Top Journalists in Hotels
Christina Jelski Travel Weekly
Senior Editor, Hotels & Hospitality at Travel Weekly; leads hotel coverage and hosts The Last Resort podcast spotlighting notable resorts and advisors. Specialties: Hotel brands and openings; resort/luxury trends; interviews with GMs/brand leaders; podcast host.
Danny King Travel Weekly
Hotels Editor at Travel Weekly with long-running coverage of brand moves, luxury/lifestyle concepts and lodging strategy. Specialties: Hotel development and brand strategy; ownership/investment angles; market analysis.
Sean O’Neill Skift
Senior Hospitality Editor at Skift, leading the hotels beat and regularly interviewing CEOs of major hotel groups. Specialties: Global hotel companies; deals and development; loyalty and distribution; executive interviews.
Author page | Muck Rack | X (Twitter)
Dennis Schaal Skift
Founding/Executive Editor at Skift whose reporting on OTAs and short‑term rentals frequently intersects with hotel distribution and strategy. Specialties: Online travel, distribution and short‑term rentals; OTA–hotel dynamics; lodging M&A.
Cameron Sperance Luxury Travel Advisor (Questex)
Editorial & Content Director at Luxury Travel Advisor (Questex); former senior hotels reporter at The Points Guy and hotels reporter at Skift. Specialties: Luxury hotel brands and experiences; development and hospitality real estate; event/program curation.
Jena Tesse Fox Hotel Management (Questex)
Associate Editor at Hotel Management covering U.S. hotel results, brand/equity updates and executive moves. Specialties: U.S. hotel performance, brand/owner news, leadership moves; weekly industry data digests.
Jennifer Glatt Hotel Management (Questex)
Editor-in-Chief & Content Director at Hotel Management; leads HM’s news, special reports and hotel operations events. Specialties: Editorial direction across hotel operations, development, design; special reports and rankings.
Gregg Wallis Hotel Business
Senior Editor at Hotel Business with extensive coverage of lodging deals, operations and executive news. Specialties: Transactions and finance; people moves; owner/operator news; operations.
Muck Rack | Hotel Business team
Christina Trauthwein Hotel Business
Editor-in-Chief/Vice President, Content & Partnerships at Hotel Business; longtime leader in hotel B2B coverage. Specialties: Executive interviews; ownership/management trends; content strategy for hotel leadership.
Jeffrey (Jeff) Weinstein Hotel Investment Today (Northstar)
Editor-in-Chief of Hotel Investment Today (Northstar Travel Group), focused on the hotel‑investment community. Specialties: Hotel investment and capital markets; ownership strategies; sector analysis.
David Eisen HOTELS Magazine
Vice President/Editor‑in‑Chief at HOTELS Magazine, covering worldwide hotelkeeping, development and brand trends. Specialties: Global brand strategy; development and design; C‑suite perspectives.
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Sean McCracken CoStar News Hotels (formerly Hotel News Now)
News/Senior Editor for CoStar News Hotels (formerly Hotel News Now), anchoring editorial analysis on hotel performance and strategy. Specialties: U.S. hotel performance and strategy; labor/union issues; conference coverage and analysis.
Author page | Muck Rack | X (Twitter)
Bryan Wroten CoStar News Hotels (formerly Hotel News Now)
Reporter at CoStar News Hotels; frequent bylines on hotel deals and owner/brand sentiment; contact listed on CoStar/HNN blogs. Specialties: Transactions and ownership; year‑end outlooks; executive wish‑lists; market spotlights.
Terence Baker CoStar News Hotels (formerly Hotel News Now)
Senior Reporter, EMEA for CoStar News Hotels (Hotel News Now), covering European and Middle East lodging trends and leadership. Specialties: EMEA hotel development; geopolitics and hospitality; performance trends across Europe/UK/Middle East.
Trevor Simpson CoStar News Hotels (formerly Hotel News Now)
Associate Editor at CoStar News Hotels with regular coverage of transactions, labor dynamics and market drill‑downs. Specialties: U.S. hotel deals; labor and HR; market snapshots; hiring/promotions roundups.
Muck Rack | X (Twitter) | Email
Robin McLaughlin LODGING Magazine (AHLA)
Digital/Senior Editor at LODGING (official publication of AHLA), producing features on operations, tech and leadership. Specialties: Hotel operations and technology; AHLA‑aligned industry initiatives; leadership profiles.
Author page | Magazine contact
George Seli LODGING Magazine (AHLA)
Editor at LODGING with deep coverage of finance/development, technology and owner/operator priorities. Specialties: Finance & development features; tech and energy management; executive Q&As.
Michal Christine Escobar Hospitality Technology (EnsembleIQ)
Senior Editor – Hotels at Hospitality Technology (EnsembleIQ), covering hotel tech strategy and honoring innovators via HT’s awards/events. Specialties: Hotel technology; PMS/payment/guest‑tech; Hotel Visionary Awards; CIO/CTO sources.
Alissa Ponchione Hospitality Design (Emerald)
Editor in Chief at Hospitality Design, leading hotel design coverage and programming for HD’s events and awards. Specialties: Hotel/resort design; brand/development pipelines; owner/designer roundtables and awards.
Katherine Doggrell Questex Hospitality (EMEA)
Editor in Chief, EMEA for Questex Hospitality; veteran hotel‑sector journalist and author covering European hotel investment. Specialties: EMEA hotel investment and ownership; conference programming (IHIF/AHC/MR&H); analysis on hotel real estate trends.
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