Events &amp; Conferences

Real Estate & Investment

Spokane County’s current and under-construction offerings of sporting and event facilities continue to increase visibility for the market regionally and nationally. This article outlines the recent and upcoming changes to the county’s event faciliti...

Spokane County: A Growing Sports and Event Destination

Claude Xue

Associate, HVS Portland

HVS

MICE

Markets & Performance

Sports Tourism

Another exceptional Hunter Conference is in the rearview mirror, with much thanks to Lee Hunter and his team, as well as the Atlanta Marriott Marquis, for pulling off a terrific event. Never a dull moment in the hotel industry, which is why many of ...

Hunter Conference Takeaways – A Well-Performing Hotel Industry Lives Through a Tough Financing Environment

Rodney G. Clough

President - HVS Americas, Denver

HVS

Real Estate & Investment

With more than 50 years under its belt, HITEC is something of a household name in the hospitality industry. Produced by HFTP, HITEC reigns supreme as the world’s largest hospitality technology conference, attracting thousands of industry leaders and...

Hospitality Technology in the Spotlight: HITEC Is a Time for Tech Vendors to Shine

Hospitality Industry Advisor, College Professor, and Co-Founder of Puzzle Partner

Innovation

Suppose I asked you to conjure up an image of a ‘tech hub.’ In that case, I imagine your mind might place you in the streets of Silicon Valley, rife with sprawling university-like tech campuses and unicorn start-ups causing a stir amongst technologi...

Canadian Brands Join World Class Innovators to Showcase Next-Gen Hospitality Tech at HITEC 2023 in Toronto

Hospitality Industry Advisor, College Professor, and Co-Founder of Puzzle Partner

Innovation

At this year’s Americas Lodging Investment Summit, the opening question in almost every conversation I participated in was “what are you seeing?”

So, What Are You Seeing?

Jan Freitag

National Director, Hospitality Market Analytics at CoStar Senior Vice President, Lodging Insights at STR

HotelNewsNow

Finance

When you think of the city of Toronto, what comes to mind? For starters, Toronto may conjure images of the CN Tower, world-class food, and entertainment, or lyrics to one of Drake’s many songs in which he highlights the city he calls home. But over ...

HITEC Entrepreneur 20X Competition Comes to Toronto In 2023

Hospitality Industry Advisor, College Professor, and Co-Founder of Puzzle Partner

Innovation

Jamie Mageau recently had the pleasure of attending the Travel and Tourism Research Association’s Marketing Outlook Forum in Houston with over 200 industry researchers, marketers, vendors and partners.

Three Key Takeaways from the Travel and Tourism Research Association’s Marketing Outlook Forum

Jamie Mageau

Director of Research Products for U.S. Travel Association

U.S. Travel Association

Human Resources

MICE

Airlines

They say the only guarantees in life are death and taxes, but if you work in the hospitality technology space, at least one other certainty exists - the annual meeting of the minds that is HITEC®. For over 50 years, the Hospitality Industry Technolo...

Destination HITEC® 2023: Toronto

Hospitality Industry Advisor, College Professor, and Co-Founder of Puzzle Partner

Destination Marketing

On January 25, 2023, the Seattle Convention Center (SCC) is debuting the completion of its expansion, known as Summit. The building, which has been under construction since 2018, nearly doubles the capacity of the convention center facilities. The e...

The Seattle Convention Center Enters a New Era

Breanna S. Smith

Senior Vice President, Portland

HVS

MICE

Markets & Performance