Shawn Turner

Editor’s note: This article was originally posted on 9 September 2013. The article was chosen as part of Hotel News Now’s look back at 10 years of the hotel industry.

Editor’s note: This article was originally posted on 3 October 2012. The article was chosen as part of Hotel News Now’s look back at 10 years of the hotel industry.

Editor’s note: This article was originally posted on 17 September 2012. The article was chosen as part of Hotel News Now’s look back at 10 years of the hotel industry.

Editor’s note: This article was originally posted on 28 January 2010. The article was chosen as part of Hotel News Now’s look back at 10 years of the hotel industry.

Editor’s note: This article was originally posted on 10 December 2009. The article was chosen as part of Hotel News Now’s look back at 10 years of the hotel industry.

GLOBAL REPORT—The point of sale has emerged as the hotel industry’s Achilles’ heel as hackers continue to target guests’ credit card information.    The reason is simple, said sources contacted for ...

REPORT FROM THE U.S.—Interest in Small Business Administration loans has spiked considerably so far in 2015.   Year to date through 13 June, the dollar volume of SBA 7(A) and 504 loans totaled ...

NEW YORK CITY—Francois-Olivier Luiggi got a taste (literally) of what it’s like to serve people as a boy growing up in France.   It was there that his family would gather en masse for holidays in ...

I’ve mentioned before how much I admire our “Running the Show” series. In case you’re not aware, Running the Show is an occasional series of GM profiles we run. Each of these profiles also comes ...

NEW YORK CITY—Every day at RLJ Lodging Trust, the letters keep coming.   Kate B. Henriksen, senior VP of investment and portfolio analysis for RLJ, said she is constantly being notified by various ...

NEW YORK CITY—Choice Hotels International is looking to spark growth of its Cambria brand. Operator Fillmore Hospitality is looking to play in the upscale, select-service space.   Those two desires ...

NEW YORK CITY—Tyler Morse isn’t a fan of dentists, but not for the reasons most people aren’t fond of dentists. Yes, they can cause him pain, but the pain is from a shovel breaking ground on an ...

Before you get into reading this blog, do me a favor and click on this link. You’re going to need to have this playing in the background to get the full effect of this piece of content.   For those ...

For more on Chinese investment activities around the world, read the HNN special report: “Chinese outbound investment takes flight.”

I have been a big fan of Steve Wynn for a long time—from October 2011 to be exact. That was when Wynn went full Howard Beale during a Wynn Resorts Limited earnings call. (Editor’s note: Shawn loves ...

NEW YORK CITY—Robust. Busy. Exciting. And fun. Those were just a few of the superlatives members of the Lodging Industry Investment Council used to describe the state of the hotel industry.  ...

NEW YORK CITY—J. Allen Smith has a problem.   “I keep feeling: ‘What should I be worried about?’” the president and CEO of Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts said Tuesday during a general session “The ...

NEW YORK CITY—As rumors continue to swirl regarding the future of the company, Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide is pressing forward with a 10-point overhaul of its iconic Sheraton brand.   The ...

REPORT FROM THE U.S.—In many ways, the Courtyard by Marriott brand is a product of the people.   Paul Novak, who developed the first 225 Courtyard by Marriott hotels, said Marriott International ...

In late April, Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Chairman Bruce Duncan dumped a stinking heap of chum into the brand consolidation waters. During the company’s first-quarter earnings call, Duncan, ...