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What the Hotel World Looks Like in 2020 / Bob Rauch and Sarah Andersen
OTA War on the Horizon

Meet the Bleisure Demand With Meeting Experiences / Larry Mogelonsky
A clever portmanteau between business and leisure, hybrid travel is now mainstream, so much so that it is starting to influence how meeting planners select their destinations and host hotels.

Travel Trends Index: International, Domestic Travel Growth Projected to Dwindle
Both segments could continue to feel the effects of rising trade tensions, volatile financial markets and weakening business and consumer confidence.

U.S. Citizen International Outbound Travel Up Six Percent in 2018
Annual Departures totaled a Record 93.0 million travelers; U.S. Travel in December up Five Percent

Avison Young Hospitality Group Announces Recent Closings
The properties include two west coast boutique properties, a Hampton Inn in Pennsylvania, an hotel on the national historic registry in the southeast and a very exclusive resort in New England.

ALICE Accelerates Expansion Throughout Europe
ALICE, the hospitality industry’s leading operations technology, expands its reach in Europe with the placement and hiring of several hotel technology sales experts in key markets across the continent.

BirchStreet Systems Announces Jo Stanford Joins as Vice President Strategic Accounts EMEAI
Stanford will work directly with the company’s Managing Director EMEAI, Dan Hiza, and BirchStreet’s worldwide CEO, Steve Markle, to focus on key accounts in the region and bring the BirchStreet platform to hospitality organisations with a need to control their procure-to-pay operations.

The Global Stage Awaits: SiteMinder Urges Brazil's Hotels to Cater for Tourists as Arrivals Jump to 7 Million
SiteMinder, the global hotel industry’s leading guest acquisition platform, is urging Brazil’s hotels to internationalize their offering amid findings that inbound arrivals to the country have risen five percent.

Hotel Internet Services Survey of Hoteliers and Guests Reveals Latest Hospitality Wi-Fi Trends and Expectations
Newly unveiled research conducted on more than 670 guests and 200 hoteliers demonstrates how evolving online behaviors are placing greater demands on hotel Wi-Fi networks.

World-Class Mohegan Sun Partners With Duetto to Drive Innovation
The massive tribal-owned casino business looks to implement a more modern approach to revenue management.

Beekeeper to Debut Shift Schedules at HT-NEXT in New Orleans
New mobile tool reduces use of non-compliant messaging services in the workplace by moving shift schedule communication to Beekeeper; Visit Beekeeper in Booth #30 April 8 to 11 during HT-Next at the Hilton Riverside






Wexford Lodging Advisors & Trinity Private Equity Group Complete JV Acquisition of 138-Suite DoubleTree Suites Hotel Nashville Airport
The joint venture will invest approximately $2.5 million to upgrade the property with a targeted completion date of year’s end 2019; HVMG will continue to operate the hotel.

Hyatt Signs With Towa Real Estate to Develop 120-Key Hotel at Japan's Historic Fuji Speedway
Slated to open in 2022, the hotel will be the first in Japan to be managed under The Unbound Collection by Hyatt brand and the first hotel in the world to be built by Towa Real Estate

Las Vegas Sands Enters Into Agreement With Singapore Government to Expand Marina Bay Sands IR
Located adjacent to the existing Marina Bay Sands Integrated Resort, the expansion will include a 15,000-seat arena, a luxury hotel tower with approximately 1,000 rooms and additional MICE (Meeting, Incentive, Convention, and Exhibition) space.

OTO Development Breaks Ground on Hyatt Place National Harbor in Prince George's County, Maryland
The 156-room waterfront hotel is slated to open in late 2020.

Hyatt Regency Denver Tech Center Completes Multi-Million Dollar Renovation
Managed by Columbia Sussex, the transformation includes 451 guestrooms, lobby and public spaces.

Historic Hilton Checkers Los Angeles Completes Multimillion Dollar Renovation
The Hilton Checkers Los Angeles is owned by Chesapeake Lodging Trust and managed by Crestline Hotels & Resorts

MGM Resorts International Appoints Atif Rafiq as President of Commercial and Growth
With this new role, Rafiq will develop new customer experiences, business models and revenue streams, including launching digital businesses to further differentiate MGM Resorts.

RLH Corporation Names Vinod Sankar Senior Vice President and Chief Digital Officer
Sankar joins RLH Corporation from MSG Ventures, a subsidiary of The Madison Square Garden Company, where he served as Vice President of Product Development & Partnerships.

Hugo Corrales Named Director of Sales and Marketing at Thompson Playa del Carmen
Based out of Miami, FL, Corrales has a deep-rooted understanding of the marketplace, having held roles in both the local and national sales arenas.

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