Hotel News

Do we need another lifestyle brand?

Innovation is a buzzword thrown around by executives who want to sound open-minded, but actually fostering an environment where employees feel empowered to take risks and make mistakes is much harder to do.

Although lifestyle hotels are trendy, hotel brands are wise to focus some of their marketing efforts on the luxury sector, where interest is heating up.

Virgin Hotels could become a victim of its own hype. By building interest in this less than overt and trendy campaign, it may be setting itself up to fall short of guests' expectations.

The sumptuous artistry of the new book and its message of artistic inspiration help position the Renaissance brand as an insightful, like-minded host for creative professionals.

Conley joined Airbnb in time for many of its earlier challenges to lead way to legitimization, making him confident not only of the company's success but his ability to spread the tenets of hospitality to a previously ignorant host set.

Get ready to pay high lodging taxes in New England, and possibly high taxes in other states that leave the decision to tax hotel room rentals up to municipalities or counties.