Choice Hotels Partners with Google and Amazon and 9 Other Hospitality Trends This Week


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This week in hospitality, Choice Hotels flaunts its tech partnerships, InterContinental makes a move into the Asia luxury scene, and independent meeting planners are getting creative after Marriott slashed commissions.

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Choice Hotels Touts Its Tech Partnerships with Google and Amazon: Will voice-enabled booking for hotels actually take off? Guess we’ll find out first with Choice Hotels’ partnership with Google. InterContinental Hotels Makes Asia Luxury Push With Six Senses Acquisition: InterContinental Hotel Group’s purchase of Six Senses Hotels Resorts Spas is consistent with its drive to boost its luxury portfolio with small yet well-defined brands that do not cannibalize one another. So smart. Independent Meeting Planners Fight Back Against Co