Jour : 13 novembre 2025
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Holiday comeback: US short-term rentals set to finish 2025 on a high
Forward-looking data from Key Data points to pricing strength and renewed stability across the US short-term rental market Santa Rosa Beach, Fla., 13 November 2025 — The US short-term rental market is closing 2025 on a high, with holiday travel demand helping operators finish the year with stronger rates, higher revenue, and growing traveler confidence. New…
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Travel & hospitality leaders call on U.S. House of Representatives to end government shutdown
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, leaders from the American Hotel & Lodging Association (AHLA), Airlines for America (A4A), U.S. Travel Association, and the National Restaurant Association pressed the U.S. House of Representatives to immediately vote on the Senate-passed agreement to end the government shutdown. Since October 1, there has been almost $6 billion lost in travel…
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2025 traveler trends and hotel profitability insights | Duetto
Hotel market pulse — Fall 2025 Uncertainty in the global economy has made budgeting and forecasting especially tough this year, leaving many hoteliers unsure what 2026 will bring. But a closer look at data from 2025 offers some valuable clues. As part of our new strategic partnership, Duetto and Cloudbeds have teamed up to produce our…
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GBTA + VDR Europe Conference 2025 in Hamburg Spotlights Advocacy, Innovation and Resilience in European Business Travel
Hamburg, Germany – Business travel’s evolving landscape and the drive toward a more sustainable future took center stage this week at the GBTA + VDR Europe Conference 2025 in Hamburg. From 10–12 November, the CCH – Congress Center Hamburg hosted one of Europe’s largest gatherings of business travel and meetings professionals, where industry leaders, practitioners…
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7 insights (+7 actions) that will make you say “yes” to Black Friday
En español, en français, em português. Why Black Friday matters (more than we think) Black Friday is no longer a one‑day event. Year after year it has turned into a multi‑day campaign that reshapes purchase intent, a “dress rehearsal” that can even set the price you’ll later defend, impacting cancellations and your distribution mix. That’s…
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I don’t enjoy talking about failures, but when a $𝟮 𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗽 𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗽𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁, it’s worth asking why. This week, Sonder Inc., once valued at over $2… | Nicolas Vorsteher | 19 comments
I don’t enjoy talking about failures, but when a $𝟮 𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗽 𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗽𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁, it’s worth asking why. This week, Sonder Inc., once valued at over $2 billion and hailed as “the next Airbnb meets Marriott”, shut down. After 11 years, the company filed for bankruptcy just one day after 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗼𝘁𝘁 𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽. At…
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Sonder’s Fall: Tech Hype vs. Hotel Reality I’ve been reflecting on Sonder’s recent liquidation and the collapse of its Marriott deal. They branded themselves a “tech-enabled hospitality”… | Raj Chudasama | 14 comments
Sonder’s Fall: Tech Hype vs. Hotel Reality I’ve been reflecting on Sonder’s recent liquidation and the collapse of its Marriott deal. They branded themselves a “tech-enabled hospitality” disruptor, but peel back the layers, and it was fundamentally a hotel business… leasing blocks of rooms, sinking capex into renovations, and managing physical assets. Sound familiar? That’s…
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Service as a strategy: How to drive more revenue with frontline staff
In this week’s episode of Hotel Moment, Geoffrey Toffetti, CEO of Frontline Performance Group, joins Revinate CMO Karen Stephens, with direct advice for hoteliers looking to improve their ancillary revenue. Geoffrey urges hoteliers to focus on service first — citing the correlation between improving service scores and revenue growth. Because hoteliers who treat every stage…
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Barry Sternlicht rewrote the hotel loyalty playbook with SPG a couple of decades ago. His team’s latest attempt at hotel loyalty ditches significant parts of the formula, like tier status and free… | Sean O’Neill | 17 comments
Barry Sternlicht rewrote the hotel loyalty playbook with SPG a couple of decades ago. His team’s latest attempt at hotel loyalty ditches significant parts of the formula, like tier status and free rooms. The 1 Hotels brand, part of Sternlicht’s revived Starwood Hotels, has scrapped loyalty points for tree plantings and charitable donations. As Skift…