Reading Time: 4 minutes The sharing economy slides downhill in developed countries Despite the sharing economy’s contribution to worldwide GDP and some bold forecasts up to 2025 from PWC, the percentage growth rate is slowing in developed countries as Airbnb and Uber, two of the most popular contributors grapple with increased legislation and numerous regulatory clamp downs.
Reading Time: < 1 minute US: Furnished Quarters has appointed Anna Gaffney as director of sales for Q&A, its NYC aparthotel.
Reading Time: 20 minutes Worldwide: IHM’s editorial team [George Sell, editor-in-chief; Paul Stevens, editor – short-term rentals; and Eloise Hanson [editor – hospitality] provide a glimpse into what to expect for the travel, hospitality and real estate sectors in 2024 in our annual A-Z article. A is for All-inclusive The new wave of all-inclusive hotels
Reading Time: < 1 minute US: According to businesses development database Lodging Econometrics, developers in the US have more extended-stay projects in the pipeline than hotels.
Reading Time: 3 minutes UK: The Global Serviced Apartment Industry Report (GSAIR), which has been released today at the Business Travel Show in London, says the sector is going from strength to strength.
Reading Time: 11 minutes Russia / Ukraine: Eloise Hanson, editor of Boutique Hotel News, and Paul Stevens, editor of ShortTermRentalz, analyse the aftershocks of the war in Ukraine and what it means for the travel and hospitality industries.
Reading Time: 12 minutes The editorial team at International Hospitality Media (George Sell, Paul Stevens and Eloise Hanson) have compiled an A-Z list of what to watch out for in the travel and hospitality industries this year.
Reading Time: 8 minutes Dina Soliman-Pedersen of BrandFull looks at the rise of senior living – and a young form of hospitality. • Becoming of age Prince Philip, the late Duke of Edinburgh, and the Queen’s husband of 74 years passed away recently, just two months short of his 100th birthday. Reaching 100 is
Reading Time: 2 minutes US: Jack DeBoer, the extended stay pioneer who founded the Residence Inn, Summerfield Suites, Candlewood Suites, Value Place and WaterWalk, has died after a lengthy battle with cancer.
Reading Time: 10 minutes SAN editor George Sell looks at some of the key trends that will shape the global serviced apartment and aparthotel sector in 2020.