Data crunchers: Recovery chugs on
By all accounts during Tuesday’s ALIS Summer Update, things are looking up for the United States’ hotel industry. During the data-driven opening session, the news coming out of the industry was good: • “We’re seeing what I would describe as a moderate pace of recovery, but at least it’s a recovery,” said Arthur de Haast, global CEO of Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels. • “(The recovery) is better, quicker (than what had previously been thought),” said Mark Woodworth, executive VP with PKF Consulting. “It is all demand-driven.”