Hotel companies are developing more attractive—and profitable—airport properties to cater to the business traveler
For a long time, airport hotels were considered a necessary evil. Most travelers wouldn’t choose to stay at one unless they had an early-morning connection, missed their flight, or their company was too cheap to pay for a pricier downtown hotel. And, because these hotels were regarded as purely functional, second-choice options by both travelers and hotel companies, there wasn’t much incentive to make them more enticing.