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Revenue
Haunted Hotels: How Halloween 2026 Becomes a Revenue Play
Halloween falls on a Saturday in 2026. Here’s how hotel owners are turning haunted history, themed packages and events into weekend revenue and RevPAR.
By Nathan Snyder · October 29, 2026 · 14 min read
Texas
San Antonio’s $850M Convention Center Plan Rides on Hotel Taxes
By Nathan Snyder · October 29, 2026 · 7 min read
Brokerage
TKO’s Renovation Pledge: $50K–$60K a Room, and Sonesta Stays on the Table
TKO’s CEO tells Skift it would spend $50K–$60K a room on SVC hotels in 24 months. Oct. 15 release drops the Sonesta termination ask. Financing still undisclo…
By Nathan Snyder · October 28, 2026
Deals
$64,300 a Key: Endeavor Buys RLJ’s Midway Portfolio for $68 Million, Half the 2006 Price
Endeavor Hotels bought RLJ’s seven Midway Airport hotels for $68M, or about $64,300 a key — half the 2006 price — with a $90M Access Point loan. What the dea…
By Nathan Snyder · October 28, 2026
Fed decision
Fed Decision Oct. 28: What Hotel Owners Should Watch
The Fed announces its rate decision Wednesday at 1 p.m. CT. What hotel owners should watch: loan rates, CMBS, cap rates and the deal pipeline.
By Nathan Snyder · October 27, 2026 · 8 min read
Technology
Top 5 Effective AI Tools Hoteliers Are Using in 2026
By Nathan Snyder · June 20, 2026 · 6 min read
Architecture
Keep the columns: what Delano Miami Beach’s comeback says about restoring a famous building
Closed in 2020 and reopened with 171 rooms, the Delano kept its terrazzo, paint bands and hexagonal columns. Heritage is a line item that pays. Miami Beach RevPAR ran $243.10 through August, up 10.1% from a year earlier.
By Nathan Snyder · October 23, 2026 · 4 min read
Texas development
Dallas Leads Again: 184 Hotel Projects, a Shrinking National Pipeline, and a 5% 10-Year
Dallas leads U.S. hotel pipelines by project count (184 / 23,646 rooms) in LE’s Q3 tally. National pipeline down 4.9%. What that means when the 10-year is ne…
By Nathan Snyder · October 28, 2026
Development
Conversions vs. New Builds: Why Adaptive Reuse Is Emerging as the Strategic Preference for Hoteliers in 2026
The classic debate between breaking ground and retrofitting an existing building has taken on a sharp, financial urgency.
By Nathan Snyder · July 16, 2026 · 7 min read
Revenue
Beyond the Room Rate: How Boutique Hotels Are Mastering Ancillary Revenue in 2026
The properties printing money after check-in are not the ones chasing another point of ADR.
By Nathan Snyder · July 2, 2026 · 8 min read
Perspective
Why Hotels Matter: The Unsung Heroes of Travel (and the People Who Pretend They Don’t Need Them)
Everyone loves to talk about the destination. They talk about the city skyline, the famous restaurants.
By Nathan Snyder · August 21, 2026 · 6 min read
Q3 earnings
The Flag Fight: IHG and Wyndham post 6%+ U.S. RevPAR, and the brands are coming for each other’s hotels
IHG’s U.S. RevPAR rose 6.9% and Wyndham’s rose 6%. Hilton followed with system-wide RevPAR up 5.8% and U.S. up 7.0%.
By Nathan Snyder · October 27, 2026 · 9 min read
Brand risk
Your Brand Is for Sale: what Sonesta’s layoffs and Kempinski’s C-suite exodus mean for owners under their flags
Kempinski’s CEO and five senior executives have left or resigned, Skift reported, while its owners have been seeking a buyer.
Sonesta’s chief brand officer left as a $2B bid targets many of its best hotels. What owners under those flags should check.
By Nathan Snyder · October 27, 2026 · 8 min read
Texas development
Texas Hotel Pipeline: Frisco’s $5M Tax Rebate, Lockhart’s 500 Keys and Grapevine’s 221-Room Sandman
Frisco will rebate up to $5M in hotel tax for a 250-room hotel, Lockhart weighs 500 keys and Grapevine starts a 221-room Sandman.
By Nathan Snyder · October 25, 2026 · 8 min read
Houston
Houston Hotel RevPAR Rises 7% in September as Downtown Slips and $18M in Renovations Lines Up for Two West Houston Hotels
$18M in renovations lines up at two West Houston hotels
By Nathan Snyder · October 25, 2026 · 6 min read
Texas deals
Thompson San Antonio sells for $41M as foreclosing lenders finance 78% of the deal
The foreclosing lenders sold the Thompson San Antonio for $41M and lent the buyer $32M of it. The Loren Group put in $9 million of cash and plans $10 million of upgrades.
By Nathan Snyder · October 25, 2026 · 8 min read
Energy costs
$116 Brent: what a six-month oil high does to your drive-in guest, your energy bill and your 2027 budget
Brent settled at $116.72 on Friday, its highest close since April 29. Wyndham says holiday airfares are running 25% to 30% higher and guests are driving. That helps drive-to hotels, hurts fly-in resorts and raises everyone’s energy and freight costs.
By Nathan Snyder · October 25, 2026 · 6 min read
Corporate travel
The road warrior is back: corporate hotel demand turns positive for the first time since the pandemic
Kalibri Labs says corporate demand is up about 2% this year, with corporate rates up 6% to 7%, the fastest of any segment. Price your 2027 accounts now and steer them direct.
By Nathan Snyder · October 24, 2026 · 6 min read
Architecture
The city builds the tower: Indianapolis’s 800-room Signia and the publicly owned convention hotel
Indianapolis owns its new tallest hotel. Dallas, Austin and San Antonio are rebuilding convention centers, and the hotel next door matters to every owner in town.
By Nathan Snyder · October 22, 2026 · 5 min read
Florida
Why New Yorkers moved to Florida, and whether it’s a tax haven for hotel owners
Florida gained $20.6 billion in income from other states in one year. Florida is a tax haven for the owner, not the hotel.
By Nathan Snyder · October 22, 2026 · 6 min read
Architecture
An office building checked back in: what Savannah’s Recess hotel teaches owners about conversions
A 1913 hotel spent decades as offices and reopened this month with 221 keys. The 62 bunk rooms are the smartest part.
By Nathan Snyder · October 22, 2026 · 4 min read
Operations
Chicago's strike reaches Hilton and Hyatt: what it means for your labor budget
Eight hotels have been struck since Oct. 9. The wage that settles Chicago will reset labor costs well beyond the city, and owners pay it.
By Nathan Snyder · October 20, 2026 · 9 min read
Technology
Expedia in the dock: what the rate parity lawsuit means for hotel owners
A new class action says Expedia's contracts kept direct rates high. You aren't being sued, but your Expedia contract is the evidence.
By Nathan Snyder · October 18, 2026 · 6 min read
Brokerage
What a $95,000 key is really worth: TKO's $2 billion bid for SVC's hotels
About $94,700 a key for 93 hotels, against about $38,000 for SVC’s weakest ones.
By Nathan Snyder · October 18, 2026 · 6 min read
Revenue
Two-speed hotel America: what to watch in Q3 earnings
Upscale brands grew U.S. RevPAR about 5% last quarter. Economy brands grew 1% to 2%.
By Nathan Snyder · October 17, 2026 · 5 min read
Brokerage
The maturity date is the default: why hotel loans are going bad in 2026
A $302 million Waikiki loan ran out of calendar mid-sale. Hotel CMBS delinquency is up three months straight.
By Nathan Snyder · October 17, 2026 · 6 min read
Finance
Twice the ceiling, half the door: the SBA hotel loan in 2026
A $10 million stacked limit, a citizens-only rule since March 1 and new fees since Oct. 1.
By Nathan Snyder · October 12, 2026 · 8 min read
Revenue
The 12 percent flag: what owners really pay a brand
The contract says 8% or 9%. The bill runs closer to 10% to 13% of rooms revenue.
By Nathan Snyder · October 12, 2026 · 7 min read
Operations
The last capped bill: what Texas owners should check this month
A $125,000 FF&E exemption, a 20% cap ending Dec. 31 and a 9.6% higher Harris County rate.
By Nathan Snyder · October 12, 2026 · 8 min read
Insurance
Cheaper wind, pricier lawsuits: the insurance market Isaias walked into
Hotel property premiums fell up to 25% this year. Liability kept climbing. Hurricane Isaias just tested which number owners should budget around, and here are six things to check now.
By Nathan Snyder · October 12, 2026 · 8 min read
Q3 Deal Recap
22 hotel sales, and the three quiet ones owners should study
From $95,477 a key to $1.34 million. Capex, zoning and certainty moved the price more than the flag.
By Nathan Snyder · October 7, 2026 · 6 min read
Finance
The refi clock: 596 hotel loans and a Fed that just raised rates
Delinquencies are climbing again. Debt yield, not your appraisal, decides whether you refinance.
By Nathan Snyder · October 7, 2026 · 8 min read
2027 Budget
The 2.1 percent budget: next year’s revenue won’t pay next year’s bills
Two forecasters agree on 2027. Rate trails inflation, liability insurance is still hardening, and costs set the profit.
By Nathan Snyder · October 2026 · 7 min read
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Operations
No vacancy for neutrality: the hotel industry’s ICE standoff
A canceled reservation in Lakeville set off GSA, a franchise termination, and lobby occupations from Manhattan to Fort Myers. Neutral is no longer a square footage.
By Nathan Snyder · September 25, 2026 · 11 min read
Labor
46 hotels, one vote: Chicago’s 85 percent strike authorization
7,000 workers just told a booming convention market the boom is not reaching the floor. Seattle and Philadelphia already published the new wage numbers.
By Nathan Snyder · September 25, 2026 · 9 min read
Revenue
The algorithm defense is collapsing. Two circuits just split.
The Third Circuit revived Atlantic City’s Rainmaker case. The Ninth Circuit dismissed Vegas. Every property running shared pricing software now lives in that gap — and the next complaint will be written to the circuit that still has a pulse.
By Nathan Snyder · September 25, 2026 · 11 min read
Distribution
“Forget hotels” is dead. Airbnb is listing nearly 4,000 of them.
Thirteen percent commission versus the usual OTA take. The brand fight is still the brand fight. The channel math is not.
By Nathan Snyder · September 25, 2026 · 10 min read
Technology
“Destroying some jobs”: the first AI-native operator
Sloan Dean left Remington and built a management company that runs the back office with 60-plus agents. The night audit does not sleep.
By Nathan Snyder · September 25, 2026 · 9 min read
Operations
Only 55% of Americans wake up well-rested. Hotels should care.
Are your rooms built for rest, or are you just selling a bed? What sleep data means for the guest room.
By Nathan Snyder · September 25, 2026 · 6 min read
Insurance
How hoteliers are banding together to lower insurance premiums
Insurance is one of the fastest-growing lines on the P&L. Owners are pooling buying power to push back.
By Nathan Snyder · September 25, 2026 · 4 min read
Revenue
The loyalty illusion: devalued points open a door for independents
Marriott, Hilton and Hyatt made their points worth less again. For boutique hotels without a rewards program, that is an opening.
By Nathan Snyder · September 3, 2026 · 6 min read
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