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Southeast Asia hotel market

2 stories · First covered Mar 20, 2026 · Latest Mar 29
Related: Revenue Management 1 Marriott International 1 Hilton Worldwide Holdings 1 TripAdvisor 1 Guest Experience 1 Occupancy Rates 1 Luxury Hotel Segment 1 Hilton Kota Kinabalu 1 LXR Hotels & Resorts 1 Philippines hotel market 1 ADR recovery 1 hotel expansion pipeline 1
Southeast Asia hotel market Coverage
Awards Don't Fix Your Guest Experience. Your Team Does.
Operations
Mar 29

Awards Don't Fix Your Guest Experience. Your Team Does.

Hilton Kota Kinabalu just swept three regional travel awards, and the press release credits "passion, dedication, and hospitality excellence." The part worth paying attention to is what made that possible... and why most properties can't replicate it no matter how many brand standards they follow.

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Mike Storm 3 min read · Mar 29
The Sales Director Puff Piece Your Brand Keeps Publishing Instead of Fixing Your Loyalty Numbers
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Mar 20

The Sales Director Puff Piece Your Brand Keeps Publishing Instead of Fixing Your Loyalty Numbers

Marriott's Philippines PR machine is cranking out feel-good leadership profiles while the real story... an aggressive 3,700-room expansion into a market where ADR still hasn't recovered to pre-pandemic levels... goes unexamined.

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Mike Storm 3 min read · Mar 20