Hotels

Athens-based online travel agents Tripsta and airtickets.com have merged claiming their joint size puts them among the top five European OTAs. The firms, which will continue trading as separate brands, […]

Hotel performance in Australia holds strong, but the lack of supply could be a concern for the country moving forward The Australian hotel industry shows no signs of slowing down, […]

Growth. It’s encouraging to start the year with travel industry forecasts projecting 7.6% RevPar growth, 4.1% ADR growth, and 3.4% occupancy growth. Where there is growth there is opportunity, and […]

Is inflation masking the current strength of ADR? For the total U.S., real ADR priced in 2014 about the same rate it did in 1999 and 2006. Much has been […]

Google is back in the news with another algorithm change – and this time it’s a big one. The search engine announced recently its plans to roll out the Mobile-Friendly […]

For travelers, reputation is (almost) everything when it comes time to book accommodations, based on February 2015 research by Ipsos MORI for TripAdvisor. While price ranked as the most important […]

A major pillar of Hong Kong’s economy, the tourism industry contributed to 4.9% of Hong Kong’s gross domestic product and employed approximately 270,000 people in 2013. That represents 7.2% of […]

Airbnb’s rapid conquest of the guest accommodation market shows no sign of abating, and that even includes winning the business of corporate travelers, whether their employers know or not. Even […]

Summary Why it’s only a matter of time before Airbnb has a major impact on the U.S. hospitality industry. Starwood will experience growing pressure in the U.S. market from Airbnb. […]

The U.S. lodging industry will continue to achieve very strong growth in rooms revenue per available room (RevPAR) during both 2015 and 2016 according to the recently released March 2015 […]