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The article offers views from the members of the organization Industry Real Estate Franchise Advisory Council (IREFAC) which were delivered during the annual New York University International Hospitality Industry Investment Conference in New York in June 2016. Members including Christopher Jordan, Stephen Plavin and Mark Elliott have discussed the capital markets, return on investment and private equity in the hospitality industry.

The article reports on the findings of the Deloitte Millennial Survey 2016 involving younger generation which highlight the growing importance of ethical travel approach.

The article focuses on trends at hotel industry and clubs at Las Vegas, Nevada such as end of burger, electronic dance music and hotels have also become masters at extracting cash out of the daytime crowd hanging by the pool.

The article focuses on the growth of Rosewood Hotels & Resorts located in Hong Kong, China. According to Rosewood President Radha Arora, the company will expand into many new and established markets and plans to have 40 properties worldwide to be opened by 2020. He also admits that the company is creating life experiences for its guests and luxury travelers.

The article offers suggestion for hoteliers on things that guests prefer in hotels and are passionate about to boost their loyalty such as upgradation, extended departure timings and complimentary bottled water.

The article discusses several ways for hotels to reduce operating costs which include refraining from changing complimentary breakfast bars, determining whether a daily maid service is neede, and eliminating business centers at focused-service hotels.

Information about the Revenue Strategy Summit held in early July 2016 in Washington, D.C. is presented. Topics include the advantages and disadvantages of online travel agents and direct booking, customer loyalty, hotels' strategies to attract customers, possible trends in pricing. Lecturers include executives Isaac Hicks, Alexandra Zubko, and Steve Sickel.

The article offers the author's views on the impact of Zika virus, a mosquito-borne virus, on the U.S. tourism and hospitality industry which could potentially cause financial damage and profit loss if travel fears and misinformation left unresolved.

The author discusses the issue regarding on having the same designs to reinvent hotel brands, he seems that designers and hotel executives were stealing ideas from other creators and was concern about design victories to become meaningless.

The article offers the author's insights on the critical role of hoteliers in boosting the sales performance of airline companies.

The article reports on new tools from Expedia, a parent company of online travel brands, that are designed to help hotels gain more profits. Topics include real-time metrics for hotel performance, cloud-based platform for hoteliers provided by software-as-a-service provider ALICE, and remarks from Adam Anderson of Expedia Lodging Partner Services.

The article states that baby boomers may prove to be a rich source of finance for hotelkeepers.

The article focuses on the growing hospitality industry in Boston, Massachusetts. It states that there are 68 hotels in Boston out of which 22 hotels are under construction. It also states that Boston is still an underdeveloped city, however, investors see huge opportunity in its hospitality sector.

The article offers information on the Broward Country Convention Center Hotel in the Fort Lauderdale and Broward County, Florida.

The article reports on companies that are maximizing their relationships with online travel agencies (OTA). One is Expedia Lodging Partner Services whose sites such as Hotels.com and Expedia help create property exposure to international customers, Choice Hotels International which uses OTAs by negotiating differentiated commission models based on country of guest origin, and Vantage Hospitality Group whose relationship with OTAs provide an internal content score and advice on how to improve.