Five essential social media strategies to help increase guest bookings
In today’s modern, internationally-connected world, it’s no longer enough to simply offer your guests an exclusive, multi-star resort experience at your hotel…
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InterContinental Hotels & Resorts Brand Celebrates 75th Anniversary
As part of its Diamond Anniversary, InterContinental Hotels & Resorts has announced global property openings and limited-time offers including the InterContinential75 cocktail partnership with Piper-Heidsieck Champagne and the Botanist Islay Dry Gin…
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Spanish Theme Park Says Now Is the Time to Begin Cryptocurrency Acceptance
PortAventura World, a resort that boasts the most theme parks in Europe, in addition to six hotels with 2,300 rooms, recently announced that it is developing software so that its guests can use cryptocurrency as a means of payment…
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The Lasting Tech Trends That Fad-Averse Hoteliers Are Pursuing Now
If you’ve ever stayed in a hotel whose guest rooms still had iPod docking stations, you have an intuitive grasp of why hotel executives are nervous about investing in guest-facing technology…
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Exclusive: Accor’s Bazin on How Travel Portfolios Are Changing
Luxury Travel Advisor’s parent company, Questex, owns the International Hospitality Investment Forum (IHIF), which recently convened in Berlin, bringing over 1,200 senior leaders in global hospitality investment and development together for the…
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Marriott CEO Speaks on “Where do We Go From Here?”
Luxury Travel Advisor’s parent company, Questex, owns the International Hospitality Investment Forum (IHIF), which recently convened in Berlin, bringing over 1,200 senior leaders in global hospitality investment and development together for the…
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Inside the Waldorf Astoria's $1 billion makeover
This month marks 90 years since the Waldorf Astoria first opened its doors on New York's Park Avenue in 1931, becoming the tallest and largest luxury hotel in the world during an inauspicious time, as the Great Depression cast its long shadow…
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London’s former Snow Hill Police Station to become Hub by Premier Inn
Whitbread has secured planning permission for a new Hub by Premier Inn property in London’s Square Mile.
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With So Many People Quitting, Don’t Overlook Those Who Stay
For anyone who doubted, the data is in. The “Great Resignation” is real and it’s happening. The U.S. Department of Labor reports that during the months of April, May, and June 2021 a total of 11.5 million workers quit their jobs. And it’s not over…
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Virgin Galactic cleared for further flights
Virgin Galactic said that the FAA has cleared it to resume launches after an investigation into why its spaceship veered off course while descending during a July flight with founder Richard Branson aboard…
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What Will the Future of Business Travel Look Like?
Business travelers miss traveling for business, according to a recent survey commissioned by Hilton and Morning Brew of more than 7,000 of the news site’s business-savvy readers…
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China’s Golden Week Travel Unlikely to Bounce Back to Pre-Pandemic Numbers
After another year of pandemic pain, citizens will probably be visiting destinations closer to home when celebrating this coming October. - Matthew Parsons
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Gilda Perez-Alvarado receives 2021 Castell Award
Officials of Castell Project Inc., a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization dedicated to accelerating the careers of women professionals in the hospitality industry have named Gilda Perez-Alvarado, global CEO, JLL Hotels & Hospitality, as the recipient of…
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HB on the Scene: CEOs discuss labor crunch at The Lodging Conference
The hospitality industry gathered at The Lodging Conference at the JW Marriott Desert Ridge Resort here, and the atmosphere was one of positivity as everyone was excited to be together to discuss business and spend time with old friends…
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Clean guest data and why it matters
Even with the best intentions and training in place, it’s very easy for hotels to experience data inaccuracies…
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What should recruiters check on LinkedIn when hiring hospitality graduates?
LinkedIn, the largest professional social network with over 740 million members (and over 55 million registered companies), has become a phenomenal professional tool for vetting people. We screen the profiles of our bosses, peers and subordinates…
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With Summer's Last Breath, Global Hotel Industry Still Gasping for Air
The collective hotel industry is facing a cold, hard truth: attaining the same level of pre-pandemic operational performance will not be measured in days, but months, even years…
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Pandemic Twist Emerges on Bookings for Hotels in Tussle With Online Resellers
«Hotel companies have broadly resisted using aggregators such as Expedia and Booking.com for online sales so far during the recovery because of somewhat surprising factors. Yet the temptation remains». Sean O'Neill…
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