Hotel Brand -- Economy Class

HT’s group editor-in-chief Abigail Lorden reflects on how being a new mother has heightened her desire to protect her family’s digital assets. Lorden says it’s a cause that Starwood Hotels & Resorts is taking seriously, too, according to her recent interview with Starwood’s CIO Martha Poulter.

Hotels and restaurants are starting to think with a “mobile first” mentality for both processing transactions and personalizing the consumer experience. Inside this supplement, restaurants and hotels can evaluate the hottest mobile solutions in the marketplace to find ones that are the right fit for their businesses.

The 'digital log book in the cloud' replaces hand-written notes as a means to communicate between staff, departments and management.

The days of ignoring guest reviews are over; here are the Guest Intelligence basics for today's intelligent hotels.

Hotel RevPAR growth is expected to remain above long-run average through 2018.

The first launch is a mobile booking application available for Android and iOS, so guests can easily locate and book rooms directly with Travelodge while on the move.

Savvy hoteliers and smart travelers are playing the 'long game,' according to the latest TravelClick data.

It's not just millennials who are using their mobile devices to research and book rooms – it's happening across all major consumer segments.