Anthony Capuano travel tips

Marriott International plans to further expand in the midscale segment, with Marriott CEO Anthony Capuano saying during Wednesday's Q1 earnings call that the company is working on another midscale offering.

In recent months, hotel industry chatter and scuttlebutt swirled around the idea that Hilton is within striking distance of overtaking Marriott in terms of loyalty program size.

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Marriott International became the largest global hospitality company to receive approval from the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) for both its near-term and long-term greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets this week.

Hilton CEO Christopher Nassetta was awarded $56.8 million in pay last year, more than CEOs at rival hotel operators Marriott, Hyatt, Wyndham, Choice, IHG, and Accor, according to recent SEC filings.

The U.S. hotel industry notched a big win in the latest jobs data: The American hospitality and leisure sector — which includes restaurants and hotels— is back to pre-coronavirus pandemic levels.

Marriott Bonvoy's Uber offer is back, allowing guests to earn points towards future stays when they ride.

It's no secret Taylor Swift's "The Eras Tour" is the hottest concert ticket in town…in just about every major city around the world.

Amid mounting U.S. legislative pressure on "junk fees," hospitality industry leaders say they welcome regulation as long as it is evenly applied across the lodging sector as a whole.

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Good things come to Marriott Bonvoy and MGM Rewards members who wait.

Marriott shared its 2024 predictions for the first quarter and the full year on February 13 during an earnings review conference call, noting its strong trend in development growth should continue through 2024 and expecting to return $4.1 to $4.3 billion to shareholders this year. 

Marriott reported financial results on Tuesday that underscored how the hotel giant has continued to benefit from resilient travel demand despite economic uncertainty in many regions.

Cynics typically say that bigger doesn't always equal better when it comes to major corporations like Marriott International.

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Marriott CEO and president Anthony Capuano faces a pivotal point in the growth trajectory at the world’s largest hotel group.

Marriott International, Inc. saw a record year of global signings in 2023, with 52 percent more rooms signed from 2022 and a net room growth of 4.7 percent, signaling the pandemic’s trend of slow development is at its end. 

The economic juggernaut that is Taylor Swift's "The Eras Tour" is crossing the Atlantic Ocean.

The developer of Hilton's two newest brands is leaving the company in 2024.

The hotel industry's roaring recovery from the pandemic faced some headwinds in recent months amid geopolitical tension and natural disasters: the Israel-Hamas war, Hawaiian wildfires and the worst earthquake to strike Morocco in more than 60 years, to name a few.

Marriott International‘s executives reported strong revenue growth in the third quarter on Thursday. They forecasted a steady pace of revenue expansion that would return it to its historical 10-year average after the pandemic disruption.