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HOW COFFEE DRINKS CONTINUE TO EVOLVE

September 09, 2022

Hotelsmag.com

By; Jeanette Hurt

Having a variety of milks, personalized coffee experiences and locally sourced coffees and teas, as well as innovative breakfast cocktails, are more important than ever for the food and beverage operations of hotels.

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Inflation Data Shows Hoteliers Have Room To Grow Rates, Profitability

Hotels Still Catching Up on Real Recovery to 2019 Levels
September 02, 2022

Costar.com

Hotel News Now

By:Bryan Wroten 

NASHVILLE, Tennessee — Inflation is a double-edged sword for hoteliers, helping them push rates while also driving up their costs, cutting into profitability.

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AHLA Establishes National Hotel Employee Day

September 01, 2022

Lodgingmagazine.com

By: Lodging Staff

WASHINGTON—The American Hotel & Lodging Association (AHLA) announced it has established September 1 as National Hotel Employee Day in the National Day Calendar.

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Hotel Operators Focus on Efficiency To Protect Profits

Data Leveraged To Streamline Staffing
August 31, 2022

costar.com

Hotel News Now

By:Sean McCracken

NASHVILLE, Tennessee — Rising cost pressures, particularly from skyrocketing wages, are making it more difficult to maintain profits at hotels, but hoteliers say a combination of strong rate growth and more efficient operating models have helped keep their businesses thriving. 

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Business Travel Slow To Recover, but Projected To Reach 2019 Levels Next Year

Remote-Work Policies, Tech, State of Economy All Play Roles
August 22, 2022

costar.com

Hotel News Now

By: Robert McCune

NASHVILLE, Tennessee — Hotel demand from business travelers, which has been the slowest to bounce back in the U.S. hotel industry’s recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, will return to peak 2019 levels by the end of next year, CoStar’s Director of Hospitality Market Analytics Daryl Cronk projects.

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Company Policy, Not Desire, Curbs Business Travel Demand

Recovery Hinges on What Corporate Clients Are Willing To Pay
August 22, 2022

Costar.com

Hotel News Now

By: Terence Baker

NASHVILLE, Tennessee — The principal slice of demand largely absent from the hotel industry recovery of recent months is business transient, and speakers at the Hotel Data Conference said its return is not understood completely.

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Office Occupancy, Sublet Data Indicate Bleak Future for Business Travel

Shift in Remote Work Negates Reasons to Travel for Business
August 19, 2022

costar.com

Hotel News Now

By: Trevor Simpson

NASHVILLE, Tennessee — Business-transient demand for hotels has been the slowest segment to rebound since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, and Jan Freitag, national director for hospitality market analytics at CoStar, believes the segment may have permanently shifted.

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As More Students Go Back to School, US Hotel Room Demand Continues To Decelerate

Summer Travel Season Has Been Fourth Best Since 2000 for US Hotels
August 19, 2022

costar.com

Hotel News Now

By: Isaac Collazo

As the summer travel season wanes across the U.S., demand for hotel rooms is also decelerating.

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Resiliency of Cruise, Airline Industries Offers Lessons for Hoteliers

Travel Executives Share Strategies for Communication, Reorientation of Workforce
August 17, 2022

costar.com

Hotel News Now

By: Dana Miller

NASHVILLE, Tennessee — Within the travel industry, it's hard to abruptly stop business amid a crisis, but it's even harder to restart it, according to Christine Duffy, president of Carnival Cruise Line.

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Hotel Industry Leaders Still Face Burning Questions

Hotel Operations Must Adapt to the New Normal
August 16, 2022

costar.com

Hotel News Now

By: Terence Baker

NASHVILLE, Tennessee — The collective mindset of the hotel industry is there is now a unique opportunity to change for the better.

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