Jeff Weinstein

In January, before the coronavirus had reshaped 2020 and the global hotel industry, HOTELS conducted a roundtable panel with leading brand executives to talk about how and where they find inspiration to address professional challenges and opportunities. A lot has changed since that session, sponsored by the Wall Street Journal and held just before the […]

Marriott Content Studio is debuting a half-hour reality series about hotel openings, The Hollywood Reporter reported exclusively on Thursday. The six-part series goes behind the scenes at hotels around the world to tell the brand story and to reveal the trials and tribulations of hotel teams counting down toward openings. The first movie focuses on […]

Marriott International announced on Tuesday that the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has communicated its intent to issue a fine in the amount of £99,200,396 (more than US$124 million) against the company in relation to the Starwood guest reservation database incident that Marriott announced on November 30, 2018. Marriott has the right to respond before […]

Park Hotels & Resorts has entered into two separate, definitive contracts to sell the 360-room Le Meridien San Francisco and the 171-room Hotel Adagio, Autograph Collection (San Francisco, CA) for total proceeds of US$303.5 million, or an average sale price of approximately US$572,000 per key. Once these two dispositions are completed, Park will have exceeded […]

High-quality hotels in Spain are selling at a record pace, some closing with extraordinary low yields, according to new data from Colliers. In the first six months of 2021, investment levels reached €1.094 billion (US$1.3 billion), the most in 15 years and already topping the €955 million (US$1.1 billion) recorded throughout 2020. A total of […]

London-based Ennismore, the team behind The Hoxton, on Thursday announced NoCo, a new brand striving to challenge the status quo of budget hotel brands. A release said NoCo was created for “clued up travellers and inquisitive locals; NoCo appeals to those who want more than a generic hotel experience at a fair price.” Each NoCo site will […]

Choice Hotels International President and CEO Pat Pacious opened the company’s 65th convention on Tuesday by reinforcing Choice’s strategy to strengthen its midscale presence, grow its upscale and extended-stay portfolio, as well as advance its technology platform. In the past year, Choice surpassed 7,000 hotels open in its global system; expanded its domestic development pipeline […]

RLH Corp. is breaking another traditional mold with the launch of a designated website that allows hotel owners to apply online for a franchise under its Country Hearth brand umbrella. The franchiseasy website has an online application process for hoteliers looking to operate as an independent or under the Country Hearth brand. It has eight […]

Expedia announced Monday it is further rolling out a Value Add Promotions tool on Expedia PartnerCentral for hotels to offer complimentary amenities that enhance value for guests. The program works on a cost-per-acquisition model where hotels incur the cost of the promotional amenity only after the guest checks into the hotel. The Value Add Promotions […]

Recent Northern California wildfires caused significant hotel performance declines in Napa and Sonoma counties, while hotels in Mendocino and Solano counties saw a substantial performance lift, according to an analysis by STR’s Consulting and Analytics team. August fire in Southern California For the purpose of its analysis, STR matched performance levels from the week of 1-7 […]