Tag: hotel

Collaborative economy services: changing the way we travel

Today I spoke at the annual Hospitality Financial and Technology Professionals conference (HITEC) in Los Angeles about how the collaborative economy will transform the hospitality ecosystem. I admitted I was a tad nervous to talk to a group whose sector was getting hit hard and fast by the ideas I was going to share. How… Read more

Turning Vacant New York Office Space into Midtown Hotels

Denmark’s Pop-Up Hotel aims to reappropriate vacant office space in the center of New York City and turn it into revenue-making hotels for travelers. According to the design firm behind the project, Pink Cloud, the average office vacancy rate in midtown Manhattan has risen to 21.6 percent since the 2007 credit crisis. Rather than let this space go… Read more