We’ve all moved in our lives, and I’m sure you can agree the process is a mix of annoyance and nostalgia. “When’s the last time I even used this?” you ask yourself. Or “I hate this tiny sink, but I’ll miss the view from the kitchen window.”
Moving is tough, but it’s usually necessary and after it’s all over, you wonder how you ever got along in your old place without the bells and whistles you love in your new home.
Over the past few months, the Hotel News Now team has been packing up our old house over at hotelnewsnow.com in preparation for our move to CoStar News. Today’s our first day in the new house, and let me just say, the view is fantastic.
Don’t worry if you’ve bookmarked the old site. As of today, it will redirect you to this one.
To all our new neighbors, reading our stories for the first time: It’s great to meet you. Hotel News Now was founded in 2008 as the news division of STR, and we’ve upheld our mandate ever since to provide daily, up-to-the-minute news and analysis for hotel decisionmakers across all aspects of the industry, all over the world. You’ll see that we write about big-picture news and trends driving hotel transactions, operations, management, ownership, technology, sales & marketing, brands and so much more, all around the world.
And to the Hotel News Now audience who have been with us for our nearly 13 years in publication: You’re our guests of honor at this virtual housewarming party! Thank you for sticking with us as we begin this next phase of our growth. You’ll notice that we’re all the same people bringing you the news and content you rely on us to bring. We write the stories you can’t get anywhere else, and we’re excited to find even more new and innovative ways to get you the information you need.
We wish we could host you all for a real housewarming party, but for now, take a look around the new site. It’s organized to give you our top stories “above the fold,” with action-packed photos. You’ll see more headlines in the left column on the home page. You’ll find a lot of your HNN favorites across the middle carousel of the page, and all our latest stories, organized by topic, fill in the bottom of the page.
If you miss anything, our new site has a fantastic search function. Just click “search hospitality news” in the middle of the page.
The Daily Update newsletter you’re used to receiving every day around 11 a.m. EDT will still find you every day (check your spam filter if you don’t see it at first). And be sure to check out our FAQ page for more information and answers to other questions.
We are pleased to represent an early phase of STR’s integration with CoStar Group, and you’ll see more of that integration very soon. CoStar is an excellent partner for us, and the Hotel News Now team is happy to be part of the fantastic team of award-winning journalists that make up CoStar News.
All of us, around the world, are ready for some positive change. The global hospitality industry remains in the thick of the pandemic, but every day we hear new stories about deals happening, travel demand building and people going back to work.
It’s our honor and pleasure to bring you the hospitality news you need to get through what’s happening now and in the future.
Feel free to contact me anytime at sricca@hotelnewsnow.com. Find me on Twitter at @HNN_Steph and on https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephaniericca/LinkedIn.
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