Luxury Partnerships and 4 Other Hospitality Trends This Week

Isaac Carey

January 26th, 2019 at 1:30 PM EST

Photo Credit: Glasses of champaign at the Fortune Global Tech Forum 2018 at the Four Seasons Hotel in Guangzhou, China. Flickr / Shawn Koh/Fortune

Skift Take

This week in hospitality collaboration between luxury brands is growing, Cunard might be able to attract a younger audience, and Marriott Loyalty rebrands as Marriott Bonvoy.

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