AI Chatbot To The Rescue Advertisements Yes, first impressions count. You might be able to change one’s perception along the way (or the stay), but it does get much harder to change the game once you are already falling behind. I believe that most hoteliers are aware of this. And that’s why they put so much effort and attention to...

STR‘s hotel pipeline data for the Central/South America region showed 147 projects accounting for 20,198 rooms in construction as of the end of January 2020. This represented a 6.1% year-over-year increase in the number of rooms in the final phase of the development pipeline. A majority of the region’s rooms in construction are in three segments. Of those three, midscale...

STR‘s hotel pipeline data for the Caribbean/Mexico region showed 152 projects accounting for 31,787 rooms in construction as of the end of January 2020. This represented a 26.9% year-over-year jump in the number of rooms in the final phase of the development pipeline. A majority of the region’s rooms in construction are in the upper-tier segments. Of the three, upscale...