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Wyndham Hotels & Resorts reports developments in hotel franchising, brand expansion, loyalty, booking technology, and operating performance. Company news commonly covers its economy and midscale hotel system, Wyndham Rewards, RevPAR trends, development pipeline activity, and growth initiatives across brands such as Dolce by Wyndham and ECHO Suites Extended Stay by Wyndham.
Updates also include franchisee-focused technology, including AI-enabled discovery and booking tools, as well as property openings, partnerships that extend loyalty redemption options, and financial results tied to system size, pipeline composition, leverage, and comparable operating performance.
Wyndham Hotels & Resorts (WH) has launched a new partnership with Carnival Cruise Line through its Travel Bundles platform, allowing Wyndham Rewards members to book complete cruise vacation packages. Members can now earn one point per dollar on cruise bundles, airfare, car rentals, and airport transfers, plus up to 10 points per dollar on qualifying hotel stays and activities.
The platform enables travelers to bundle their entire journey, including flights, pre-cruise hotel stays, rental cars, excursions, and post-cruise accommodations. Members receive special discounts on cruise fares and can double-dip rewards, earning both Wyndham Rewards points and partner program benefits.
As part of a promotional Member Month Celebration through April 30, 2025, members can earn double points on all Wyndham Travel Bundles, with travel to be completed by December 31, 2025. The program requires cruise bundles to include at least one night's stay at a Hotel by Wyndham.
Wyndham Hotels & Resorts has launched the industry's first Wyndham Rewards Debit Card in the U.S., targeting younger travelers and those preferring a debt-free lifestyle. The card, developed with Galileo Financial Technologies and backed by Mastercard, offers cardholders the ability to earn Wyndham Rewards points on everyday purchases.
Key benefits include: earning 1 point per dollar on Hotels by Wyndham, gas, and grocery purchases; 1 point per $2 on other qualifying purchases; complimentary Gold level membership; 2,500 points welcome bonus; and up to 7,500 annual bonus points. The card carries a $6 monthly fee, waived with a $2,500 minimum average balance.
This initiative responds to market research showing nearly 70% of Gen Z consumers use debit cards weekly, with 65% planning to increase travel spending in 2025. The debit card complements Wyndham's existing credit card portfolio and allows redemption for stays at over 60,000 properties globally.
Wyndham Hotels & Resorts (WH) has been recognized as one of the World's Most Ethical Companies® by Ethisphere for the third consecutive year and fifth time overall. This prestigious recognition highlights the company's commitment to business integrity through robust ethics, compliance, and governance practices.
The assessment, based on Ethisphere's Ethics Quotient®, required Wyndham to provide over 240 proof points on various practices, including ethics and compliance, governance, environmental and social impact, and value chain initiatives. Companies recognized in the 2025 list outperformed a comparable index of global companies by 7.8 percentage points from January 2020 to January 2025.
The world's largest hotel franchisor maintains its ethical standards through comprehensive training programs for corporate and managed hotel team members, covering anti-corruption, ethics, unconscious bias, and human rights. The company also supports industry initiatives like the American Hotel & Lodging Associations' No Room for Trafficking Council.
Playa Hotels & Resorts (NASDAQ: PLYA) has announced the grand opening of Wyndham Alltra Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic, marking their second Wyndham Alltra property on the island. Located on Uvero Alto Beach, this newly reimagined all-inclusive resort features 620 rooms and showcases Playa's signature Service from the Heart®.
The resort offers extensive amenities including:
- One of Dominican Republic's largest free-form pools
- Nine dining venues with five à la carte restaurants
- Nine bars and lounges featuring the entertainment hub Twisted Olive
- Coming this summer: Splash Island Water Park with lazy river and tube slides
The fully renovated rooms and suites feature furnished patios, daily restocked minibars, and complimentary Wi-Fi, decorated with Caribbean colonial heritage influences. The resort is currently offering promotional rates starting at $249 per night with a kids-stay-free offer.
Wyndham Rewards launches its fifth annual Member Month celebration, offering five weeks of exclusive deals and bonus points. The promotion kicks off with members earning 7,500 points for every two qualifying nights stayed, up to 15,000 bonus points total - equivalent to two free nights or a $50 gift card.
Wyndham Rewards Earner Visa cardmembers can earn an additional 7,500 points when staying two or more nights. The celebration features weekly surprise offers unveiled every Wednesday at midnight EST at WyndhamRewards.com/MemberMonth, available to all members including new enrollees.
Previous Member Month promotions have included discounts on points purchases, partner offers, trip sweepstakes, and bonus points. The program spans across global properties, from Wyndham Grand Bonnet Creek in Orlando to Viva Miches in the Dominican Republic and Dolce by Wyndham Cesme Alacati in Türkiye.
Wyndham Hotels & Resorts (NYSE: WH) has announced a quarterly cash dividend of $0.41 per share on its common stock, representing an 8% increase from the $0.38 per share quarterly dividend paid during 2024. The dividend will be payable on March 31, 2025, to shareholders of record as of March 17, 2025.
Wyndham is the world's largest hotel franchising company with approximately 9,300 hotels across over 95 countries. The company operates a portfolio of 25 hotel brands and manages approximately 903,000 rooms focused on economy and midscale segments. Their Wyndham Rewards loyalty program serves approximately 114 million enrolled members.
Travel + Leisure Co. (NYSE:TNL) reported strong financial results for Q4 and full-year 2024. Q4 highlights include net income of $119 million (EPS $1.72) on revenue of $971 million, with Adjusted EBITDA of $252 million. The company repurchased $70 million of common stock in Q4.
Full-year 2024 performance showed net income of $411 million (EPS $5.82) on revenue of $3.9 billion, with Adjusted EBITDA of $929 million. The company generated $464 million in operating cash flow and repurchased $235 million in stock during 2024.
For 2025, TNL projects Adjusted EBITDA between $955-985 million, with Q1 2025 expected at $195-205 million. The company plans to increase its Q1 2025 dividend to $0.56 per share. Vacation Ownership revenue grew 5% to $813 million in Q4, while Travel and Membership revenue slightly decreased by 1% to $157 million.
Wyndham Hotels & Resorts (NYSE: WH) reported strong Q4 2024 results with significant growth metrics. Global RevPAR increased 5% in Q4, with U.S. RevPAR growing 5% and international RevPAR up 6%. The company achieved record system growth with global rooms increasing 4% year-over-year to 903,000 rooms.
Key financial highlights include: Q4 diluted EPS up 80% to $1.08, net income increased 70% to $85 million, and adjusted EBITDA grew 9% to $168 million. The development pipeline reached a record 252,000 rooms, up 5% year-over-year. The company maintained a strong 95.7% global retention rate.
For shareholders, Wyndham returned $430 million through share repurchases ($308 million) and dividends in 2024. The Board authorized an 8% increase in quarterly dividend to $0.41 per share for 2025. The company provided 2025 guidance projecting 3.6-4.6% rooms growth and 2-3% global RevPAR growth.
Barclays US Consumer Bank and Wyndham Hotels & Resorts (NYSE: WH) have announced a long-term renewal of their co-branded credit card partnership that began in 2010. Barclays will remain the exclusive issuer of Wyndham's three credit card products: the Wyndham Rewards Earner® Plus Card, Earner® Card, and Earner® Business Card.
The cards offer generous rewards including up to 8x points on gas and Wyndham stays, up to 5x on marketing and utilities for business cards, and up to 4x on restaurant and grocery purchases. Wyndham's loyalty program, rated #1 by USA Today and U.S. News & World Report, serves approximately 112 million members worldwide, offering guaranteed 1,000 points per qualified stay with free nights starting at 7,500 points.
Wyndham maintains its position as the world's largest hotel franchisor with approximately 9,200 hotels across more than 95 countries, managing about 893,000 rooms primarily in the economy and midscale segments.
Wyndham Hotels & Resorts (NYSE: WH) has scheduled its fourth quarter and full-year 2024 earnings release for February 12, 2025, at approximately 4:30 p.m. ET. The company will host a conference call and webcast on February 13, 2025, at 8:30 a.m. ET, featuring CEO Geoff Ballotti and CFO Michele Allen.
As the world's largest hotel franchising company by property count, Wyndham operates approximately 9,200 hotels across 95+ countries on six continents. The company's portfolio includes 25 hotel brands and approximately 893,000 rooms, primarily in the economy and midscale segments. Their Wyndham Rewards loyalty program serves about 112 million enrolled members.