Articles tagged “hotels”

AI is shaking up modern hotel distribution at the infrastructure level — and one of the latest signs comes from SiteMinder, which is now linking it to live data from its vast hotel inventory.

Minor Hotels has spent a year making moves that individually make sense. Whether they add up to a coherent global strategy is what the next stage will reveal.

India has a wide demand-supply gap in the hospitality industry. As investors increase their focus on the sector, companies are leveraging the capital to drive quick expansion.

After its decision to split into separate asset management and ownership arms, Lemon Tree Hotels signs more than 50 properties in a country where the supply significantly lags demand.

The big hotel brands have never been more profitable. The owners — those who actually run the hotels — are getting hit from all sides. The franchise model is showing cracks.

Travel companies betting on the premium boom may tend to view post-Covid wealth creation as an immutable fact. But a protracted economic shock would test the durability of the trend and their strategies. 

Europe's hotel investment market had a strong year, with Northern Europe and upscale properties winning big. But fresh geopolitical uncertainty means the good times may already be under pressure.

Minor has avoided the rebuild problem that is slowing rivals. Whether clean infrastructure delivers faster results remains to be seen.

Rather than competing on sheer scale, Radisson is pitching owners on speed, flexibility, and a more focused brand lineup, with Asia central to its growth ambitions.

Hilton has faith in India’s mid market to drive growth, and it is relying on massive agreements with multiple companies for quick expansion.