Sean Downey
Hotel RL Rethinks Lifestyle Design
Hotel RL, Red Lion Hotels' recently launched lifestyle brand, is a conversion play targeting the top 80 U.S. urban markets. The idea behind the brand is to present an authentic experience that taps into...
View From the Top: Execs Weigh In on Industry Issues
In the View From the Top session at The Lodging Conference last week, industry executives weighed in on the broader issues facing the industry. The executives, Wyndham Hotel Group’s Geoff Ballotti, Vantage Hospitality’s Roger...
Grounds for Optimism: Lodging Conference 2014 Recap
With hotels performing at near-peak levels across the country and projections showing this should continue for years, speakers at the Lodging Conference last week had a hard time containing their rational exuberance. During one...
Here’s What’s Driving Growth at Choice Hotels
Like so many other hotel companies, Choice Hotels is having a great year, with several initiatives driving the company’s ongoing transformation. In last week’s earnings call Choice Choice reported a system-wide RevPAR increase of...
Hoteliers Seek Footholds in Changing Digital Landscape
At the Revenue Strategy Summit last week in New York City, hoteliers, brand representatives, and technology folks gathered to address the high cost of guest acquisition along with other hot revenue management topics. In...