Articles tagged “hyatt”

Hotels

U.S. Commerce Sec. nominee and Hyatt heiress faces hotel workers protest

Pritzker has enough challengers from the political right that she doesn't need the attacks from the labor left. But if she makes it through confirmation, travel will have an incredibly powerful ally in the administration.

Cheryl Jackson, Samantha Bomkamp and Kathy Bergen, Chicago Tribune | 11 years ago

Hotels

Hyatt employees get free rooms as perk of the job

The perks are also a great way for employees to feel what it's like to be a guest at Hyatt properties, and that's something that can certainly help them in their jobs.

Skift | 12 years ago

Airlines

Five best travel ads this week: Awesome, awkward, and award-winning

Samantha Shankman, Skift | 12 years ago

Hotels

Hyatt Q1 profits fall 20 percent as demand for group bookings slip in U.S.

First quarter growth has been inconsistent among U.S. hotel brands with several beating analysts’ expectations, and others like Hyatt citing weak demand as the continued cause of their depressed profits.

Nadja Brandt and Prashant Gopal, Bloomberg | 12 years ago

Hotels

Independent hotels increasingly aligning with chains, to leverage the larger brands

Skift | 12 years ago

Hotels

Locally grown foods and furniture are good for hotel reputations and wallets

It’s not often you see a trend that sweeps up hipster and luxury travelers alike, and also is in line with a hotel’s bottom line. Other benefits include making updating hotel design faster and cheaper.

Skift | 12 years ago

Media and PR

Travel ads of the week: Boating, biking and business meetings around the world

Aerial destination shots are the meat and potatoes of travel video ads and as we’ve seen over the past couple of weeks are used in mash-ups for everything from airlines to booking websites to actual DMOs.

Samantha Shankman, Skift | 12 years ago

Airlines

DFW Airport dabbles in hotel development with $92 million commercial plaza

DFW is unique in that it has space to play with and hopes to differentiate itself with a relaxed shopping area and accommodations that exist separate from the terminal bustle.

Skift | 12 years ago

Hotels

Hyatt tests high-tech innovations on real guests at ‘hotel labs’

First-time guests might never realize they’ve stayed in one of the eight properties where Hyatt experiments, but frequent customers are likely to notice the tweaks on operations and offerings.

Skift | 12 years ago

Hotels

Hyatt Corporation loses control of Caribbean property after disappointed owners replace management

There's reflagging by normal means, then there's reflagging by kicking out the previous operator -- usually accompanied by claims of missed revenue targets and mis-management.

Caribbean News Now | 12 years ago