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Nine major hotel chains with loyalty programs currently number 152 different hotel brands for earning and redeeming points. Most of the major chains had at least one new hotel brand become part of their respective hotel loyalty program within the past year. Smith Travel Research provides a hotel industry standard market segment ranking for most…
Ten major hotel chains with loyalty programs currently number 134 different hotel brands for earning and redeeming points. Over 25% of these brands became part of their respective hotel loyalty program within the past six years. I have followed these loyalty programs for more than a decade and some of the hotel brands listed in…
TopHotel.news has an article looking at the Top 10 hotel brands with new build hotels under construction in the USA. The top nine brands in the list are either a Marriott or Hilton owned hotel brand. Choice Hotels ranks at number 10 with Cambria Suites. 1. Aloft Hotels – Starwood (Marriott) = 44 hotels. 2.…
When someone tells me they stayed at a luxury hotel, I try and elicit specific details to see if I agree with their classification that it is a luxury hotel. Say Four Seasons or Ritz-Carlton and that sounds like a luxury hotel brand to me. Tell me you stayed at the Embassy Suites and I’ll…
Starwood Hotels has a new 10th hotel brand named Tribute Portfolio. Think Luxury Collection without the historical building setting. The idea is to have a Starwood brand for newer independent hotels to match Marriott Autograph Collection and Hilton Curio Collection. Luxury Collection hotels as a brand tend to be older restored buildings. We won’t know…
Several times a year I look at hotel financial reports and determine average daily rates for different hotel brands. Last week I found the Q3 2014 data already compiled for average rates by hotel chain and brands on a website called ChainHotels.com. Top 10 most expensive hotel brands: 1. St. Regis/Luxury Collection (Starwood Hotels) $346.28…
Skift.com is one of my favorite sites for travel industry data and news. Data in tables published in an article on Skift.com last week about hotel brands Facebook page visits reveal Starwood Hotels brands get more customer engagement than any other hotel chain with over 14 million visits. Starwood Hotels nine brands receive more Facebook…
Starwood Hotels released its 2011 Q-4 financial report for investors February 2. My interest is seeing the number of hotels in each Starwood brand and the average rates globally. Starwood Hotels has grown to 1,090 hotels worldwide. Aloft brand has the lowest average rates at just over $100 and Four Points hotels are slightly more at…
Hyatt Hotels announced in a press release September 19 the creation of the Hyatt House extended stay brand with 54 hotels through conversions of the current 38 Hyatt Summerfield Suites, and the addition of 16 recently acquired Sierra Hotels that joined the Hyatt chain September 1, 2011. Hyatt House rebranding and signage is expected to be completed by early 2012…
Some people need a major hotel chain some of the time. Other people desire a major hotel chain most of the time. There are 7 “hotelmart” chains. [I just thought of that term and I like it. Could I coin the phrase? Too late. I checked and found a discount hotel website HotelMartUSA.com. So, I…
