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AAHOA Names New President and CEO
Laura Lee Blake, Esq., will be the new President and CEO of AAHOA, the nation’s largest hotel owners association. Blake will succeed Ken Greene, who served in the role for a short time in 2021 and part of 2022.
IHG Hotels & Resorts Honors Top Performing Americas Hotels with Spirit of True Hospitality Awards
IHG Hotels & Resorts recently recognized nearly 400 hotels and their respective teams as Spirit of True Hospitality Awards recipients for their 2021 accomplishments.
Australia Welcomes Its First Holiday Inn Express & Suites Hotel
Australia’s first ever Holiday Inn Express & Suites branded property has officially opened its doors with the highly anticipated launch of Holiday Inn Express & Suites Sunshine Coast.
As travel returns and people make up for lost adventures, the industry’s first loyalty program reinvents itself – empowering members with more choice, value, and richer rewards than ever before.
February U.S. hotel performance rebounded from January’s slump, according to STR. The three key U.S. hotel industry performance metrics in February each improved significantly from January 2022 levels as concern about the omicron variant began to fade.
Tourism Enjoys Strong Start To 2022 While Facing New Uncertainties
International tourism continued its recovery in January 2022, with a much better performance compared to the weak start to 2021.However, the Ukraine conflict adds pressure to existing economic uncertainties, coupled with many COVID-related travel restrictions still in place, could hamper the recovery of tourism.
The Keys to Keeping Talent in a Hotel Labor Shortage
The labor market for hospitality is what it is right now. As travel recovers, a top goal should be reducing your employee churn rate and developing a culture that retains good hires so that you are protected as much as possible from the current labor shortage.
Leading the Way: Hotel Owners & GMs Share Their Stories for International Women’s Day
As we continue to strengthen our commitments to creating more opportunities for all people in the hospitality industry, IHG is highlighting women leadership in hotels worldwide and sharing their stories of delivering True Hospitality.
The Pandemic Has Been Tough on Luxury Hotels. The Upside is Great.
Full-service hotels and luxury hotels were conspicuously hit hard in the early stages of the pandemic, but luxury hotels tend to hit a growth spurt more quickly and more pronounced than other asset types.
The Asia Hotel Industry Conference & Exhibition (AHICE) Far East Asia is set to make a spectacular return to Tokyo in September 2025 after a successful debut in 2024 as Japan’s first combined hotel operations and investment conference.
Get ready to engage, connect and lead the way forward with the IHG Owners Association’s Indianapolis Member Meeting! Whether a long-time member or new to our community, our Member Meetings will help inform, inspire and strengthen your connection to the Association and IHG owners.
The Asia Pacific Hotel Industry Conference & Exhibition (AHICE) Maldives Hotel Investment Conference returns in September 2025, bringing together established, and emerging, leaders in the large hotel industry from around Australasia to form relationships and learn from the best.
The 30th Annual Lodging Conference will take place from October 6-9, 2025, in Phoenix. As the hotel industry’s premier development conference for real estate, finance, construction and franchising, the Lodging Conference anticipates there will be over 2,900 hotel owners and senior-level executives from the hospitality industry in attendance.
Join thousands of hospitality professionals—from owners and operators to rising stars and innovators—coming together to solve real challenges and shape what's ahead at the 2025 Hospitality Show, including a reimagined show floor, new interactive zones, curated 1:1 meetings and peer-led education.
