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The Hotel News Now takes a look back at 2023 and the best moments from across the Hotel News Now podcast network.

Mark Adams, partner at law firm Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell, explains how the settlement agreements between Pennsylvania's attorney general and several hotel companies over the disclosure of mandatory fees, such as resort fees, could have far-reaching effects on the U.S. hotel industry.

FibraHotel Chief Investment Officer Guillermo Bravo sits down with Hotel News Now Senior Reporter Dana Miller to talk on the growth of hotel-focused real estate investment trusts in Mexico, which haven’t been around as long as those in the U.S. Bravo also touches on how development in the region is shifting as the volume of powerful storms increases.  

In this Hotel News Now podcast, Chicago-based First Hospitality's David Duncan and CoStar News' Ryan Ori share their observations of the Chicago hotel market's recovery and what they still expect to come. 

CoStar's Emmy Hise joins HNN's Sean McCracken to talk about what hoteliers have to feel thankful for heading into the Thanksgiving holiday in the U.S.

With unrelenting growth and many prominent hotel companies claiming it as their home base, Dallas has grown into one of the most important U.S. cities for the hotel industry, but how long can that growth continue? CoStar's Colin Sherman and Candace Carlisle unpack what's driving the market's outsized growth.

No company in the hotel industry talks and thinks more about wellbeing the Hyatt Hotels Corporation. Hyatt's Vice President of Global Wellbeing joins Hotel News Now to talk about why it's so important for both guests and employees.

Capella Hotel Group President Cristiano Rinaldi discusses the newest version of his company, how they've grown into a powerhouse for luxury across Asia by focusing on their goal to "keep creating wonderful experiences for our guests," and why they're spinning their success to move into the Middle East and Europe.

In this episode, labor attorney Andria Ryan of Fisher Phillips explains the National Labor Relations Board's final rule on joint-employer status and how that will affect the liability of hotel brands, owners and operators as employers and potential employers.

In the past few years, Sonesta Hotels International has grown from a few dozen hotels to nearly 1,200, and EVP of Franchising and Development Keith Pierce said his company is poised for another wave of growth heading into 2024.

While much of the narrative about travel in Asia has revolved around the idea of country's like China being behind the curve, STR's Jesper Palmqvist says conditions across the region are better than many believe.

STR's Kelsey Fenerty and Lodging Advisors CEO and NYU professor Sean Hennessey discuss New York City's new short-term rental regulations and how they might affect hotel demand and rates. 

Choice Hotels International executives say they want to do a deal to buy Wyndham Hotels & Resorts for an all-in price of $9.8 billion, but Wyndham is uninterested. Hotel News Now reached out to Truist Securities managing director of lodging and leisure equity research C. Patrick Scholes to unpack the potential deal and what happens next.

Michael Bellisario, senior hotel research analyst and director at Baird, shares why investors might be luke-warm on publicly traded hotel companies as demand patterns normalize and the long-term challenges faced by hotel real estate investment trusts as we preview the third quarter 2023 earnings season.

Hospitality attorney Dana Kravetz from Michelman & Robinson explains the Acheson Hotels v. Laufer case over online descriptions of accessibility features in hotels and whether the plaintiff has standing as a "tester."

Trinity Investments President and CEO Sean Hehir spoke with Hotel News Now’s Dana Miller during a podcast interview about branding the Diplomat Beach Resort into a Signia by Hilton, overall growth goals, managing profit-and-loss statements, trends to watch in the new year and more.

Hotel News Now’s Dana Miller speaks with Kevin Davis, CEO of the Americas, for JLL’s Hotels and Hospitality Group, about what recovery has been looking like in certain regions, what’s going on between New York City and Airbnb, the transactions environment and more.

HNN's Trevor Simpson spoke with Laura Baxter, director of hospitality analytics in Canada for CoStar Group, about how hotel occupancy has been affected by record-high area burned by wildfires in Canada this year.

Caribe Royale Orlando Managing Director Amaury Piedra sits down with Hotel News Now’s Dana Miller at the 2023 Hotel Data Conference to talk about how his property is able stand out from others via its independent ownership group, how a rise in leisure and group business is driving its on-property renovation decisions and how his team is overcoming challenges with staffing a 1,337-room resort.

CoStar reporter Katie Burke and Hotel News Now senior reporter Bryan Wroten recently teamed up to uncover the true story behind real estate struggles in San Francisco, how some of the narratives might be overblown and how local leaders plan to overcome the challenges. In this special podcast, the two share their insights from their reporting in the city.

HNN's Bryan Wroten spoke with Mike Carrouth, partner at the Fisher Phillips law firm, about the National Labor Relations Board's recent decision in the Cemex Construction Materials Pacific case. The labor attorney explained what the new rule does - and doesn't do - regarding union elections and bargaining orders as well as what hospitality employers need to know moving forward.

Pyramid Global Hospitality's Priya Chandnani joins Hotel News Now's Trevor Simpson at the 2023 Hotel Data Conference in Nashville, Tennessee, to talk about the state of leisure travel and how commercial strategy is evolving in the hotel industry.

Speaking with Hotel News Now during the recent Hotel Data Conference, American Hotel and Lodging Association Chief Technology Officer Mike Blake says the hotel industry gets unfairly criticized and is more innovative than many people assume, and he believes the industry-wide efforts to integrate new technologies are bearing fruit.

Remington Hospitality President Chris Green and Senior Vice President of Revenue Strategy Gilbert Arredondo sit down with Hotel News Now’s Dana Miller at the 2023 Hotel Data Conference to talk about what keeps them up at night, how to successfully collaborate across departments, group demand patterns and more.  Read more from the Hotel Data Conference here.

CoStar's Emmy Hise join's Hotel News Now's Sean McCracken and Trevor Simpson to talk about the insights from the final day of the 2023 Hotel Data Conference in Nashville, Tennessee and why things are getting closer to -- but still not fully -- normal for hoteliers.