Las Vegas hotels deny room-rate price-fixing conspiracy - Lawsuit claims hotels used shared pricing algorithms to set rates, instead of making independent pricing and supply decisions.

Mar 29, 2023 • Hospitality

"Cautiously bullish" the new term to talk about the future - A panel at the 2023 Hunter Hotel Investment Conference discusses travel demand and development concerns facing the industry.

Mar 29, 2023 • Hospitality

Review-gating will get your hotel banned from Google - Review-gating is increasingly becoming a risky proposition for hotel operators.

Mar 28, 2023 • Hospitality

OTAs spend more than $14B on marketing in 2022 - Expedia Group, Booking Holdings, Airbnb and Trip.com Group doled out a record amount of money to capture the attention of consumers.

Mar 28, 2023 • Hospitality

The reasons why customers use Booking.com - For the same hotel and dates, Booking.com offers a better rate, a better room type and a better cancellation policy.

Mar 28, 2023 • Hospitality

Say goodbye to daily hotel room cleaning - The pandemic put a pause on many hotels’ guaranteed once-a-day cleanings. Now many of them are making the change permanent, even saying guests prefer it.

Mar 27, 2023 • Hospitality

What is hotel status match and which hotels offer it? - Status match is a tool hotel loyalty programs use in order to snag frequent travelers from competing hotels.

Mar 27, 2023 • Hospitality

Remote work threatens business hotels’ recovery - Hotels relying on business travel encounter refinancing challenges, partly because of falling property values as occupancy rates stay depressed.

Mar 27, 2023 • Hospitality