Before he started writing about the hotel industry, Sean McCracken was a reporter for daily newspapers in New York and Pennsylvania, mostly writing about crime and education. A native of northwestern Pennsylvania, Sean graduated from Edinboro Univers...
Before he started writing about the hotel industry, Sean McCracken was a reporter for daily newspapers in New York and Pennsylvania, mostly writing about crime and education. A native of northwestern Pennsylvania, Sean graduated from Edinboro University with a bachelor’s degree in journalism.
We are merely days away from the FIFA World Cup, the most anticipated event in North American travel and hospitality in years, and the vibes related to the event have shifted significantly over the ...
While tourism in Indonesia is often defined by Bali, the country is now seeing a period where growth is defined by other markets and more specifically by the growth of luxury hotels in those markets.
Hilton's 2024 acquisition of the Graduate Hotels brand helped spark a refreshed approach to lifestyle hotels for the company, and the latest stage of growth is an extension of that very brand.
Hotels listing on Airbnb is not a new thing. In fact, I wrote about how some hoteliers were doing everything they could to make the most of the platform despite integration issues almost a decade ago.
While many hoteliers who spent money on imported furniture, fixtures and equipment over the past year might be hopeful about the $166 billion pool of refunds from previously collective tariffs, it's ...
WASHINGTON, D.C. — While national issues continue to garner the bulk of attention across the hotel industry, leaders with the American Hotels & Lodging Association say more and more of their ...
There have been few things as reliable in the world of hotels and international tourism in recent years as strong international demand to European destinations.
While Japan has enjoyed a prolonged period of outperformance in hotel demand in recent years, many worried that would come to an end when Chinese officials urged China's citizens to not visit amid ...
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Hotel asset managers have increasing hopes that their properties will exceed their original expectations for revenue growth this year, but they don't believe the World Cup is going ...
Officials with RLJ Lodging Trust pointed to strength in leisure and business travel to urban markets as the reason they outperformed the broader hotel industry in the first quarter, bringing in ...