Sentences with phrase «as hotel companies»

The Andaz deal and other potential Hyatt sales come as hotel companies cope with decelerating growth in revenue per available room, an industry measure of occupancy and room rates, following a six - year recovery from the financial crisis.

Not exact matches

Since launching Raleigh Construction Company (now Raleigh Enterprises) in 1955, he has acquired, developed and managed more than 11 million square feet of real estate across the globe, reimagining dormant plots of land and run - down commercial buildings as resort hotels, residential apartments, office towers, shopping centers and film studios.

To help ease the appearance of conflicts of interest, the company said it would not enter into any new international deals, promised to hire a compliance officer and ethics adviser to vet domestic deals, donate foreign profit from its hotels and refrain from doing anything that could be perceived as exploiting the office of the presidency.

One study, which looked at Canada's hotel industry, found a 25 % average return on investment for training programs, with some participating companies reporting returns as high as 300 %.

Managers were traveling around the country putting out fires, which cost the company as much as $ 10,000 a month for airline tickets, hotels, and rental cars.

The NRA has partnerships with companies that offer members special deals, such as discounts on car rentals or hotel bookings.

Instead, he offered to sign on as the conference's «gold sponsor,» albeit on his own terms: in exchange for the $ 30,000 sponsorship fee — a booth normally runs between $ 850 and $ 1,870 — he asked for a booth in the middle of the hall, the exclusive right to put Starvox's ads on the hotel's room key cards, and permission to run a continuous video loop featuring the company's shows on the screens in the elevators.

Consider that a manager who makes $ 250,000 and spends an afternoon booking hotels would have cost his company as much as $ 500 — and neglected the work he's paid to do.

In contrast, before the company founders of the»80s started their businesses, they were generally involved with activities removed from their companies - to - be — Anita Roddick owned a small hotel in Littlehampton, England, and was raising two young daughters; Yvon Chouinard saw mountain climbing as a calling.

As a response, Endeavor finally took action in September by opening an office in Miami and assembling a board of local business leaders that includes execs from Virgin Hotels and Cisneros Group, one of the biggest privately held media companies in the world.

While Australian companies in some of these industries are restricted to setting up shop in the Shanghai Free Trade Zone, others, such as hotel chains and operators of care homes, can do business anywhere in China.

The company functions as a budget hotel with most customers choosing Super 8 for its low rates.

As soon as we sold the company to Expedia, which is based in Seattle, I moved, like, literally that week, and I worked at Expedia and I managed the hotel business for Expedia, Hotwire, and Hotels.coAs soon as we sold the company to Expedia, which is based in Seattle, I moved, like, literally that week, and I worked at Expedia and I managed the hotel business for Expedia, Hotwire, and Hotels.coas we sold the company to Expedia, which is based in Seattle, I moved, like, literally that week, and I worked at Expedia and I managed the hotel business for Expedia, Hotwire, and Hotels.com.

Toward that end, some hotel chains, in deals they have with online travel agencies (OTAs) such as Expedia, have forbidden those companies from bidding on keyword ads on Google and other ad networks that would include the hotels» brand names, according to the editorial.

Keith Barr, CEO of InterContinental Hotels, talks about why his company will launch two new brands in China and other Asia - Pacific markets as part of its expansion plans.

We frequently look at market share in our Place Insights product for marketers, to understand how a company, such as a fast food chain or a hotel group, is winning or losing against its competitive set.

The American Hotel and Lodging Association, whose members include top brands like Marriott, Hilton, and Hyatt as well as owners, management companies, and independent properties, praised the Chicago ordinance, which gives hotels until next summer to implement the panic buttons.

The Texas suit names three of the UK startups» customers as defendants in the suit — hotel company Omni Hotels Management, beauty products company Laura Mercier, and keyboard manufacturer Das Keyboard.

The conglomerate has investments in a range of hotels and real estate — including The Four Seasons and Fairmont — and companies such as Citigroup, General Motors and Twitter.

It inspired me to explore opportunities abroad again, ultimately working on hotel projects on several different continents, an experience that brought me to my current position as co-founder of Proper Hospitality, a high - end lifestyle hotel company.

Interest had come from a range of potential international operators in the same company as the Langham Hotel group.

The office - sharing surge, the pod hotel and co-living trends, and social media companies as major tenants are all at the forefront of that transformation.

Bigelow first started his space company, Bigelow Aerospace, in 1999 to develop habitats for use as research labs for corporations and countries without space programs, housing for missions to Mars, or even as hotels for tourists on the final frontier.

Founded in December 2010, the company bills itself as «the biggest innovation in online hotel booking since online hotel booking.»

Even as Airbnb surged in 2015 — the company estimates that its network housed 40 million guests, double the number from 2014, in 34,000 cities — hotels scored a record - breaking year of their own.

Prior to the purchase, Marriott stood in a virtual tie with Hilton as the world's largest hotel company.

The co-op phenomenon has spread across the country to such niches as cable - TV operators, hotels, electrical distributors, insurance companies, rural electric companies, restaurants, and network - services companies.

Costs will also rise as the company said it plans to spend more on marketing, a move to fend off competition from hotels offering discounts on their own websites to lure travelers away from the likes of Priceline, which charges a fee for listing their inventory.

The profit beat came as customers booked 31 % more nights in hotels than a year earlier, with travel bookings up 21 % overall, the company said.

And he is taking control of Priceline as the company is expanding its hotel - booking business in the U.S.

After graduating from the culinary program at George Brown College in 2000, John Hashimoto worked as a chef at various Toronto restaurants and hotels before moving on to product development for companies including Loblaw.

She founded Salamander Hotels and Resorts, a hospitality company, as well as the Middleburg Film Festival, which premiered La La Land last year.

The company gets as much as 88 % of its more than $ 10 billion in gross profits from Europe, where it beat its peers to the punch in establishing hotel relationships.

The movement of technology companies into «non-traditional» sectors — such as the taxi and hotel businesses — is forcing them to confront government's long - standing regulation of these industries.

As this story went to press, the company was reportedly close to raising $ 1 billion in a new round of funding that will give it a valuation of $ 24 billion, a figure that exceeds the $ 21 billion market value of hotel giant Marriott MAR, which runs more than 4,000 hotels.

Beemer and Shook use in - depth interviews with high - level managers from such companies as Chubb, NetJets, Edward Jones, Lexus, Johnson & Johnson, and Four Seasons Hotels to illustrate the best ways for creating exceptional customer service.

The Hotels Network Founder and CEO Juanjo Rodríguez commented: «The company started as we identified a big gap between the quality of technology used by the large online players and that of hotels themselves, so we wanted to create a product to bridge thaHotels Network Founder and CEO Juanjo Rodríguez commented: «The company started as we identified a big gap between the quality of technology used by the large online players and that of hotels themselves, so we wanted to create a product to bridge thahotels themselves, so we wanted to create a product to bridge that gap.

Founded as a regional airline, HNA evolved into a powerhouse, with stakes in Hilton Hotels, Deutsche Bank and the airport ground services company Swissport.

In the $ 164 billion U.S. lodging market, booking fees are now nearly split between online travel agencies such as Expedia, with $ 39 billion, and hotels, with $ 38 billion, according to Phocuswright, a New York - based travel market research company.

«It began as an experiment to see what would happen if a company brought high - end, hotel - quality hospitality to the workplace.

As for how to play these sectors, Hare recommends service - oriented technology companies — like payment processors or those specializing in outsourcing services — and consumer - oriented travel and leisure companies such as cruise lines or hotels and some retailers, like dollar storeAs for how to play these sectors, Hare recommends service - oriented technology companies — like payment processors or those specializing in outsourcing services — and consumer - oriented travel and leisure companies such as cruise lines or hotels and some retailers, like dollar storeas cruise lines or hotels and some retailers, like dollar stores.

While the Trump Organization both owns and operates some of its flagship properties in the United States, such as Trump Tower in New York, the hotel in Vancouver is one of many licensing deals through which third - party companies pay to operate their hotels under the Trump brand.

Airbnb has faced regulatory and insurance hurdles on a state - by - state basis, while simultaneously battling hotel companies that see the young company as a growing threat.

The combined company will have over 5,500 hotels with 1.1 million rooms worldwide, giving Marriott a greater presence in markets such as Europe, Latin America and Asia and allowing it to better compete with apartment - sharing startups such as Airbnb.

Most Americans think of Las Vegas Sands (NYSE: LVS) as the company that helped make the Nevada gaming capital the place it is today, with the Sands Hotel's history extending back to the beginnings...

Marriott International Inc., which became the world's largest hotel operator with its $ 14 billion purchase of Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc., [Editor's Note: In a conversation with Marriott CEO Arne Sorenson, he confirmed the deal total came out to «roughly $ 13 billion and change»] moved to combine the companies» frequent - guest programs as it integrates 11 new brands into its stable of 19 chains.

LockChain is a company which is working actively towards developing a technology as well as an online marketplace on which consumers can book hotels as well as private properties.

Transat A.T. is eyeing locations in Mexico and the Caribbean for its newly formed hotel division, a move analysts say will bring greater stability to the company as it looks for new ways to achieve growth.

Also available as a lower - cost Admiral ™ Shares mutual fund and an ETF, this fund invests in real estate trusts (companies that purchase offices, hotels and other real estate properties).

A REIT is a company that owns income - producing commercial properties, such as hotels, retail shopping centers and multifamily apartment buildings.