Hotel News Now’s experienced, award-winning journalists bring diverse perspectives and voices to the news. From exclusive video interviews with CEOs, to conference news from around the world, to coverage of public hotel companies, our stories are accessible for free 24/7 to inform your business today and in the future. Hotel News Now tells the stories behind the STR hotel data you know, incorporating big-picture data trends and STR’s expert voices into our global coverage of hotel performanc ...
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NextGen in Lodging is a monthly podcast that examines systemic and trending issues in the hospitality industry. Co-hosts Davonne Reaves, Chris Henry, and Omari Head unlock the brain trust through interviews with emerging leaders in travel and tourism to share their thoughts and ideas for fresh strategies to combat system wide challenges. The next generation of executives strive to revolutionize the hospitality industry for the 21st century. https://hotelnewsnow.com https://www.linkedin.com/c ...
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Next Gen in Lodging: Tactics For Hotel Marketing
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Host Davonne Reaves sits down with Kylie Chen from Twenty Four Seven Hotels, Jason Pirock from Springboard Hospitality and Christos Perakis from Zoottle to uncover the tactics and innovations driving success in hotel marketing, from leveraging digital platforms to harnessing the power of artificial intelligence.…
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Pessimism Hits Asia-Pacific Hotels with Jesper Palmqvist
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STR's Jesper Palmqvist joins the podcast to talk about the shift in sentiment across the Asia-Pacific hotel industry, which has not yet seen a downturn in performance.بقلم Hotel News Now
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Unpacking International Travel Expectations with Emmy Hise and Daryl Cronk
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CoStar's Emmy Hise and Tourism Economics' Daryl Cronk join the HNN podcast to talk about the outlook for international travel into the U.S. and how big of an impact it will have this summer.بقلم Hotel News Now
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How Hoteliers Can Manage Overtime Threshold Change, Non-Compete Ban
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In this episode, labor attorney Andria Ryan explains the recent changes to the overtime exemption threshold and banning of non-competes, and why hotel operators need to make plans now.بقلم Hotel News Now
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State of the Capital: Why Austin is Still an Enticing Market (with CoStar's Parimal Rohit and Colin Sherman)
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CoStar's Parimal Rohit and Colin Sherman join the Hotel News Now podcast to discuss the slowdown in momentum of the Austin market and why this isn't a concern for the long-term outlook of the city.بقلم Hotel News Now
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Next Gen in Lodging: Developers Discuss Financing Methods in Current Environment
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Next Gen in Lodging host Chris Henry speaks with developers Dave Jacoby and Will Moncrief on how they were able to get funding for their recent projects amid a tough lending environment.بقلم Hotel News Now
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Asian Hotel Performance Growth Strong but Slowing with STR's Jesper Palmqvist
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STR's Jesper Palmqvist joins the HNN podcast to give the latest on what's going on across the Asia-Pacific hotel industryبقلم Hotel News Now
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Pacifica CEO Matt Marquis on Experiential Travel, State of Economy
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Hotel News Now Associate Editor Trevor Simpson talks with Pacifica Hotels CEO Matt Marquis at the Hunter Hotel Investment Conference about his key takeaways from the conference, group travel and his passion for the NBA.بقلم Hotel News Now
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Hilton Sustainability Expert on ESG Initiatives
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In this podcast episode, Hotel News Now Senior Reporter Dana Miller speaks with Hilton Vice President of Global ESG Jean Garris Hand about what it takes to effectively track and implement sustainability initiatives on property, which in many cases can be cost neutral.بقلم Hotel News Now
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Purchasing Expert Alan Benjamin’s Advice for Hoteliers Amid Renos
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On this episode of the Hotel News Now Podcast network, Benjamin West President and founder Alan Benjamin gives an update on the current supply-chain environment, what hotel owners must consider when embarking on renovations and best practices to overcome challenges.بقلم Hotel News Now
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Chris Green Reflects on Hotel Career Ahead of Retirement
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Hotel News Now Senior Reporter Dana Miller chats with Remington President Chris Green about what’s next for him following his retirement on April 5, the lessons he’s learned throughout his entry-level jobs and role as CEO of Chesapeake Hospitality for 22 years. Plus, Dana has Chris plays game of “guess that phrase.”…
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Hotel Growth in India Could Go From Dream to Reality
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STR's Jesper Palmqvist joins the Hotel News Now podcast to talk about broad travel trends across the Asia-Pacific region, including increasing interest in India from global hotel brands and why China's domestic travel continues to remain strong.بقلم Hotel News Now
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How Two Hotel Industry Leaders Became Friends for Life
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Hotel News Now Senior Reporter Dana Miller chats with Remington’s Eve Moore and CHMWarnick’s Kristie Dickinson about how the two became friends and learned to lean on each other in both their professional and personal lives, which has ultimately led to the two making better business decisions at their companies.…
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Next Gen in Lodging: Empowering Women in Hospitality
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In this episode of the Next Gen in Lodging podcast, host Davonne Reaves talks with guests Ntxhi Song, a hotel broker, and Rachel Vandenberg, a hotel owner and leadership coach, about their unique journeys, challenges and triumphs as women in hospitality.بقلم Hotel News Now
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Takeaways from Day 1 of the Hunter Hotel Conference With CoStar's Colin Sherman
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Hotel News Now Editorial Director Stephanie Ricca talks with Colin Sherman, director of hospitality market analytics for Texas and Tennessee, at the Hunter Hotel Conference. The two recap the themes of the first day of the conference, from overall hotelier sentiment to the transactions environment.بقلم Hotel News Now
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Why LA Hotel Investment is Compelling and Scary with Emmy Hise and Jack Witthaus
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Los Angeles has embedded leisure demand drivers and a laundry list of mega events to drive tourism over the next few years, but increasing regulatory hurdles and labor costs cloud the investment picture for hotels. CoStar's Emmy Hise and Jack Witthaus join the Hotel News Now podcast to unpack all the pros and cons of working in that market going fo…
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Taylor Swift's Effect on Kansas City Hotel Performance with CoStar's Colin Sherman
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Hotel demand and performance was up significantly year over year on home game weekends in Kansas City, coinciding with Taylor Swift's presence at Chiefs games.بقلم Hotel News Now
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SCP Hotels Moves Beyond Proof of Concept, Ready To Scale
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In this interview, SCP Hotels co-founder and CEO Ken Cruse talks about how his company's growth has prepared it to look at scale and the bigger role that sustainability is playing in hospitality.بقلم Hotel News Now
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Next Gen in Lodging: What Do Future Black Hotel Leaders Want?
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In recognition of Black History Month, the latest episode of the Next Gen in Lodging podcast features a conversation with one of the most influential educators in hospitality at an historically black college or university. Guest Dr. Erinn Tucker Oluwole, chair of the hospitality and tourism management program at the University of Maryland Eastern S…
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Black Hotel History Still Being Written
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In this episode of the Hotel News Now podcast, hospitality historian Calvin Stovall talks about his own history in the hotel industry and his upcoming book featuring Black hotel icons.بقلم Hotel News Now
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STR's Hite Says Steady Hotel Performance Is Good Performance
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In an interview at ALIS, STR's Amanda Hite breaks down the most recent U.S. hotel forecast and why hoteliers should be optimistic even if there's still some economic uncertainty.بقلم Hotel News Now
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AAHOA CEO Talks Choice, Wyndham Deal and New Jersey Hotel Franchise Bill
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AAHOA President and CEO Laura Lee Blake explains hotel owners' worries over a combined Choice-Wyndham hotels company and how that may limit their options.بقلم Hotel News Now
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Everything’s Coming Up Las Vegas: Analysts Discuss City’s Investments
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In this podcast episode, Hotel News Now Senior Reporter Dana Miller speaks with CoStar’s Emmy Hise and Michael Petrivelli about all things Las Vegas, including new investments made in the city, buzz around the upcoming Super Bowl and the rise of group travel around mega-events.بقلم Hotel News Now
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Next Gen In Lodging: The Impact of Global Affairs on the World of Travel
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NextGen In Lodging host Christopher Henry, CEO of Majestic Hospitality, guides an exploration of the intricate interplay between global affairs and the enchanting world of travel. Henry and guests Gus Gleiter and Leslie Boggess engage in a thought-provoking discussion on the impact of various global phenomena on travel experiences. The conversation…
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2024 ALIS Recap with CoStar's Emmy Hise
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HNN's Sean McCracken and CoStar's Emmy Hise sit down to talk about their top takeaways from the 2024 Americas Lodging Investment Summit.بقلم Hotel News Now
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Hospitality Design Expert Lisa Haude Shares 2024 Design Trends
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Lisa Haude, senior vice president and director of interior at LK Interiors, speaks with Hotel News Now Senior Reporter Dana Miller about the influence that remote work continues to have on hotel design. Haude also shares which design trends are in and which ones are out in 2024.بقلم Hotel News Now
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Digital Marketing Expert Dissects Google’s Move To Remove Third-Party Cookies
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Hotel News Now Senior Reporter Dana Miller interviewed Tim Peter, founder and president of strategy and digital marketing consulting firm Tim Peter & Associates, about Google’s latest move of restricting third-party cookies for 1% of Chrome users and how hotel digital marketers and revenue strategists should react. Eventually, Google plans to remov…
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Hilton's Christine Maginnis on the Value of Empowering Employees
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In November, Hilton became the first hospitality company to be named the top workplace in the world in Fortune and Great Place to Work's annual rankings, and the company's Senior Vice President and Global Head of Talent Christine Maginnis joined the Hotel News Now podcast to talk about how that was the culmination of a century's worth of culture bu…
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Peachtree's Greg Friedman on What Hotel Financing Will Look Like in 2024
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We've flipped the calendar to a new year, but will the hotel industry have to grapple with the same financing issues it dealt with for most of 2023? Peachtree Group's Greg Friedman joins the podcast to unpack the complicated debt markets for hotels and broader commercial real estate.بقلم Hotel News Now
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Looking Back at the Events That Drove Hotel Performance in 2023
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STR's Kelsey Fenerty joins HNN's Trevor Simpson and Stephanie Ricca to discuss the events that made a significant impact on hotel performance this year.بقلم Hotel News Now
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Next Gen in Lodging: Looking Back and Ahead on the Hotel Industry
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In the latest episode of the Next Gen in Lodging Podcast, on the Hotel News Now Podcast Network, hosts Davonne Reaves, Omari Head and Chris Henry reflect on the past year and share their expectations for what's to come.بقلم Hotel News Now
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The Hotel News Now takes a look back at 2023 and the best moments from across the Hotel News Now podcast network.بقلم Hotel News Now
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How Pennsylvania Resort Fees Settlements Could Play Out for US Hotel Industry
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Mark Adams, partner at law firm Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell, explains how the settlement agreements between Pennsylvania's attorney general and several hotel companies over the disclosure of mandatory fees, such as resort fees, could have far-reaching effects on the U.S. hotel industry.بقلم Hotel News Now
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FibraHotel Chief Investment Officer on Investing More in Leisure Hotels
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FibraHotel Chief Investment Officer Guillermo Bravo sits down with Hotel News Now Senior Reporter Dana Miller to talk on the growth of hotel-focused real estate investment trusts in Mexico, which haven’t been around as long as those in the U.S. Bravo also touches on how development in the region is shifting as the volume of powerful storms increase…
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The Factors at Play in Chicago's Recovering Hotel Market (with First Hospitality's David Duncan and CoStar News' Ryan Ori)
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In this Hotel News Now podcast, Chicago-based First Hospitality's David Duncan and CoStar News' Ryan Ori share their observations of the Chicago hotel market's recovery and what they still expect to come.بقلم Hotel News Now
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What Hoteliers Should Be Thankful For (with CoStar's Emmy Hise)
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CoStar's Emmy Hise joins HNN's Sean McCracken to talk about what hoteliers have to feel thankful for heading into the Thanksgiving holiday in the U.S.بقلم Hotel News Now
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Next Gen in Lodging: How Crowdfunding Is Enabling Hotel Ownership
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In the latest episode of the Next Gen in Lodging podcast, host Omari Head talks with co-host Davonne Reaves about Vesterr, her crowdfunding platform for commercial real estate investment, with a focus on hospitality, and how it is enabling hotel ownership particularly among aspiring Black hoteliers.بقلم Hotel News Now
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Why Dallas is One of the Most Important Hotel Markets (with CoStar's Colin Sherman and Candace Carlisle)
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With unrelenting growth and many prominent hotel companies claiming it as their home base, Dallas has grown into one of the most important U.S. cities for the hotel industry, but how long can that growth continue? CoStar's Colin Sherman and Candace Carlisle unpack what's driving the market's outsized growth.…
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TJ Abrams Explains Why Hyatt is So Focused on Wellbeing
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No company in the hotel industry talks and thinks more about wellbeing the Hyatt Hotels Corporation. Hyatt's Vice President of Global Wellbeing joins Hotel News Now to talk about why it's so important for both guests and employees.بقلم Hotel News Now
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How Capella Is Spinning Luxury Experience Into Global Growth (with Cristiano Rinaldi)
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Capella Hotel Group President Cristiano Rinaldi discusses the newest version of his company, how they've grown into a powerhouse for luxury across Asia by focusing on their goal to "keep creating wonderful experiences for our guests," and why they're spinning their success to move into the Middle East and Europe.…
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The 'Whiplash Effect' of Latest NLRB Joint-Employer Rule
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In this episode, labor attorney Andria Ryan of Fisher Phillips explains the National Labor Relations Board's final rule on joint-employer status and how that will affect the liability of hotel brands, owners and operators as employers and potential employers.بقلم Hotel News Now
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Sonesta's Keith Pierce Explains Why His Company is Poised For New Growth
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In the past few years, Sonesta Hotels International has grown from a few dozen hotels to nearly 1,200, and EVP of Franchising and Development Keith Pierce said his company is poised for another wave of growth heading into 2024.بقلم Hotel News Now
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Don't Sleep on the Asian Travel Rebound (with STR's Jesper Palmqvist)
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While much of the narrative about travel in Asia has revolved around the idea of country's like China being behind the curve, STR's Jesper Palmqvist says conditions across the region are better than many believe.بقلم Hotel News Now
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How New York City's New Short-Term Rental Rules Could Affect Hotels
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STR's Kelsey Fenerty and Lodging Advisors CEO and NYU professor Sean Hennessey discuss New York City's new short-term rental regulations and how they might affect hotel demand and rates.بقلم Hotel News Now
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Next Gen in Lodging: Synergy in Staffing, Hotel Managment
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In the latest episode of the "Next Gen in Lodging" podcast, guest Daymain Smith, a founder and CEO of Atlanta, Georgia-based third-party hotel management firm Synergy Hospitality Group, shares insights into the challenges of hotel management and staffing with "Next Gen in Lodging" host Omari Head.بقلم Hotel News Now
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Choice Hotels Wants To Buy Wyndham - What Happens Next? (with Truist's C. Patrick Scholes)
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Choice Hotels International executives say they want to do a deal to buy Wyndham Hotels & Resorts for an all-in price of $9.8 billion, but Wyndham is uninterested. Hotel News Now reached out to Truist Securities managing director of lodging and leisure equity research C. Patrick Scholes to unpack the potential deal and what happens next.…
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What Third Quarter Earnings Could Tell Us About the Hotel Industry (with Baird's Michael Bellisario)
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Michael Bellisario, senior hotel research analyst and director at Baird, shares why investors might be luke-warm on publicly traded hotel companies as demand patterns normalize and the long-term challenges faced by hotel real estate investment trusts as we preview the third quarter 2023 earnings season.…
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Breaking Down the Acheson Hotels v. Laufer ADA Case
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Hospitality attorney Dana Kravetz from Michelman & Robinson explains the Acheson Hotels v. Laufer case over online descriptions of accessibility features in hotels and whether the plaintiff has standing as a "tester."بقلم Hotel News Now
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Trinity Investment’s Sean Hehir on Trends To Watch in 2024
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Trinity Investments President and CEO Sean Hehir spoke with Hotel News Now’s Dana Miller during a podcast interview about branding the Diplomat Beach Resort into a Signia by Hilton, overall growth goals, managing profit-and-loss statements, trends to watch in the new year and more.بقلم Hotel News Now
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JLL Hotels and Hospitality Group's Kevin Davis Makes Predictions for 2024
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Hotel News Now’s Dana Miller speaks with Kevin Davis, CEO of the Americas, for JLL’s Hotels and Hospitality Group, about what recovery has been looking like in certain regions, what’s going on between New York City and Airbnb, the transactions environment and more.بقلم Hotel News Now
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