La Quinta
La Quinta’s global portfolio of brands includes La Quinta Inns & Suites. The lodging company’s corporate headquarters are in Irving, TX.
Headlines for this brand
Hotel Executives See Clear Path Ahead
The Americas Lodging Investors Summit, held each January on the West Coast, is a good early bellwether of industry sentiment for the year. Budgets are complete, plans are made, and executives are hungry to execute. To get a reading on the sentiment for 2012, Lodging Hospitality gathered a roundtable of industry leaders during this year’s ALIS to gauge future developments, challenges and opportunities for the lodging business....
La Quinta: A Record-Breaking Hotel Chain
While La Quinta executives talked passionately about growth, property performance and the brand’s dynamic corporate culture at its annual conference this week in New Orleans, the big news was of a lighter variety. On the second day of the conference, La Quinta attempted and succeeded at breaking the world’s record for human mattress dominos. ...
Programming Change: La Quinta Goes High Def
Few things are more infuriating for guests than turning on a fancy new flat-screen TV at a nice hotel and having a limited choice of programming in standard definition. ...
La Quinta Puts Customers, Culture First
What began as an idea from a franchisee at one of La Quinta’s first brand council meetings has evolved into the company’s newly defined culture and the debut of its brand customer service experience, “Here For You.”...
‘Bright Light in a Long Tunnel’
The Americas Lodging Investment Summit is the annual bellwether of the industry, setting the tone for the year in lodging. To get an even better understanding of where the hotel world is heading, Lodging Hospitality gathered a roundtable of industry leaders immediately following the conference to discuss their takeaways and to get their thoughts on the year ahead. ...
Driving Guest Loyalty a Focus for La Quinta
Q&A: VP of Marketing Mike Case Discusses Returns program
La Quinta Inn & Suites is in the business of putting people up for a good night’s rest at any of its 800 mid-scale hotels. It has been building new hotels at a steady rate, more than 80 in 2008 and 2009, before slowing down to a projected 50 this year as the economy stalled. The firm is also in the business of making sure travelers—particularly frequent travelers—are aware of and actively participate in its loyalty program, La Quinta Returns....
La Quinta Brand Council Looks to Future
NEWS: Franchise, Corporate Partners Come Together for Open Dialogue
The continued evolution of La Quinta Inns & Suites was on full display last week at the brand council meeting in Irving, TX at the company’s corporate headquarters. A team of 16—six elected franchisees (a seventh was absent), nine corporate executives and facilitator/consultant Lee Dushoff—spent a full day in the company’s training center ...
Green Answer From CBH Hospitality
FEATURE: New La Quinta Being Built to LEED Silver Status
Bhavesh Patel has been asked the same question too many times to count. It’s always the first question he gets from other developers, builders and journalists: Why? Why are he and business partner Hitu Bhakta spending extra money and time to build a green hotel? And not just any hotel ...
Reasons for Lodging Industry Optimism
OPINION: Despite Operating Numbers, Hoteliers Remain Upbeat
“Lemons from lemonade" may be a cliché, but it appears to be the mindset of many lodging industry entrepreneurs and developers, especially those at The Lodging Conference held last month in Phoenix. ...
Prime-Time Location for La Quinta
FEATURE: Execs Excited About New Property in Chicago
There wasn’t just one reason the entire La Quinta executive team left the hot and dry Texas weather for a windy and rainy day in Chicago on Tuesday. There were 50 million reasons....
In the Loop
NEWS: La Quinta Debuts in Prime Downtown Chicago Location
La Quinta Inns & Suites added a high-profile location to its growing portfolio with the opening of a corporate-owned property in the heart of Chicago’s financial district inside the Loop. The 241-room hotel was created from ...
La Quinta Puts on a Show
NEWS: Confident company upbeat despite down economy
A day after admitting La Quinta wouldn’t hold a national conference in 2010 because it wouldn’t be prudent in these economic times, CEO Wayne Goldberg made sure this year’s version would be one to remember. The opening session Monday...
La Quinta Puts On Brave Face
FEATURE: GMs, Owners Gather in Hawaii
Hotel executives have a hard time putting on a brave face these days, with the economy in the tank, supply ...
Remco Partnership is a Big Win for La Quinta
In the summer of 2007, La Quinta Inn & Suites partnered with industry-leader Remco Software in a chain-wide PMS software upgrade. La Quinta switched from...
