Extended Stay America Donates Rooms to Cancer Patients
In a potentially lifesaving partnership with the American Cancer Society, Extended Stay America (ESA) is providing 40,000 room nights over two years to cancer...
La Quinta Remains Agile While Focusing on Growth
Going public in April is just another milestone in La Quinta’s steady transformation from regional player to national brand. In La Quinta’s first earnings...
Shashi Group Shares Advice for First-Time Franchisees
Shashi Group’s technology-savvy founders, Dipesh Gupta and Manish Gupta, recognized early on the significant hotel supply-and-demand gap in Silicon Valley, says Narayanan Karu, vice...
Lodging Industry Attracts New Blood, Fresh Ideas
Developer Tim O’Reilly may not have grown up in the lodging industry, but his family knows a thing or two about delivering good old-fashioned...
AC Hotels Intends to Stand Out in Crowded Segment
When Marriott International unveiled plans to franchise its AC by Marriott brand in the United States in June 2013, the company was trying to...