Kerry Ranson

In the lodging industry, mergers and acquisitions have become a go-to strategy for accelerating business growth.

Several factors are compelling hospitality investors and developers to partner with firms that specialize in property management, as we have seen in recent years.

Reboot? Recovery? New normal?

Timed to coincide with this year’s meeting at the Americas Lodging Investment Summit in Los Angeles, the American Hotel & Lodging Association issued an interesting report on the state of the hotel ...

Some might call it round two of the pandemic playbook.

We are all beginning to take a deep sigh of relief.

What a difference a pandemic makes.

The pandemic, with its accompanying deep disruptions to travel, tourism, hospitality and the greater national and global economies, isn’t yet extinguished. Tough times still lie ahead as we work to ...

Almost a universe away, it seems, the biggest news in property management was the Aimbridge-Interstate merger and its implications for our industry. Instead, our property-management playbook now ...

While we spend nearly every waking and sleeping hour defeating COVID-19’s crushing impact on our industry, it is not too early to think about what may follow.

Hospitality is a consummate people business, in which guests entrust their safety and well-being to our care. There are few service relationships that are more intimate than the one we have with ...

It certainly grabbed our attention. Aimbridge Hospitality and Interstate Hotels & Resorts joining forces and creating a mega third-party management entity responsible for more than 1,300 properties ...

Some marriage counselors might suggest that two keys to a successful relationship are the way we handle money and open lines of communication. Full disclosure. No skirting around a direct question. ...

There is no denying that our economy moves in grand and sometimes mysterious ways, as all businesses are subject to macroeconomic factors.

For hospitality organizations, the challenge of growth within a complex competitive environment is a familiar one. All moving target analogies apply.

Are we a technology company or a hospitality organization?

In a dynamic industry like hospitality, it’s easy to get caught up in managing or responding to everyday challenges.

Today, the hospitality sector enjoys an enviable position in our American economy and way of life.

As hotel owners, investors and operators, we are conditioned through experience to think and respond in terms of “textbook” markets and investment cycles.

There’s no denying the dizzying impact technology has on all of modern life, including our hospitality industry.