Articles tagged “lifestyle hotels”

Accor has been in India for two decades but has been slow to gain traction. Now it's focused on expansion and building out the structure to support the growth.

Sébastien Bazin left four or five doors open for Ennismore in June. He now looks to be walking through one.

Since selling The Standard to Hyatt, Amar Lalvani has reviewed the group's lifestyle portfolio and debuted a new brand, The Manner, to stay on top of where he feels trends are heading.

India's hotel market doesn't need another global chain pretending to be local. Kerten Hospitality's entire bet is that developers have finally figured that out too.

Hilton wants developers to invest millions in Undergraduate, its new hotel brand aimed at small college towns. Yet the new brand has no track record, requiring potential owners to take a leap of faith.

Boutique brands love to talk about authenticity and consistency. Surviving the majors’ loyalty programs is a different conversation.

Capella’s pitch under its new president: scarce, personalized, and aiming for the top tier of ultra-luxury. The growth job goes to Patina.

Accor insists the UAE is the only market under pricing pressure. But its precautionary "profit protection plan" suggests that hotel weakness could spread.

A Hyatt financial filing reveals how it's linking executive pay directly to its biggest open questions, such as direct channel share and whether lifestyle hotels deliver on the premium they promise.

Ennismore is the engine behind Accor's best-performing division. The open question is whether the high margins and fast growth can continue after a potential IPO.