Explore the 2024-2025 Foreigners in China Update, offering insights into shifting foreign talent trends, compensation changes, and evolving workforce dynamics, helping businesses navigate China's evolving labor market and strategic hiring decisions…
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When hotel owners secure a franchise or management agreement for a hotel with a carefully chosen global brand, they don’t always think about regulating the details of the future sale of the hotel. Unless you have negotiated the transfer approval…
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Take a break, take a new hotel brand
James Bland, managing director of BVA BDRC, discusses why the hotel sector is unlikely to suffer from brand fatigue any time soon.
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A New Era: GHM reveals the evolution of the group
The operator of the renowned Chedi Hotels embarks on a new chapter as Chedi Hospitality. Bringing four decades of experience to the role, Stephan spearheads the group’s bold vision for the future of luxury travel…
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How hospitality operators can combat payment fraud
Security threats are increasing in the hospitality industry. In the past year, over a third of hotel businesses have reported a rise in fraud attempts, while the proportion of guests concerned about booking fraud is as high as 71%. Among those who…
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Julia Selyukova has been appointed General Manager at Four Seasons Hotel Gresham Palace Budapest
From Doha, a striking modern metropolis, to the timeless Pearl of the Danube, Julia Selyukova brings a holistic vision of luxury hospitality to Four Seasons Hotel Gresham Palace Budapest. With nearly two decades of hospitality leadership and global…
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Why volatility can create opportunities in M&A market
Hospitality experts at Hunter discuss the bid-ask spread, buyers and sellers, inefficient markets and the biggest hurdles to getting deals done.
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New laws drive hotels to explore digital ID solutions
As the hospitality industry faces new identity verification regulations across Europe, there is pressure on hotels to adopt digital identity solutions. As Spain’s hospitality industry learned in November, new legal requirements can be challenging…
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Are hotel membership schemes worth it? We crunch the numbers
These members’ clubs give access to hotel discounts, added value such as breakfast and even airport lounge access. Not all work out cheaper than booking direct, though…
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10 highest-earning hospitality companies in the world
From Marriott to Hilton and MGM Resorts, we present the most profitable hospitality brands in the world in 2024
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How to overcome revenue managers’ aversion to the direct online channel?
Recently, a revenue manager reacted to my LinkedIn post about independent hoteliers’ overdependence on the OTAs by stating Even with the best intentions, money and talent, there's no way independents can beat the big OTA's in search and make money…
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The current pace of hotel conversions “has started to pick up” with owners, developers and investors now looking at this path vis-à-vis PIPs, according to Michael Cummings, senior vice president and divisional leader within the CBRE Hotels Advisory…
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Hotel franchising, an integral part of the European hospitality industry, continues to grow in popularity as hotel chains establish significant presence due to its ability to provide both franchisors and franchisees with a strong, proven business…
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Top 10 Ways Business Intelligence is Transforming Hotel Revenue Management in 2025
Business intelligence is evolving from static reporting to custom commercial insights. For revenue managers, this means transforming how we analyze, visualize, and act on data. Here are the key trends reshaping our field…
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An airline built a hotel. It crashed and burned
At Sunseeker Resort Charlotte Harbor, sunburnt guests in Michigan and Ohio State gear — the unofficial uniforms of Southwest Florida tourism — wait at the poolside for long-delayed fruity cocktails. The scene captures the essence of a property that…
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LVMH Stake Helps Boutique Hotel Group Triple Its Growth Outlook
LVMH has acquired a stake in the small hotel brand Fontenille Collection. Over coffee at the Ned in New York, co-founder Frédéric Biousse shares the story behind the deal every indie hotelier wants.
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5 big trends for hospitality real estate
Another IHIF EMEA approaches, and it’s in a period where the global economy continues to grapple with uncertainty. And as the landscape evolves around economic shifts, technological advancements and changing demographics and behaviours, it has…
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Phishing campaign impersonating Booking.com targets hospitality sector with malware
Hotel and hostel workers are being tricked into downloading credential-stealing malware by cybercriminals impersonating Booking.com.
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