Business News Marriot’s Starwood Acquisition Creates World’s Largest Hotel Company Shareholders for both companies on Friday agreed to a deal, which was valued at $12.41 billion. By Reuters
Business News Starwood Signs First U.S.-Cuba Hotel Deal Since 1959 Revolution The company will operate two properties in Havana, with an intent to manage a third in the future. By Reuters
Business News Sheraton-Owner Starwood Accepts Higher Takeover Offer From Marriott The Marriott-Starwood combination will create the world's largest hotel chain. By Reuters
Entrepreneurs Can Your Hotel Make You Healthier? Budget-friendly hotels are now offering extras aimed at promoting health, from vitamin-infused showers to rent-able workout gear. By Elaine Glusac
Building a Business Service Industry Job Site Snagajob Raises $100 Million in Funding The influx of capital will be used, in part, to expand the company's mobile offerings. By Carly Okyle
Online Presence 4 Ways Travel Brands Should Use Instagram to Connect With Millennials Instagram, the default option for travelers to post their whimsically-filtered photos, could be a gold mine for marketers in the travel industry. By Juliet Carnoy
Buying a Franchise How Fatherhood Changed This Man’s Career Course Mike Keeney had been working in the hospitality industry for more than 20 years before becoming a Discovery Point franchisee. By Carly Okyle
Buying a Franchise What’s Hot in Franchising? The Big Takeaways From Our Franchise 500 Ranking. From hotels to fast food, a look at which sectors are powering the franchise world. By Entrepreneur Staff
Buying a Franchise How This Veteran Franchisee Connects Hotels, Waxing and Gyms Whether it's waxing or hotels, Sheetal Dalwadi's processes and philosophies translate to happy customers and high profits. By Carly Okyle
Tech Look Out, USB Chargers. Your Days Are Numbered. Just as Wi-Fi killed Ethernet cables, wireless charging is poised to change everything -- from smartphones to real estate. By Michael Frank
Business News Starwood Hotels Says Point-of-Sale Systems Infected With Malware There is no evidence yet that reservations or customer information was compromised. By Reuters
Business News Marriott to Buy Starwood to Create World’s Largest Hotel Chain The combined company will own or franchise more than 5,500 hotels around the world. By Reuters
Building a Business Tiny Hotels Are a Big Trend Hotel chains are beefing up their amenities and shrinking their room size. By Michelle Castillo
Building a Business Airbnb Agrees to Collect Tourism Tax in Paris, Its Biggest Market The home-rental platform today announced that it will automatically collect tourism taxes for guests and remit them directly to the City Hall. By Catherine Clifford
Business News What Your Travel Experience Will Look Like in the Not-So-Distant Future High-tech travel innovations are coming your way. We take a look at the latest developments. By Elaine Glusac
Business News Tourists in Paris Say ‘Au Revoir’ to Hotels, ‘Bonjour’ to Airbnb Airbnb is giving Paris luxury hoteliers a fright. By Reuters
Entrepreneurs 21 Travel Hacks You Need to Know Before You Go From the secret to snagging an entire row of seats on the plane, to rigging your suitcase so it (hopefully) appears at the baggage claim first, here's a bunch of clever little tricks that make traveling much less of a crudstorm. By Kim Lachance Shandrow
Building a Business NYC’s JFK Airport Is Building a New Luxury Terminal Exclusively for Animals It's called 'the ARK.' By Laura Entis
Building a Business 30 Iconic American Hotel Bars Everyone Should Have a Drink At Once a watering hole of last resort filled with business travelers and tourists, the hotel bar is back with a vengeance. By Brittany Fowler and April Walloga
Marketing The Simple Customer-Service Mistake That Cost $800 Why being proactive, rather than reactive, in customer service creates loyalty and makes 'cents'. By Carol Roth
Entrepreneurs 5 Ways to Travel More Comfortably on a Budget Harried travellers are vulnerable to overpaying for bad food and overlooking perks available for the asking. You can do better. By Peter Daisyme
Thought Leaders How One Entrepreneur Hit Rock Bottom Then Climbed to the Top After taking on the nightclub business in the 1970s, including creating the legendary Studio 54, Ian Schrager turned to hotels. By Ian Schrager
Buying a Franchise These 101 Franchises Are the Best of the Best From auto repair or sandwich making, these franchises rank at the top of their industry categories. By Entrepreneur Staff
Business News This App Wants to Be Your One-Stop Shop for Hotel Services To streamline the hotel experience, MobileSuites might be worth checking out. By Elaine Glusac
Building a Business Business Travelers: Is Loyalty Dead? Airline and hotel loyalty programs have undergone some significant changes in the last few years. By Elaine Glusac
Building a Business From Hotels to Airports: Our 2015 Business Travel Award Winners Check out the best of the best in business travel this year. By Elaine Glusac
Business News The Airlines and Hotels That Rank Highest for Customer Service Which companies came out on top? Find out here. By Christopher Elliott