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Major hotel chains are racing into wellness. Here’s what independents need to catch up.

Last week, Marriott International announced a joint venture with Italy’s Lefay to create its first brand dedicated exclusively to…

In Lefay deal, Marriott makes concerted push into luxury wellness

Marriott International is extending its reach into the lucrative wellness business, but instead of launching…

How Fouquet’s New York quickly became the scene to be seen and the man who made it happen

Most hotels don’t like to publicize their celebrity guests. Fouquet’s New York didn’t have to:…

Commanalities exist between Wall Street and Main Street hotel investors. It just matters who you ask.

The hotel industry is a peculiar business. It’s one where a single asset can have…

Private credit has come under the gun. Is it still enviable for hotel investment?

The Ides of March came a bit early for private-credit funds this year. Blackstone, the world’s largest alternative asset manager, managing over $1 trillion in…

Asset-light only works if someone else owns the asset. And that’s the concern.

Sometimes, it’s the most obvious thing that is overlooked. For all the talk in the…

Out of the past: Gilda Perez-Alvarado drives Orient Express down the track

The late-day sun sinking behind the San Gabriel Mountains is no match for Gilda Perez-Alvarado:…

Wyndham Hotels chief talks up AI as a moneymaker, cost saver

For all the discussion around artificial intelligence and how it will remake the way customers…