ON THE WEB HOTELSMAG . COM
THE NEWS
AHOY ! RITZ-CARLTON DIPS INTO YACHTS
hotelsm . ag / Ritzyachts
More than four and a half years in the making , The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Co . entered into the luxury yachting and cruise arena with plans to sail three cruisers under The Ritz-Carlton Yacht Collection starting in Q4 2019 . According to brand President and COO Herve Humler , Ritz-Carlton will provide sales and marketing expertise to the cruise venture , along with revenue management and reservations . “ We will do 100 % of the hospitality side ,” Humler says . “ All I need to do is fill up the ship with 12,000 guests per year to run 90 % occupancy .”
THE BLOG
TRUMP ' S CUBA POLICY SHIFT
hotelsm . ag / TrumpCubapolicy In June , U . S . President Donald Trump issued a presidential memorandum on Cuba , a new policy will have mixed effects on the American hospitality and travel sectors . What initially sounded like a bomb is really more bust , writes HOTELS blogger Ivar Yuste . American policies to allow U . S . travelers to enter Cuba remain virtually unchanged , a plus for the hospitality industry .
THE HOT
HOSPITALITY DISRUPTION : SCHRAGER ’ S PUBLIC NYC
hotelsm . ag / SchragerPublic Ian Schrager ’ s at it again . The man who brought you Studio 54 , Morgans and Delano , among others , has turned his attention to Public , a brand of one that started and stopped in Chicago , and sprouted new roots in Manhattan . No plans have been announced yet for others . Schrager ’ s smart : The 367-room Public on the Lower East Side has all the luxury hipster trimmings without the price ( rooms start at US $ 150 ). But whether Public stands firm as a brand remains to be seen .
4 hotelsmag . com July-August 2017