Jour : 4 septembre 2025
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An Ennismore IPO: Can Lifestyle Hotels Impress Wall Street? | Thibault Catala
Can you IPO a vibe? 🙃 Accor is reportedly planning to take Ennismore public, the group behind Hoxton, Mama Shelter, 25hours, and a handful of other hotel brands that don’t feel like hotels. If this IPO happens, it won’t just be a financial milestone. It will be a giant test on whether Wall Street and…
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An Ennismore IPO: Can Lifestyle Hotels Impress Wall Street? | Thibault Catala
Can you IPO a vibe? 🙃 Accor is reportedly planning to take Ennismore public, the group behind Hoxton, Mama Shelter, 25hours, and a handful of other hotel brands that don’t feel like hotels. If this IPO happens, it won’t just be a financial milestone. It will be a giant test on whether Wall Street and…
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Stop Telling Guests “Direct is Cheaper” – You’re Sounding Lost. Here’s the truth👇 Booking direct isn’t always cheaper. There will always be a cheaper option on an OTA — it just might not be with… | Chris MAUGHAN | 54 comments
Stop Telling Guests “Direct is Cheaper” – You’re Sounding Lost. Here’s the truth👇 Booking direct isn’t always cheaper. There will always be a cheaper option on an OTA — it just might not be with you. This image says it all: Same price, different trust factor. Guests don’t book via OTAs because they’re hunting the…
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MIT Study on AI ROI: A Perception Problem, Not a Technology Gap | Jim Lecinski posted on the topic | LinkedIn
Last week’s Massachusetts Institute of Technology study grabbed headlines (« 95% of corporate #AI pilots fail to show #ROI… »). But the report is actually mostly about an entirely different finding that I DO NOT agree with! ▶️ Input was 52 exec interviews, 153 survey responses & review of 300+ public case studies from Jan-June 2025 ▶️…
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Choice Hotels taps McDonald’s exec as chief commercial officer
Listen to the article 2 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Choice Hotels International has tapped McDonald’s executive Joshua Sloser as chief commercial officer, the company announced Tuesday. In his new role, Sloser is tasked with developing and implementing Choice’s commercial strategy as well as overseeing the company’s…
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A Reply to Ira Vouk: MCP, AI, and the Future of Hotel Distribution
Ref. Hotel Distribution 2.0: What the Model Context Protocol (MCP) means for hotel bookings I recently read Ira Vouk, MBA <!–> ’s thought-provoking article–> about MCP (Model Context Protocol), AI, and their potential impact on hotel distribution and booking. It’s a conversation worth having, and I’d like to add some perspectives based on my experience…
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The arms race in luxury hospitality isn’t over. Everyone thought the chase for sub-100-key hotels had peaked. It hasn’t. It’s accelerating — and now it’s spilling into ground-up projects that will… | Thomas Brown | 13 comments
The arms race in luxury hospitality isn’t over. Everyone thought the chase for sub-100-key hotels had peaked. It hasn’t. It’s accelerating — and now it’s spilling into ground-up projects that will redraw the map of hospitality. Serious capital is now underwriting sub-100-key resorts at a scale we haven’t seen before — from the United States to…
