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It's a bittersweet last day for yours truly at The Points Guy! I'll be moving to Questex on Tuesday to be the new editorial director for pubs/conferences like Luxury Travel Advisor and UltraLuxuryExchange. talkingbiznews.com/media-news/spe…

.Marriott International has bragging rights on its Q4 earnings call: $455M Q4 profit, and $MAR CEO touts more than a third of hotel rooms opened in 2024 fly one of Marriott's flags.

One to watch: Marriott International CFO reports global performance (RevPAR) was up 6% in January — well above some recent hotel industry forecasts floating around for the industry. $MAR

For those keeping track of the Marriott Bonvoy vs Hilton Honors member count battle (a battle maybe only 5 of us nerds care about): Bonvoy now stands at "nearly 228 million" members while Hilton Honors had "more than 210 million" members at the end of Q4. $MAR $HLT

To paraphrase Mariah Carey: "Marriott's a citizen of the world, dahhhhhling" (aka 55% of its development pipeline is currently found *outside* the United States). $MAR

.hyatt CEO notes on Q4 earnings call the company now has nearly 10,000 rooms in Las Vegas thanks to The Venetian Resort Las Vegas and Rio Hotel & Casino Las Vegas now being part of WoH. (Still not hearing much in the way of when The Standard Hotels will fully integrate) $H

Curiously, hyatt is the only of the major hotel groups to report a loss for Q4 (a "small" $54M loss...keep in mind: Hyatt still owns more real estate than its competitors that have the asset-light model Hyatt is moving toward) $H

.hyatt CEO: "Since 2017, we’ve doubled luxury rooms, tripled resort rooms, and quintupled lifestyle rooms." $H

.hyatt CEO seems to double down on keeping World of Hyatt the go-to loyalty program for travel nerds like yours truly: "We embrace the power of a differentiated loyalty program by providing more benefits for our members when many loyalty programs were taking benefits away." $H

.hyatt CEO claims bookings by "members per hotel" is significantly higher at Hyatt relative to "our larger competitors" and says World of Hyatt has grown by an average of 27% per year. $H

.hyatt CEO doubles down on idea the company's family of brands are meant for higher-end travelers (and owners willing to $$ to build said hotels): "We will not use a low-income denominator approach at any aspect of our business." $H

There's no limit to the ultra-luxury runway at Regent Hotels & Resorts and IHG Hotels & Resorts. Take a first look at Regent Bali Canggu at Luxury Travel Advisor (and I'll race all of you to see who makes the first booking): luxurytraveladvisor.com/hotels/first-l…

A woman pleaded guilty to one count of mail fraud for trying to orchestrate a scheme that included a threat to auction off Graceland, the former home of the “king of rock-and-roll,” Elvis Presley, the Department of Justice said Tuesday. wapo.st/4keR3jA

On February 28, the #GDPNow model nowcast of real GDP growth in Q1 2025 is -1.5%: bit.ly/32EYojR. #ATLFedResearch Download our EconomyNow app or go to our website for the latest GDPNow nowcast: bit.ly/2TPeYLT.

He had me at “Test crews called this good-morning turducken ‘breakfast on a stick,’ though they could have just called 911.” 😆😆👏🏻👏🏻🚑

Please stop assuming that too many em dashes means AI written. Some of us are producing grammatically incoherent work the honest way!

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