Ennismore Thinks Lifestyle Brands Can Survive All-Inclusive. Mondrian Is the Next Test
Mass-market operators built all-inclusive on price and volume. Ennismore is trying to prove its lifestyle brands can carry the format upmarket.
Luke Martin is Skift’s UK-based Jr. Hospitality Reporter, covering the dynamic world of hotels. Prior to joining Skift, Luke worked at GlobalData, where he covered a wide range of industries including hospitality, automotive, retail, and packaging.
Accor Hires Banks for Ennismore’s U.S. IPO: Report
Sébastien Bazin left four or five doors open for Ennismore in June. He now looks to be walking through one.
Accor and China’s H World Detail Plans to Link Their 19,000 Hotels
The two companies tout 430 million loyalty members between them. The test is how many actually book.
Barceló Has the Cash to Buy Hotels, But Says They’re Too Expensive
Record profits don’t necessarily mean it’s time to buy. Barceló has the cash to acquire hotels but says today’s prices no longer justify the returns it expects.
Accor and H World Link Loyalty Programs to Swap Chinese and European Travelers
Accor’s real prize isn’t more hotels. It’s a direct line to H World’s 310 million loyalty members.
Mexico’s Posadas Had Gone Too Luxury. Its Next Deals Will Even the Split.
Posadas called its own luxury-heavy signings a ‘red flag,’ and is rebalancing as a soft quarter hit its luxury hotels hardest.
Whitbread CEO’s Answer to Activist Investor: Plan Is Working, We Don’t Need to Sell
There's progress to point to, but even the CEO says it will get worse before it gets better.
How Marriott’s Design Hotels Landed an Independent That Once Said No
This is the trade independent hotels keep making: a major hotel group’s reach in exchange for a fee and a fight to stay distinctive. Palisociety thinks the math works.
Why A&O Hostels Is Buying Europe’s Empty Buildings
Most hospitality groups are shedding real estate. a&o is picking it up at distressed prices — a contrarian move that works up until the deals, or the lenders, run dry.
Marriott’s AI Rollout: From Pilots to ‘Points on the Board’
Marriott is now in the third phase of its AI rollout, with conversational search the highest-profile launch coming this year. Its top data and AI exec says the harder work is rethinking the workflows underneath.