4 new trends shaking up business travel in South Africa
Global travel analysts have highlighted that South Africa’s corporate travel scene has changed due to a combination of post-pandemic challenges, load shedding, and rising inflation…
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HDFC Bank joins hands with Marriott Bonvoy® to launch India’s first co-brand hotel credit card
HDFC Bank, India’s leading private sector bank, has joined hands with Marriott Bonvoy, Marriott International’s award-winning travel program, to launch the ‘Marriott Bonvoy HDFC Bank Credit Card’, India’s first co-branded hotel credit card…
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Health And Safety First: Prioritising Guest And Staff Well-being In Your UK Hotel Design
Health And Safety First: Prioritising Guest And Staff Well-being In Your UK Hotel Design - In the ever-evolving landscape of the hospitality industry, designing a new hotel in the UK involves a delicate balance of aesthetics and responsibility…
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Micro Hotels: Inside the World’s 5 Smallest Hotel Rooms
From repurposed sewer pipes to pod rooms, these accommodations prove style comes in many different sizes - As the concept of micro apartments takes hold across the world—thanks, in part, to social media—it’s no surprise that micro hotels are…
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Onboard Explora Journeys’ first ‘floating luxury hotel’
Editor Hamish Kilburn was onboard Explora 1 as it made its first journey with passengers from Portsmouth to Copenhagen. Here are his thoughts on the whole luxury ‘suites at sea’ concept…
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As restaurant competition rebounds, here are 5 ways to encourage repeat dining
Diners who sign up for programs may be more likely to order additional items or visit more frequently to reach their reward, increasing sales and the bottom line for a restaurant.
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EACH BRAND HAS A STORY. EACH STORY HAS A GUIDE
By Sarah Trad, Co-owner, Closed Captions Communications - She walks us through why a brand story is as important as its name and logo, and what to focus on while writing yours…
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5 extraordinary hotel concepts currently on the boards
Writer Pauline Brettell cuts through the noise to uncover the hotel concepts that are currently on the boards that will make the biggest impact when they are made into reality…
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Prison cells to luxury rooms: These world-class hotels have a dark history in their halls
Former prisons, jails and a state asylum, these historic properties have been completely reimagined
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Turn Weak Hotels Into Multifamily Properties
The idea of converting offices to multifamily has attracted a lot of interest, given falling valuations, uncomfortably high vacancy rates, the ongoing popularity of hybrid office use, and the uncertainty of the future…
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There’s one thing a hotel website can never tell you about a property - OPINION
In a very clever recent brand campaign, Small Luxury Hotels (SLH) identified six types of travellers and teamed them with hotel experts to find the hotels that best suited their personalities.
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These Are the Review Channels Hotels Must Prioritize - By Leanne DeMaille
Not surprisingly, nearly half of respondents started their planning in the same place, so we sought to uncover more specific influences besides common internet search engines to help hoteliers determine which repositories of reviews should be their…
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PENINSULA ISTANBUL WINS “BEST NEW HOTEL” 2023 BY VIRTUOSO PROS
The Peninsula Istanbul Hotel has received the esteemed “Best New Hotel” award for 2023 from VIRTUOSO® – the world’s most prominent network of agencies focused on luxury and experiential travel…
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Inside Michelle Regazzoli Stone aka Mrs Makeup’s bedroom transformation into luxury hotel haven
Michelle Regazzoli Stone aka Mrs Makeup’s interior designer Shauna Kelly reveals how she transformed Michelle’s bedroom into a luxurious haven that reflected her glamorous personality and style
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Here is the opening date for Chip and Joanna Gaines' Texas hotel
You can soon stay in a 'Fixer Upper.' Fans who have been wanting to stay a night in the new hotel from home goods and Fixer Upper power couple Chip and Joanna Gaines will be able to get a room this holiday…
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Houston’s Finest Mixologists Set to Shake Up Four Seasons Hotel for ‘Official Drink of H-Town’ Comp
Houston’s best bartenders will gather once again to compete for the honour of creating the “Official Drink of H-Town.”.
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Exclusive: Saudi Arabia’s NEOM reveals ‘significant progress’ on snow resort Trojena
Ground has been broken at the mega project, which will house 7,000 permanent residents and will see more than 700,000 annual visitors head to the facility that will be home to a ‘vertical village’, a ‘fun cluster’, shopping, nightlife and more on…
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Saudi mountain resort Desert Rock nears opening, hits 50% construction, says Red Sea Global
Construction at Desert Rock in Saudi Arabia began in July 2021, with the first-phase to be completed by 2023, with 16 hotels
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