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This Week’s Comings and Goings
David Duncan has been appointed president and CEO of First Hospitality. Duncan has been an integral part of First Hospitality’s growth since he joined the company as president in June 2018. Duncan’s background is...
Wyndham Donates 1 Million Rewards Points to Polaris to Help Fight Human Trafficking
PARSIPPANY, N.J. — Wyndham Hotels & Resorts reinforced its commitment to help combat human trafficking at its first global Town Hall event of the year, announcing its donation of 1 million Wyndham Rewards points...
Mumford Company Ends 2019 With Record Deal Volume
Newport News, Va. — Mumford Company, a full-service hospitality brokerage advisory firm since 1978, announced that the firm completed a record year in 2019, producing the highest dollar volume of hotel sales in the...
STR: U.S. Hotel Industry Posts Lowest RevPAR Growth Since Recession
HENDERSONVILLE, Tenn. — The U.S. hotel industry registered record-breaking performance levels during 2019 but its lowest growth rate in revenue per available room (RevPAR) since the current cycle began in 2010, according to data...
12 Hotel and Resort Companies Among Best Places to Work for LGBTQ Equality
At an event hosted by the Partnership for Global LGBTI Equality during the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum, Human Rights Campaign (HRC) President Alphonso David announced that a record 686 of America’s...