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Coronavirus: its impact on the travel industry

Reading Time: 4 minutes Worldwide: Following news that IHIF, Europe’s largest investment conference, is to be postponed due to the global concern regarding the coronavirus outbreak, SAN looks at how the epidemic is affecting travel and hospitality.

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US extended stay: still strong with opportunities aplenty

Reading Time: 4 minutes Mark Skinner, partner at The Highland Group, gives SAN the latest snapshot of the flourishing US extended stay market. Extended-stay hotels have been the fastest growing segment of the US hotel industry over the last 20 years. Early development of the segment was predominantly the higher priced brands. Rapid growth of

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Building synergies

Reading Time: < 1 minute A Hyatt House property has opened in Chicago, close to the McDonald’s global HQ – the 14-storey building features 200 rooms including 67 suites specifically designed for attendees of McDonald’s Hamburger University training program for managers. And in Austin, WaterWalk has announced plans for a 153-key development, made up of long

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Diversification and risk sharing with serviced apartments

Reading Time: 4 minutes In the second of a series of reports from Germany, Jan Winterhoff, director of hotel development at GBI AG, describes how project developers survey site conditions and why Mixed-Use is a good concept for the future. This week, important decisions will be made in Europe on how the hotel market,