Questions & Answers (Q & A)
Catching up with Eric Danziger
Q&A: Wyndham CEO Optimistic About Company, Industry
When Eric Danziger left Wyndham in 1996, the company had just two brands. Now a dozen years later, Wyndham Hotel Group has 12 brands totaling nearly 7,000 hotels in 67 countries. And the former president is back again, unfazed by the huge task at hand in these uncertain economic times....
The Remaking of FelCor
FelCor, one of the nation's largest hotel REITs, has been through a period of dramatic change in the last two and a half years and is plotting a course...
Mr. Las Vegas PART 2
In the second half of an exclusive interview with Lodging Hospitality contributor Stephen Michaelides, Las Vegas casino-hotel impresario Steve Wynn discusses...
Kimpton's Boutique Strategy
Michael Depatie, president and CEO of Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants, is at the center of the boutique hotel trend. In April, Kimpton announced it had closed...
BE SMART WHEN YOU NEGOTIATE
Lodging Hospitality recently spoke with Albert Pucciarelli on the subject of the second-tier incentive fee that is common in hotel management agreements...
Mr. Las Vegas
Ever since Steve Wynn sold Mirage Resorts in 2000 to Kirk Kerkorian for $6.4 billion, and shortly thereafter announced his plans to build one more resort...
Hilton Chief has World on his Mind
Change is the order of the day at the world's largest hotel organization, Hilton Hotels Corp. Only days after private equity giant The Blackstone Group...
World Class Hospitality
With all of the attention on Dubai these days, I felt it deserved a first-hand visit to report on this aggressive new destination from an industry point...
Cosslett's Credo
Andy Cosslett, a burly, street-smart packaged goods marketer with companies like Cadbury Schweppes and Unilever, took the top job at InterContinental...
The New La Quinta
Since the closing of The Blackstone Group's $3.4-billion acquisition of La Quinta Hotels & Resorts in January, Alan Tallis and Wayne Goldberg have been...
