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BusinessWeek
August 27, 2009
Palmeri & Balfour |
Behind Starwood's Hotel Expansion in China The chain's Sheraton brand, already popular on the mainland, is likely to grow more so as Chinese tourism expands.   |
InternetNews
June 23, 2009
Stuart J. Johnston |
Windows 7 Books a Reservation at Sheraton Sheraton and Microsoft collaborate to show off Windows 7 to business travelers and those on vacation. |
BusinessWeek
October 27, 2003 |
Our Readers Rate the Hotels Here are more results of our first online survey about business hotels. |
National Real Estate Investor
January 31, 2003
Parke Chapman |
Starwood reports 12% revenue increase for '02 Although its near-term forecast is clouded by the United States' potential conflict with Iraq, Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc. has reported a 12% revenue increase for the fourth quarter of 2002. |
National Real Estate Investor
February 9, 2004
Parke Chapman |
Starwood Beats Wall Street Estimates Despite a 4.4% decline in profits, Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide beat Wall Street estimates for the fourth quarter of 2003. |
National Real Estate Investor
November 1, 2002
Steve Webb |
Upscale Hotel Brands Headed for Smaller Towns Can it be that the future of the Westin and Sheraton brands is in places like Normal, Ill.? |
The Motley Fool
April 26, 2005
Seth Jayson |
Biz and Bling Help Hilton Solid results bring a premium price. Today, Hilton Hotels reported record first-quarter earnings of $0.16 per share, a 60% increase over last year. |
National Real Estate Investor
October 31, 2003
Parke Chapman |
Starwood CEO Barry Sternlicht To Resign Barry Sternlicht, CEO of global hotel owner Starwood Hotels & Resorts, is stepping down after running the firm for eight years. Sternlicht's resignation will not become effective until a successor is found, at which point Sternlicht will become executive chairman. |
National Real Estate Investor
May 1, 2006
Parke M. Chapman |
Growing Supply Clouds Hotel Forecast Hotel investors are enjoying increased travel plus a shallow construction pipeline, a combination that's boosted occupancies. But are the seeds of another downturn being planted as developers scramble to meet occupancy demand with a flurry of new projects? |
BusinessWeek
October 25, 2004
Christopher Palmeri |
Rating Frequent-Sleeper Plans Just like the airlines, nearly every major hotel chain now boasts a customer-loyalty program to lure repeat guests. |
Fast Company
Jul/Aug 2012
Lindsey Kratochwill |
Starwood's New Chinese Hotel Is Half-Sheraton, Half-Westin, And Twice The Appeal Starwood Hotels opens a dual-branded resort in Changbaishan, China, in August. Half Sheraton, half Westin, it offers distinct experiences to leverage brands and create return guests. Here's what each half is selling. |
National Real Estate Investor
September 1, 2005
Robyn Taylor Parets |
Select-Service Hotels Entice Developers Following one of the worst industry downturns ever, hotel developers are back in full swing but with a new twist: An upscale product known as select service has emerged as one of the fastest growing and most lucrative niches in the industry. |
Fast Company
May 2000
Heath Row |
Road Rules - Rule No. 19 Get a room with a (point of) view. Choosing a hotel room. |
InsideFlyer
September 2010 |
A Hotel Recovery Without Leisure Travelers? Three key performance metrics reported by Smith Travel Research finally revealed positive signs for the upscale, upper-upscale and luxury segments of the U.S. hotel industry. |
National Real Estate Investor
December 1, 2002
Steve Webb |
Hotels: Still Too Much Room at the Inn No other corner of the commercial real estate industry has been victim to as many converging trends as the hotel sector: Corporations are cutting back on business trips, families are still avoiding airline travel and virtually everyone has less money to spend. |
Fast Company
David Zax |
Starwood's App-Driven Vision For The Hotel Of The Future This month, the company began a massive undertaking: documenting the features of all its rooms across 1,200 properties to better meet the needs of their guests. |
Entrepreneur
June 2009
Julie Moline |
Travel Smarter Before your next trip, hit up these online communities. |
National Real Estate Investor
January 14, 2004
Parke Chapman |
MeriStar Sells Four More Hotels for $33.9M National hotel REIT MeriStar Hospitality Corp. has sold four hotels to two separate buyers. |
National Real Estate Investor
November 1, 2004
Robyn Taylor Parets |
New Starwood CEO to Add Fizz? In a move designed to strengthen its already powerful brands, Starwood Hotels & Resorts ventured outside the real estate and hotel industries and selected Steven Heyer, former president and COO of The Coca-Cola Co., as its new CEO. |
National Real Estate Investor
October 1, 2004
Robyn Taylor Parets |
Developers Check into Boutique Hotels Boutique hotels, which focus on high style, personalized service and trendy restaurants, are growing in number as more developers tap into this lucrative segment -- including some of the nation's largest hotel companies. |
National Real Estate Investor
January 1, 2003
Beth Mattson-Teig |
Hotel Chains Take Back the Web Hotel companies are hoping to take back the customer connection and improve their profits by fortifying their Web sites and offering their excess inventory directly to consumers. The question now is whether the hotel companies can beat the discounters. |
Entrepreneur
March 2004
Chris McGinnis |
Need for Speed Hotels say hello to high-speed Internet access---and goodbye to high usage fees. |
Inc.
December 1, 2009
Shivani Vora |
Your Guide to Executive Club Floors Staying on a hotel's club floor usually means free food and access to a private bar. But many hotels are redesigning their club levels to lure business travelers, and amenities go well beyond trail mix and cocktails. |
InternetNews
April 4, 2005
Sean Michael Kerner |
Yahoo FareChase Gets You a Room Yahoo today expanded its FareChase travel search engine to include search for hotels. |
National Real Estate Investor
October 8, 2002
Steve Webb |
Suburbia is the next frontier for Sheraton and Westin Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc. has unveiled a strategy to expand its upscale Westin and Sheraton brands into secondary and tertiary markets with newly designed prototypes. |
InsideFlyer
May 2009 |
World's Largest Holiday Inn InterContinental Hotels Group is teaming up with Crocus Group to build the world's biggest Holiday Inn and Priority Club Rewards members will have to wait five years to redeem their points for stays. |
Inc.
April 1, 2010
J.J. McCorvey |
Kayak's New Private Sale Service Travel search engine Kayak is making it easier to hunt for hotel deals. |
National Real Estate Investor
August 1, 2005
Robyn Parets |
Kimpton Expands Boutique Concept Capitalizing on travelers' growing demand for boutique hotels with high style and personalized service, the newly formed Kimpton Hospitality Partners (KHP) plans to acquire $450 million in boutique hotel properties during the next two years. |
Entrepreneur
January 2010
Jason Daley |
A Room at the Top How Hampton Inn broke into the Top 10 during one of the hotel industry's toughest years |
InternetNews
January 9, 2006
Susan Kuchinskas |
Yahoo Puts Stamp on Sheraton Sheraton and Yahoo have teamed to create a co-branded Web portal and branded Internet lounges in Sheraton hotels. |
InsideFlyer
September 2009
Ric Garrido |
Loyalty Traveler Global hotel programs. |
National Real Estate Investor
December 1, 2005
Robyn Parets |
Extended-Stay Brands Roll Out Expansion Plans Brands Some developers are giving serious consideration to building economy extended-stay hotels. With lower operational costs than full-service and even limited-service properties, owners can often recoup costs faster and reap the rewards of higher profits. |
BusinessWeek
September 25, 2006
Andrew Blum |
Small Hotels, Big Personalities Indie establishments serve up singular style along with luxurious touches and 21st century amenities. |
National Real Estate Investor
May 1, 2003
Parke Chapman |
Spiffing Up for Recovery Betting that the travel slowdown will soon pass, some brave owners and operators of branded hotels are sprucing up their properties. That means converting lobbies, redoing rooms, adding new signage and shelling out big bucks to bolster the brand. Will these projects pay off? |
The Motley Fool
February 10, 2004
Alyce Lomax |
Marriott's Traveling Ways The hotel chain is the latest to predict an improved year for travel. |
National Real Estate Investor
June 1, 2005
Parke Chapman |
Let the Good Times Roll This may be the best time to own a stabilized U.S. hotel property in five years. Fundamentals are improving fast, low interest rates continue to buoy the sales market, and the summer season --- that operational windfall --- is now here. |
National Real Estate Investor
April 1, 2005
Robyn Parets |
Hilton Garden Inn is Fastest Growing Brand in the Family Long a dominant player in the full-service business and leisure hospitality sector, Hilton Hotels Corp. is relaunching an upscale brand. |
The Motley Fool
January 23, 2006
Rich Duprey |
Luxury Lodging Lights Up Hilton will be branding the Waldorf name while a former Starwood exec looks for opulence. It's a smart move by the hoteliers. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool
July 15, 2010
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Throw This Stock Away If you find something better than Marriott Hotels, get it. |
InsideFlyer
July 2011 |
Road Tripping America? Think Midscale. A look at hotel loyalty in midscale America. |
The Motley Fool
December 29, 2011
Rebecca Lipman |
Hotel Stocks: Tourism Industry Predicts Record Spending for 2011 Here are seven stocks that could benefit from increased tourism: Marriott International... Starwood Hotels... Hyatt Hotels... Wyndham... Expedia... Choice Hotels... Gaylord... |
National Real Estate Investor
October 1, 2006
Joe Gose |
Hilton Elevates Its Game Hotel chains couldn't have picked a better time to get aggressive. Quite simply, the debt and equity markets are hot for hotels. |
National Real Estate Investor
February 1, 2005
Robyn Parets |
HEI Once Again Embarks on Hotel Buying Spree HEI Hospitality, which targets full-service hotels and resorts with 200 to 500 rooms, is in the beginning stages of a buying binge, powered by a $275 million private equity fund formed in June 2004. |
InsideFlyer
May 2012 |
Loyalty Traveler - A Midscale Choice Buying points directly from hotel programs during special offers for bonus points or discount prices is another way to build points balances and diversify your loyalty accounts without having to sleep around so much. |
InsideFlyer
August 2009 |
AAA Starwood Vacations AAA members can take advantage of special discounts and benefits at select Starwood Hotels this summer. |
The Motley Fool
January 10, 2006
Tom Taulli |
Yahoo! Checks Out of the Net Yahoo! is going beyond the virtual world, as its latest deal with Sheraton Hotels demonstrates. On the surface, the Net lounge model certainly looks like a win-win situation. What does it mean to shareholders? |
InsideFlyer
June 2011 |
Flash Sales and Free Hotels Sample Daily Getaways Travel Offers... Are free night promotions coming to an end?... |
The Motley Fool
July 31, 2007
Selena Maranjian |
Don't Forget Travel Agents It's not always best to book trips on your own. Here are some points about using travel agents to consider. |
InsideFlyer
April 2010 |
Loyalty Traveler- Hotel Value Proposition Hotel points are a safety net against fluctuating hotel rates. |
CRM
March 2012
Leonard Klie |
Being Hospitable Means Being Social Hotel chains open communities to communicate with guests. |
