IDeaS Names Winner of Fabian Specht Revenue Optimisation Professional of the Year at HSMAI Europe
IDeaS | January 26, 2023
IDeaS Scores in Two Categories of the Hotel Tech Awards
IDeaS | January 18, 2023
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Hotel Trouvail Miami Beach Inducted Into Historic Hotels of America
Historic Hotels of America® | January 26, 2023
MIAMI, January 26, 2023 – Hotel Trouvail Miami Beach in Miami, Florida, is pleased to announce it has been inducted into Historic Hotels of America®, the official program of the National Trust for Historic Preservation. Hotel Trouvail Miami Beach is one of more than 300 hotels and resorts throughout the country that is recognized by Historic Hotels of America® for preserving and maintaining its historic integrity, architecture, and ambiance. “Historic Hotels of America® is delighted to induct Hotel Trouvail, a French-inspired hotel built in 1940,” said Lawrence Horwitz, Executive Vice President of Historic Hotels of America®...
Amir Nematipour Appointed Director of Food and Beverage at Four Seasons Resort Lanai
January 26, 2023
Amir Nematipour has been named Food & Beverage Director of Four Seasons Resort Lanai, overseeing all food and beverage operations for the Forbes Five Star and AAA Five Diamond Hawaiian resort. Nematipour was recently promoted to the role from his position of Executive Chef at the oceanfront property. Prior to Lanai, he served in several kitchens in Los Angeles, including Beverly Wilshire, A Four Seasons Hotel, along with hotels in the Middle East and Europe. “We are so pleased to welcome Amir into this role, a new chapter for him,” says Alastair McAlpine, General Manager of Four Seasons Resorts Lanai. “His culinary posi...
Almost Half of Global Hotel Markets Recovered RevPAR With Challenging 2023 Ahead
STR | January 26, 2023
STR’s global bubble chart update for 2022 shows resilient performance and plenty of momentum to face a challenging 2023 ahead. Almost half of the STR-defined markets around the world fully recovered revenue per available room (RevPAR) to 2019 levels. Among the 64 countries with room supply of more than 50,000 rooms, Jamaica, Israel, Cyprus, Switzerland, and Singapore were the top five performers on an absolute RevPAR basis in 2022. In most regions, performance was driven more by hotel prices while occupancy lagged pre-pandemic levels. Israel led all countries with an average daily rate (ADR) of more than US$300. On the downs...
STR: U.S. Hotel Results for Week Ending 21 January
STR | January 26, 2023
HENDERSONVILLE, Tennessee—With the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, U.S. hotel performance came in slightly lower than the previous week, according to STR‘s latest data through 21 January. 15-21 January 2023 (percentage change from comparable week in 2019*): Occupancy: 54.2% (-6.2%) Average daily rate (ADR): US$140.16 (+11.3%) Revenue per available room (RevPAR): US$75.97 (+4.4%) Among the Top 25 Markets, Tampa reported the highest increase over 2019 in each of the three key performance metrics: occupancy (+6.8% to 78.8%), ADR (+31.9% to US$174.78) and RevPAR (+41.0% to US$137.76). None of the other Top 25 Markets sa...
Create a Selfie Experience
Shep Hyken | January 26, 2023
By Shep Hyken Here’s an interesting concept. I’ll describe it in the form of a question: Do you create an experience that is so good your customers want to remember it with a photograph? I started thinking about this as I walked through Times Square in New York City and couldn’t help but notice how many people were taking pictures of themselves with the bright lights, huge signs, and thousands of other people in the background. People wanted to remember the moment, and thanks to the cameras that virtually everyone has today, also known as mobile phones, they can save and cherish moments and share them with others forever. ...
Spark GHC Acquires Hampton Inn by Hilton – Downtown Cleveland
Spark GHC | January 26, 2023
CLEVELAND, Jan. 26, 2023 -- Spark GHC, a private real estate joint venture focused on hospitality assets in the U.S. Midwest, has acquired the Hampton Inn by Hilton – Downtown Cleveland. The acquisition provides a strong footprint for the joint venture in the Downtown market and adds Hilton to their existing portfolio alongside Marriott and IHG brands. This is the 11th acquisition for the sponsors since 2018 and increases combined Spark GHC assets under management to above $100 million. The Hampton Inn by Hilton – Downtown Cleveland is a generational asset located in the heart of Downtown Cleveland near major att...
Do Sports Entertainment Districts Make a Difference?
Anthony Davis | January 26, 2023
By Anthony Davis HVS analysis found that while venues with districts do have more amenities, the difference is not statistically significant. When broken out by sport, MLB and NFL venues with districts had more entertainment amenities, however the differences were still not significant. Demand for these districts, estimated by tracking what attendees do before and after events, shows that the percentage of attendees who use entertainment amenities is not significantly different between venues with districts and without. Instead, these districts import existing demand from other locations in the city and concentrates them around the venu...
IHG Hotels & Resorts celebrates “Topping Off” of InterContinental Hotel – Bellevue at the Avenue
IHG Hotels & Resorts | January 26, 2023
ATLANTA (Jan. 26, 2023) – IHG Hotels & Resorts (IHG), one of the world’s leading hotel companies, today commemorated the next milestone in the forthcoming InterContinental Hotels & Resorts luxury hotel in Bellevue, Wash. during a topping-off ceremony alongside company and community leaders. The hotel, which broke ground in January 2020, will mark the IHG Luxury & Lifestyle Collection brand’s Pacific Northwest debut upon its projected fourth quarter 2023 opening. Featuring 208 rooms, InterContinental Hotel – Bellevue at the Avenue, will occupy nine floors of a 26-story tower within the sprawling mixed-use complex at t...
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