TORONTO—Expedia is a company based on constant A-B testing, and it has come up with a number of ways to help hotel partners, including a sophisticated rate-setting system and integration with Amazon's Alexa and Google.
Robert Pratt is now president and CEO of Sandman Hotel Group and The Sutton Place Hotels. He replaces Taj Kassam, who moved to parent company Northland Properties Corp., where he is senior vice-president.
VANCOUVER — Jon Zwickel, who recently resigned as president and CEO of the Canadian Vacation Ownership Association, has turned his attention to several projects through his company, InnVentures.
Travelodge adds Mark Collins and Cathy Bayou. HNL CEO joins TIAC Board. Kevin Frid retires from Accor. Sébastien Gagné new GM as Intercontinental Montreal. Shelley Rideout joins DP Murphy Group.
IHG will remove all plastic straws from its global network of hotels by the end of next year, and sustainability-minded hotels are finding alternatives to single-use plastic bottles, including reusable bottles and water…
Designers Harry Christakis and Jocelyn Malcolm pitched their recommendations for a $15,000 and $20,000/room overhaul to two “dragons” at the Western Canadian Lodging Conference session.
Corbin Staniloff joins CBRE Vancouver. CHI promotes Abjahit Patel, Maureen Sulliven. Darlene Doerkson joins Tourism HR Canada board. Erin O'Brien at Deloitte. Radisson hires James Pawlikowski. Jon Mamela and Andrew…
ORHMA Windsor winners. RLH Corp. exceeds franchise goals. Hotel Monville wins four awards at AHQ. Montreal's J'ai changé campaign a winner. Christiane Germain one of Canada's 100 top influential women.
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ALLISTON, Ont. — Lou Biffis started the Nottawasaga Inn on a property that was used for sod farming, in Tecumseh, a dry county since 1907. Before he could build a successful motel, he had to change that.
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…