Lodging Daily News

WASHINGTON, D.C.—The percentage of hotel industry board seats held by Black members and women members, respectively, is going up. That’s according to recent research commissioned by AHLA Foundation and conducted by Penn State’s School of Hospitality Management. The increase exceeds the 2022 average in both categories for firms in the Russell 3000 Index, signaling progress in the effort to diversify corporate boards. The report highlights multiple gains for the industry. The 2022 data set analyzed 230

CHICAGO—Hyatt Hotels Corporation announced plans for a new short-term vacation rental platform, Homes & Hideaways by World of Hyatt, which will have private homes and remote hideaways in the United States. When the offering launches, which is expected in the coming weeks, World of Hyatt members will have direct booking access to short-term private home rentals. The planned launch of Homes & Hideaways by World of Hyatt reinforces Hyatt’s commitment to providing flexible stay experiences.

WASHINGTON—U.S. hotel performance increased from the previous week according to CoStar’s latest data through Sept. 23, 2023. U.S. Hotel Performance September 17-23, 2023 Percentage change from comparable week in 2022:Occupancy: 68.5 percent (down 1.6 percent)ADR: $164.97 (up 2.9 percent)RevPAR: $112.96 (up 1.2 percent) Occupancy remained down year over year due to the Rosh Hashanah calendar shift. Among the Top 25 Markets, Minneapolis saw the largest year-over-year occupancy increase (up 7.4 percent to 71.3 percent). Helped

According to new Demand360 business intelligence data from Amadeus, global hotel occupancy levels up to the end of August 2023 have been an average of 10 percent ahead of 2022. For the fourth quarter of 2023, worldwide on-the-books occupancy data reveals that reservations are trending 11 percent ahead of those seen in 2022. In a further boost to hoteliers, global revenue per available room (RevPAR) has grown by an average of 17 percent this year

When architect and developer Bruce Redman Becker envisioned the opportunity to create Hotel Marcel New Haven, Tapestry Collection by Hilton, which opened in May 2022, he set a goal to create a hotel that operated fully on renewable energy, without any use of fossil fuels. That vision is now a reality and Hotel Marcel has also become the first Passive House-certified hotel in the country. The Passive House certification, managed by Passive House Institute (PHI),