NEWS BRIEFS update as of June 23, 2020
Choice Gold and Platinum Award recipients. Motel 6 Clean@6. Trump’s 4K to Travel idea. Hilton CleanStay rolled out. IHG updates travel cancellation policy. Destination Indigenous Campaign.
Choice Gold and Platinum Award recipients. Motel 6 Clean@6. Trump’s 4K to Travel idea. Hilton CleanStay rolled out. IHG updates travel cancellation policy. Destination Indigenous Campaign.
HENDERSONVILLE, Tenn. — STR data for 7-13 June 2020 shows Canadian hotel performance up slightly from previous weeks with the same significant level of year-over-year declines.
A national survey of Canadians recently authored by Hill+Knowlton Strategies says that commercial airlines and hotel chains should focus on an appeal to routine and not an aversion to risk.
OTTAWA — No one thought the pandemic would last this long, but now the hotel industry realizes that group business and mass conferences will not be taking place in the near future. “That makes leisure and tourist…
ATLANTA, Ga. — Hotel Equities currently has 26 or 27 properties in Canada, and still plans to double that in the next two years, Joe Reardon, chief development officer told CLN.
TORONTO — Reetu Gupta, president and CEO of both Easton’s Group of Hotels and The Gupta Group, shares some personal stories of how discrimination affected her father, herself and the origins of their companies.
JW Marriott Muskoka is open for business. FARO opens at Oak Bay Beach Hotel. Canada’s hotel pipeline is still robust, Lodging Econometrics reports.
Banff Springs reopened June 1. Courtyard by Marriott Burlington reopens. New Staybridge Suites for Waterloo Region. Next chapter for Naramata.
SEATTLE, Wash. — Expedia Group has committed $275 million to help partners rebound from the impact of COVID-19 and fuel industry-wide recovery efforts. Expedia Group’s recovery program is comprised of global initiatives…
OTTAWA — Philip Mondor, president and CEO of Tourism HR Canada paints a vivid picture with stark numbers regarding the pandemic. THRC has prepared a toolkit to help with the recovery.
More than 350 delegates from across Canada’s hotel sector gathered in Ottawa on June 16 and 17 for the Hotel Association of Canada’s (HAC) national conference. Held at The Westin Ottawa, the annual gathering brought…
Second-generation executives to lead national expansion of family-owned hospitality brand
Canada’s hotel sector is showing signs of uneven pressure amid shifting economic conditions, according to the Hospitality Innsights Q1 2025 report by Cushman & Wakefield. The first quarter of the year saw moderate…
The 2025 Canadian Grand Prix wrapped this past weekend with near-capacity hotel bookings and significant increases in tourism-related spending, reaffirming the event’s role as a major contributor to Montreal’s…