Executives from hotel brand companies, ownership groups and more met in Los Angeles for the first major conference of 2026: the Americas Lodging Investment Summit.
Hotel executives met in Phoenix for the 2025 edition of The Lodging Conference to discuss takeaways from how the year has gone for hoteliers to the trends they see heading into 2026.
NEW YORK — Leaders in the global hospitality industry waded through an up-and-down first few months of 2025 and now claim they see smooth waters ahead.
There's a lot to say about the hotel industry, and the CoStar News Hotels podcast network has a breadth of shows to keep listeners in the know about the hospitality business.
With just weeks before the start of summer in the U.S., hotel executives are moving on from a disappointing first quarter and looking ahead to a better second half of the year.
While high inflation garnered headlines in 2023, higher prices didn't keep travelers from taking trips during the year; they just took their dollars elsewhere.
Hotel brand company Choice Hotels International — based in Rockville, Maryland, with nearly 7,500 open hotels in more than 40 countries — has gone public with its bid to acquire rival brand Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, which has more than 9,000 hotels globally.
A recession in the U.S. isn't a sure thing, but even if a mild one does happen, the hotel industry is likely to be insulated, according to speakers and presenters at the 2023 Hotel Data Conference.