Some hotels drop chains
NEW YORK – Hotel owners are increasingly skipping chains and trying to run profitable hotels as independent properties,…
Kale: the new bacon?
Are we done hearing about kale yet, or do you think kale has become the new “bacon?” Apparently…
DC Reader Meet-Up photos
WASHINGTON D.C. – I am happy to report that Travel Update’s first-ever Reader Meet-Up at the city’s newest…
NYU: 2014’s hot topics
Record profits. Airbnb. Millennials. Healthy travel. Hostile takeovers. New brands. New York’s hotel building boom. Expect the above…
Hotel design: Millennials love screens
Remember the days when new high-end hotels wanted to install iPads in their rooms, and media (myself included)…
Top 10 blog posts so far
Readers: We all like to accentuate the positive, right? With that in mind, I’ve compiled a list of…
Bermuda: Five-star hotels wanted
Calling all luxury hotel developers: Bermuda wants you! That’s the message that veteran Bermuda hotelier and former Parliament…
$10 billion takeover bid for IHG
Holiday Inn parent IHG has spurned an unsolicited (corrected) $10 billion takeover offer from a U.S. suitor, alleged…
Reader Meet-Up: New Marriott Marquis
Road warriors: I have some great news to share. You’re invited to join me next Wednesday (May 28,…
Room service revolution?
Room service: Old school or new school? In advance of my appearance on the “Rudy Maxa’s World” travel…