hotels

Hotel Sector Recovery Begins As A Local Affair
Hotel Sector Recovery Begins As A Local Affair
August 11, 2020  |  Travel Payments

Marriott International’s Q2 2020 earnings — rough, as expected, reporting a net loss of $234 million after springtime bookings all but evaporated — contain nuggets...

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Luxury Hotelier Eyes Private Clubs As New Business Model
Luxury Hotelier Eyes Private Clubs As New Business Model
July 28, 2020  |  Travel Payments

As the coronavirus devastates the hospitality industry, hotelier to the stars André Balazs is gearing up for his next act: private clubs. Get the Full...

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Loews Hotels CEO: Business Travel Won’t Return This Year
Loews Hotels CEO: Business Travel Won’t Return This Year
July 21, 2020  |  Travel Payments

Loews Hotels CEO Jonathan Tisch does not expect a return to significant national, international or business travel anytime soon, according to an interview he gave...

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Is Voice The Ultimate Touchless Payments Experience?
Is Voice The Ultimate Touchless Payments Experience?
July 20, 2020  |  Voice Activation

Voice technology was already on the rise long before the global pandemic broke out, with a steadily increasing share of consumers using voice assistants like...

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Hilton To Cut 2,100 Employees Due To Pandemic
Hilton To Cut 2,100 Employees Due To Pandemic
June 16, 2020  |  Coronavirus

With the hospitality industry slammed by the COVID-19 crisis, Hilton Worldwide Holdings said it planned to cut about 22 percent of its corporate workforce globally,...

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Hotels Pivot To Embrace The ‘Great Staycation Of 2020’
Hotels Pivot To Embrace The ‘Great Staycation Of 2020’
June 15, 2020  |  Travel Payments

A rising tide of staycations may bring hotels back from the great pandemic slump. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...

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Should Las Vegas Bet On Consumers Returning to Casinos?
Should Las Vegas Bet On Consumers Returning to Casinos?
June 03, 2020  |  Coronavirus

Las Vegas casinos shut their doors in mid-March in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, sending Nevada’s unemployment rate to a worst-in-the-nation 28.2 percent (nearly twice...

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Marriott Opens Its China Properties Again Amid Travel Recovery
Marriott Opens Its China Properties Again Amid Travel Recovery
June 02, 2020  |  Economy

As Marriott surfaces out of pandemic lockdowns, the company has reopened all of its hotels in China and has experienced a corporate travel recovery, the...

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