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OTAs Are Becoming Ad Networks. You're the Product Being Sold. 80% of World Cup Host City Hotels Are Below Forecast. The Rate Strategy Made It Worse. IHG Has Spent $3.9 Billion Buying Back Its Own Stock Since 2022. That's Capital That Didn't Build Hotels. Barry Diller Wants to Take MGM Private at $48.30. The Stock Says He's Lowballing. Curator Just Handed 120 Independents an Enterprise Tech Stack. Most Won't Use Half of It. Gas Prices Dipped. You've Got Maybe Three Weeks Before the Window Closes. Your Housekeepers Got a Raise This Year. They Still Took a Pay Cut. OTAs Are Becoming Ad Networks. You're the Product Being Sold. 80% of World Cup Host City Hotels Are Below Forecast. The Rate Strategy Made It Worse. IHG Has Spent $3.9 Billion Buying Back Its Own Stock Since 2022. That's Capital That Didn't Build Hotels. Barry Diller Wants to Take MGM Private at $48.30. The Stock Says He's Lowballing. Curator Just Handed 120 Independents an Enterprise Tech Stack. Most Won't Use Half of It. Gas Prices Dipped. You've Got Maybe Three Weeks Before the Window Closes. Your Housekeepers Got a Raise This Year. They Still Took a Pay Cut.

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Celebrity-branded hotel strategy

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Celebrity-branded hotel strategy Coverage

Lisa Vanderpump Just Put Her Name on 188 Rooms. Caesars Is Betting You'll Care.

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Lisa Vanderpump Just Put Her Name on 188 Rooms. Caesars Is Betting You'll Care.

The Vanderpump Hotel opens on the Strip as Caesars converts The Cromwell into a celebrity-branded boutique casino property. The real question isn't whether the design is beautiful... it's whether a reality TV brand can sustain a $400+ ADR when Vegas visitor numbers are already sliding.

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