Starwood Opens Its Thirteenth Four Points by Sheraton Hotel in Latin America and the Second Four Points by Sheraton in Chile

SANTIAGO, Chile, Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE:HOT) announces the opening of Four Points by Sheraton Los Angeles in Chile, which opened for business on July 15, 2009. The newly built hotel has an agreement with Hotel Buenas Noches Los Angeles SA (subsidiary of Casino Austria) to manage the property. Four Points by Sheraton is located in the center...

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Joe D’Alessandro and Ernest Wooden Jr. to Be Inducted into U.S. Travel Hall of Leaders

WASHINGTON – Travel industry leaders Joe D’Alessandro, president and CEO of the San Francisco Travel Association, and Ernest Wooden Jr., former president and CEO of the Los Angeles Tourism & Convention Board, will be honored as the 2020 inductees into the U.S. Travel Association Hall of Leaders[1], the organization announced Wednesday. Distinguished individuals are named to U.S. Travel’s Hall of...

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Decline in the Los Angeles hotel occupancy level from 2019 to year-end 2020 is -44.7%

    Los Angeles’s occupancy levels have been well above their 20-year average since 2016. The year-end 2019 level of 81.3% significantly outpaced the longer-term average of 73.9%. RevPAR increased at an average annual rate of 3.5% since 2015, exceeding the Top 25 market average of 1.2% for the period. Pre-pandemic industry fundamentals were particularly strong in Los Angeles. The...

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United Returns to New York JFK With Flights to Los Angeles & San Francisco!

After five years since leaving New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport, United Airlines will return to the airport starting February 1, 2021. United will operate out of Terminal 7 from JFK and relaunch two former routes: 2x daily JFK to Los Angeles (LAX) with the 767-300ER 2x daily JFK to San Francisco (SFO) with the 767-300ER United will use...

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