Hotel Industry News Archive for 2012

In year-over-year comparisons for the week, occupancy fell 4.1 percent to 59.4 percent, average daily rate increased 3.3 percent to US$104.52 and revenue per available room ended the week virtually flat with a 0.9-percent decrease to US$62.03.

Hyatt Hotels Corporation (NYSE: H) announced today the winners of the inaugural Hyatt Thrive Leadership Awards recognizing full service, managed hotels, resorts, and field offices for their outstanding commitment in 2011 to initiatives aligned with Hyatt’s global corporate responsibility platform Hyatt Thrive.

Six hundred bucks is not a bad monthly electricity bill for a 15-story, 63-room urban hotel. Granted, The Ivy Hotel has not opened yet, but general manager James Cazares says public space lighting has been burning 24/7.

High school hospitality students from Monroe Career & Technical Institute in Bartonsville, Pennsylvania, took home the international title in the ninth annual American Hotel & Lodging Educational Institute (EI) International Lodging Management Program (LMP) Competition held March 28-30, 2012.

Published in conjunction with STR (Smith Travel Research) and endorsed by the Hotel Association of Canada. This publication summarizes weekly occupancy and average room rates from major cities in Canada.

Rezidor announces its 4th hotel in Tunisia: The Park Inn by Radisson Sousse featuring 234 keys is scheduled to welcome the first guests in autumn 2013. The existing property is currently undergoing a complete renovation before joining Rezidor's young, dynamic and colourful mid-market brand Park Inn by Radisson.

Whitbread PLC is to open its brand new Premier Inn hotel in London Ealing on 3rd May 2012. The property will contribute over £10.7 million to the local economy whilst creating 47 new jobs for the residents of Ealing and surrounding areas.

The international day of environmental action, Earth Day, brings the issue of environmental protection to the forefront each year on April 22 and encourages people to reflect on their ecological accountability. Hotels and hotel guests can also do their bit: hotel.info has done some research and put together a number of interesting options to help protect the environment.

The New York Times tells us today about about the kitschy Hôtel Carlton in Lille, France, home of a now-world-famous sex scandal.

The Westin Xian is the brand’s First Hotel With its Own Museum and Marks Westin’s Debut in the Shaanxi Province of China