year of increasing profits in 2017 despite another slowdown in the rate of revenue growth. According to the...