Sean O’Neill
@seanoneill.bsky.social
Reporter covering the hotel business for @Skift. In DC. 🇺🇸🇮🇪🏳️🌈
An exclusive look at how Hilton is fine-tuning its flagship brand,
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August 23, 2025 at 2:47 PM
An exclusive look at how Hilton is fine-tuning its flagship brand,
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via @skift.com
An Ennismore IPO: Can Lifestyle Hotels Impress Wall Street?
by Luke Martin for @skift.com
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by Luke Martin for @skift.com
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August 13, 2025 at 6:21 PM
An Ennismore IPO: Can Lifestyle Hotels Impress Wall Street?
by Luke Martin for @skift.com
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by Luke Martin for @skift.com
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What's next for Accor? Selling stakes in Ennismore and Orient Express could free up resources at the French hotel giant to more effectively battle the Marriotts of the world. via @skift.com
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August 8, 2025 at 9:04 PM
What's next for Accor? Selling stakes in Ennismore and Orient Express could free up resources at the French hotel giant to more effectively battle the Marriotts of the world. via @skift.com
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Scoop at @skift.com LVMH secured an option to acquire full ownership of Orient Express by 2027, according to two people familiar with the deal.
That agreement saw LVMH take a 50% stake in Accor’s Orient Express brand, sources said. Terms hadn't been previously disclosed.
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That agreement saw LVMH take a 50% stake in Accor’s Orient Express brand, sources said. Terms hadn't been previously disclosed.
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July 30, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Scoop at @skift.com LVMH secured an option to acquire full ownership of Orient Express by 2027, according to two people familiar with the deal.
That agreement saw LVMH take a 50% stake in Accor’s Orient Express brand, sources said. Terms hadn't been previously disclosed.
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That agreement saw LVMH take a 50% stake in Accor’s Orient Express brand, sources said. Terms hadn't been previously disclosed.
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Booking dot com's parent had a solid quarter... $BKNG
My report for @skift.com
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My report for @skift.com
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July 29, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Booking dot com's parent had a solid quarter... $BKNG
My report for @skift.com
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My report for @skift.com
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It said "Literature Only."
July 25, 2025 at 1:44 AM
It said "Literature Only."
The U.S. inbound tourism recovery is stalling, not strengthening. June's roughly 3% year-over-year decline masks the real story: overseas arrivals remain stuck at just 80% of 2019 levels, six years after the pandemic. via @skift.com
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July 9, 2025 at 4:28 PM
The U.S. inbound tourism recovery is stalling, not strengthening. June's roughly 3% year-over-year decline masks the real story: overseas arrivals remain stuck at just 80% of 2019 levels, six years after the pandemic. via @skift.com
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If the AI ruins journalism careers, one of my back-up plans is to be a short-person model for hotel guest room interior shots to make the rooms look bigger than they actually are, like this fella...
July 7, 2025 at 7:13 PM
If the AI ruins journalism careers, one of my back-up plans is to be a short-person model for hotel guest room interior shots to make the rooms look bigger than they actually are, like this fella...
Allegiant dumps $720m Florida resort to Blackstone for $200m. Eighteen-month, half-billion lesson in staying in your lane. Meghna Maharishi with the story at @skift.com
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July 7, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Allegiant dumps $720m Florida resort to Blackstone for $200m. Eighteen-month, half-billion lesson in staying in your lane. Meghna Maharishi with the story at @skift.com
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It's been a wonderful #worldpride in DC!
June 8, 2025 at 9:58 PM
It's been a wonderful #worldpride in DC!
Winner of the most bizarre press release I've gotten so far in 2025
June 3, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Winner of the most bizarre press release I've gotten so far in 2025
Mandarin Oriental Debuts App and Revamps Loyalty Program
Exclusive, via
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April 29, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Mandarin Oriental Debuts App and Revamps Loyalty Program
Exclusive, via
@skift.com
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The Doc Martens Brookline Mule is the iced lavender matcha latte of shoes.
April 27, 2025 at 6:39 PM
The Doc Martens Brookline Mule is the iced lavender matcha latte of shoes.
Searches aren't bookings, but still... interesting...
April 11, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Searches aren't bookings, but still... interesting...
Can they "de-extinct" centrist and moderate conservatives?
April 7, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Can they "de-extinct" centrist and moderate conservatives?
A Tariff War Playbook for Hotels: What a Major Asset Manager Is Thinking
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April 7, 2025 at 6:47 PM
A Tariff War Playbook for Hotels: What a Major Asset Manager Is Thinking
via @skift.com
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via @skift.com
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I saw @byerussell.com fly by in the Cherry Blossom 10 miler in DC. Way to go on the run!
April 6, 2025 at 1:08 PM
I saw @byerussell.com fly by in the Cherry Blossom 10 miler in DC. Way to go on the run!
I miss visiting Japan.
April 2, 2025 at 7:37 PM
I miss visiting Japan.
My favorite day of the year in DC every year… Seeing the cherry blossoms!
March 29, 2025 at 11:55 PM
My favorite day of the year in DC every year… Seeing the cherry blossoms!
You know it's bad when Drudge Report actually links to the NYT.
Great reporting.
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Great reporting.
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March 21, 2025 at 2:43 PM
You know it's bad when Drudge Report actually links to the NYT.
Great reporting.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/20/u...
Great reporting.
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Happy Edward Gorey Day, @cmandrews.bsky.social & all who celebrate …
February 22, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Happy Edward Gorey Day, @cmandrews.bsky.social & all who celebrate …
Dulles is a very airporty looking airport.
February 10, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Dulles is a very airporty looking airport.
Alan Hollinghurst is still one of our greatest living novelists.
December 2, 2024 at 7:48 PM
Alan Hollinghurst is still one of our greatest living novelists.
The B-52s are very, very, very into Halloween. All-out, all night.
November 1, 2024 at 2:41 AM
The B-52s are very, very, very into Halloween. All-out, all night.