Expedia Study Reveals Increasing Importance of OTA Travelers in Economic Recovery
A new Expedia Group study, in partnership with research firm BVA BDRC, examines the contributions of online travel agencies (OTAs) to the US travel and tourism sector, the spending patterns of OTA travelers and the role of OTAs in the hotel booking…
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Eastern Europe development on conversions growth spurt
Hotel-chain development teams are busier than ever despite the pandemic devastating demand, as independents and small networks rush to seek the comfort of scale, loyalty and other brand benefits…
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Universal Music Group launches Umusic Hotels brand
Universal Music Group has partnered with investment group Dakia U-Ventures to launch new “music-based experiential” hotel brand Umusic Hotels.
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UK hotel investors consider long-term goals, risk
With London in the dumps in terms of demand and revenue, the U.K. investment scene has been flipped on its head, but investors remain focused on long-term assets even though risk, bad players and valuations muddy the waters…
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Wyndham launches hybrid meeting spaces in Europe
Wyndham Hotels and Resorts has launched a hybrid meeting concept to “help drive corporate business demand to its hotels” in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic…
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Security via Passwords: Will it soon be a thing of the past?
When used correctly, passwords are an extremely simple and effective way to protect data and IT systems from unauthorized access. However, creating a complex password, never mind remembering it, is difficult…
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British Airways CEO Alex Cruz is out as 'worst crisis' in aviation history rolls on
Alex Cruz is stepping down as chairman and chief executive of British Airways as its owner, International Airlines Group (IAG), reshuffles top management to tackle the worst crisis in aviation history…
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Easyjet set to report first annual loss in carrier's history
Easyjet says it expects to record annual pre-tax losses of between £815 and £845 million, and is forecasting to operate just 25 per cent of capacity in the first quarter of 2021.
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Hotel Giant IHG Data Shows Younger Travelers Now Prefer Much Shorter Booking Windows
The coronavirus pandemic continues to place a giant question mark around the travel industry and when demand will once again return to 2019 levels. Shifts in consumer behavior aren’t helping hotel companies like IHG plan for a recovery…
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Hospitality Schools Weigh the Pandemic’s Long-Term Impact on Travel Curriculum
The coronavirus pandemic continues to upend the global travel industry, but hospitality schools aren’t rushing to overhaul their curriculums around how to operate a travel business — yet.
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Hoteliers remain optimistic despite pandemic fatigue
Members of the Lodging Industry Investment Council look back at the months the U.S. hotel industry has grappled with the coronavirus pandemic and what they believe that means for hoteliers going forward…
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Revenue Management During a Pandemic: APAC Focus
Vijesh Yoganathan, our Head of APAC, sat down with Amit Peshawaria, Head of Sales Asia Pacific at OTA Insight and Murphy Mathew, Regional Solutions Engineer APAC, IDeaS Revenue Solutions, to discuss revenue management strategy in the Asia Pacific…
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Why this space age airplane could change flying forever
It looks like a spaceship, runs on fuel that up until a few years ago experts were calling "crazy," and has barely left the drawing board, but in the eyes of one of the world's leading aircraft manufacturers, it's undoubtedly the future…
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Czech GM stays resourceful amid border restrictions
“It is actually an advantage being 4-star, as 5 stars probably need to discount in this environment, and then there is the grind of trying to get rates back up again,” says Miroslav Forejtek, general manager of the 210-room Park Inn, Prague, Czech…
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10 reasons corporate travel will outperform
Since that date, the U.S. hotel industry has been in survival mode – global borders closing, single-digit occupancies, shortfalls increasing – with an ambiguous timetable.
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COVID-19: Impact on the hospitality workforce
The ruthless march of COVID-19 throughout the globe is first and foremost a human tragedy, affecting the health of hundreds of thousands of people…
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Is It Better To Have a Revenue Manager or Revenue Management Software?
The robots are coming! They’re taking over! No job is safe! That’s the hype we keep hearing, and revenue-management software companies definitely want you to believe that a computer is better than a human. But is it true…
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Pricing principles to help hotels maximize revenue during COVID-19
When I wrote my first pandemic-themed article, Hotel Marketing and Revenue Management in the Time of Pandemic, I was definitely hoping for things to be better by now…
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