Marriott is hitting back at Airbnb, which has been expanding its reach into the hotel industry, by rolling out its own home-rental service.

The competition is at an all-time high for hotels to earn guests’ loyalty and many have turned to the latest technology to help them do so, whether it’s Japan’s hotel staffed entirely by robots or the new FlyZoo hotel using facial recognition in lieu of room keys.

KHP Capital Partners closed on $361 million of commitments for its fifth discretionary real estate fund.

Radisson’s Country Inn & Suites could be “three to four times larger than we are today.

Real estate investment trust Summit Hotel Properties announced the sale of six properties totaling 815 guestrooms for $135 million.

Hotels in the Buffalo, New York, area are getting more business after a slow first quarter, thanks to the Men’s Frozen Four NCAA hockey championship, The Buffalo News reports.

Hotels in the U.S. reported positive year-over-year results in the three key performance metrics for the week ending 6 April, according to data from STR, parent company of HNN.

U.S. stocks were expected to open higher today “as investors digested central bank messaging and the latest developments in the U.S.-China trade talks,” The Wall Street Journal reports.

A career in finance was always a natural fit for Leeny Oberg, who is now three years into her role as Marriott International’s EVP and CFO, Hotel News Now’s Dana Miller writes.

Marriott and Expedia Group announced in a joint statement that the companies have signed a new multiyear agreement.

Marriott International has opened its 7,000th property: The St. Regis Hong Kong.

IHG has opened three hotels in Russia, CIS and Georgia in recent weeks with a further five set to open over the coming months.

South Africa-based Newmark Hotels, Residences, Reserves & Lodges has signed on for a comprehensive suite of central-reservation-system solutions from the newly merged Pegasus/Travel Tripper.

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts is expanding its presence in Europe with the opening of Ramada Hotel & Suites by Wyndham Yerevan in Armenia, a first for the brand in the country.

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts announced today that the 900 hotels under the La Quinta brand have now been moved to the same central reservation, property management, loyalty, digital and call-center systems as the 19 other brands under Wyndham, according to a news release.

The U.S. hotel industry reported positive year-over-year results in the three key performance metrics during the week of 24-30 March 2019, according to data from STR.

Comedian Ellen DeGeneres and tennis champion Billie Jean King are the latest to urge the public to boycott the luxury hotels, which include The Beverly Hills Hotel, Hotel Bel-Air, The Dorchester, Principe di Savoia and Le Meurice, following the lead of George Clooney and Elton John.

For the week ending 30 March, the U.S. hotel industry reported positive year-over-year results in the three key performance metrics, according to STR, parent company of HNN.

While at the Hunter Hotel Conference in March, Hotel News Now’s Danielle Hess sat down with Pat Pacious.

Marriott International announced on Thursday its expansion plans for the Asia Pacific region with its “2020 vision—an aggressive target to have 1,000 hotels open by the end of 2020,” which is nearly a 40% increase, according to a company news release.