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The "Own Your Hotels" Crowd Is Back. Here's What They're Not Telling You.

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The "Own Your Hotels" Crowd Is Back. Here's What They're Not Telling You.

A panel of European hotel executives just made the case that owning your real estate beats the asset-light model. They're not wrong about the control. They're dangerously incomplete about the risk.

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Elena Voss 3 min read · Feb 28