Marriott’s flat incentive management fees hint at profit pressures at the property level, but its asset-light model keeps it well positioned to weather economic headwinds.
Accor’s Jean-Jacques Morin sees the future of travel playing out in the East, led by bold investments, strong leadership, and experience-centric hospitality. But he’s clear-eyed too: sustainability, tech disruption, and talent strategy will define who stays competitive by 2030.
For an industry built on hospitality, hotel customers are too often treated as commodities. The business model of selling rooms and measuring financial success by the number of heads in…
Marriott is not just trying to building hotels—it's after an ecosystem. From treehouse suites in Costa Rica to AI-driven personalization, Capuano’s vision is about owning the full traveler journey and capturing every wallet size along the way.
Grand Metropolitan Hotels acquired Signature Hotels to strengthen its position in the UK, India, and elsewhere. Plus other hotel deal and development news.
The shutdown appears to be amplifying Washington’s tourism downturn, but underlying national softness in hotel demand makes it hard to isolate the damage.
Marriott CEO Anthony Capuano says the company is fine-tuning its approach to everything from acquisitions to AI to talent development, with Gulf Cooperation Council countries emerging as a testing ground for its evolving tactics.