Articles tagged “hotel deals”

The deal for the 33-hotel chain is reportedly worth $1 billion.

Here's the first major interview with Gilda Perez-Alvarado since she became chief strategy officer of Accor. Can she help the hospitality titan diversify beyond selling hotel rooms, help it conquer the U.S., and reinvigorate the iconic Orient Express brand?

Hilton signaled that hotel sector circumstances have shifted in a way that makes it more likely it would pivot from its 16-year strategy of creating brands and instead consider buying them.

Karim Alibhai's began his career at a Best Western motel. In the decades since, his firm Gencom has bought, sold, and developed eight Ritz-Carltons and dozens of other luxury hotels. Here's his formula.

Hotel execs gathered this week to compare the sizes of their hotel pipelines. The companies with the largest hotel development forecasts were Marriott and Hilton, and the types of properties proving popular says a lot about their strategic directions.

Today's podcast looks at global hotel dealmaking, Google's competitive spirit, and Boeing's growing problems.

Global hotel transactions hit the second lowest in a decade last year – only the exceptional 2020 pandemic year was worse.

In episode ten of the Skift Ideas Podcast, Colin Nagy is joined by Ho Ren Yung of Banyan Group for a conversation around crafting spaces and experiences that seamlessly blend luxury, sustainability and wellbeing to shape an unparalleled guest experience.

The good times will keep rolling for the hotel sector, according to its CEOs. They make a compelling case.

Goldman Sachs has a couple of notable hospitality investments. Plus, other highlights from the week's news in hotel deals and development worldwide.