Luxury Travel

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.

The Travel Leaders Group survey means that this has been a pretty good year so far for luxury travel for U.S.-based businesses.

Smart hoteliers are making a foray into private rentals. There will be bumps along the way, but it's clear there's an opportunity for hotels that offer a mix of traditional lodging and private, exclusive stays.

As Latin American countries grow as destinations, it is in the interests of properties and review sites like TripAdvisor to generate more reviews from Latin America travelers to really round out the perspective.

As the market for home rentals expands so does the demand for services that provide the freedom of a vacation, or urban rental with the amenities and luxuries of a hotel.

Hey, it isn't all about refurbishing the hotel lobby and placing a touch-screen in there. Millennial guests demand great customer service from staff, and they will quickly sour on a hotel if the staff isn't up to par.

Hotel executives should no longer consider Airbnb solely a budget hospitality brand catering to a fringe element of consumers.

Among the new guard of luxury hotel brands to state Gen Y as a primary target market, Quorvus Collection is positioning itself ahead of the curve in anticipation of a monied Millennial travel boom.

Can Capella Hotel Group make a sustainable business model out of providing highly individualized service to guests who think that run-of-the-mill 5-star properties are too cookie-cutter?

Although these companies represent only a piece of the growing vacation rental market, their calculated combination suggests that other rental competitors could see the benefits in similar deals in the next few years.