This Former Sea Captain’s Home Is Nantucket’s Most Stylish Boutique Hotel
The enchanting island of Nantucket has been a storied playground for the elite for decades…
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This Former Sea Captain’s Home Is Nantucket’s Most Stylish Boutique Hotel
The enchanting island of Nantucket has been a storied playground for the elite for decades…
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Common causes and effects of hotel drownings
Your pool is likely one of your guests’ most loved amenities, but, as you know, with great fun comes great responsibility. It’s essential to take all measures to help ensure guests remain safe at your pool, including drowning prevention…
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Germany to eliminate hotel registration forms for domestic visitors
Germany is ready to abolish the requirement for domestic hotel visitors to fill in a registration shape, thank you to lobbying efforts from the enterprise trip affiliation VDR.
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Southland Casino Hotel donates over $150,000 to police department
WEST MEMPHIS, Ark. (KAIT) - Southland Casino Hotel announced that a donation of $150,000 will go to the West Memphis Police Department for high-tech outdoor security equipment.
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4 Simple Strategies to Boost Your Direct Booking
When it comes to enhancing direct bookings, having a top-notch Booking Engine is just the beginning. Having an effective marketing plan comes into hand to help you drive more bookings…
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Four BC hotels were just named the best in Canada (PHOTOS)
BC’s travel industry is in the spotlight after several spots were given the top prize in the country in the prestigious World Travel Awards. There were 14 awards handed out in the Canadian category — four of which went to four BC hotels…
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'Hotel Hell': Hospitality union under fire for push to house homeless in empty rooms
Accountability group runs ad slamming union for backing ordinance to place homeless in hotels - A union transparency nonprofit is launching an advertising campaign to oppose a Los Angeles hospitality union's push to force hotels to house homeless…
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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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Capstone Hotel Management secures management of Portage Resort in NZ’s Marlborough Sounds
New Zealand owned Capstone Hotel Management is pleased to announce it has been appointed as the new management company for Portage Resort (most recently The Portage Hotel) as of 1stAugust 2023.
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Scotland's Gleneagles named the hotel with the best service in the WORLD in prestigious awards
The hotel has won the World's 50 Best Hotels' ‘Art of Hospitality’ award for 2023 - Gleneagles, located in the heart of Perthshire, first opened its doors in 1924…
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Sick of Junk Fees? Sneaky Hotel Charges Could Be the First to Fall
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY CONTRIBUTORS ARE THEIR OWN AND NOT THE VIEW OF THE MESSENGER - Abipartisan effort in the Senate has called for federal legislation that would rein in junk fees charged by hotels…
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Opulus hotels CEO Dominic Lambrinos reveals his version of ‘luxury’
An Australian financier and hotelier has revealed his version of ‘luxury’, which includes a chuckle at his business partner and celebrity gardener Jamie Durie.
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Hotel RFPs: The negotiating outlook for 2024 rates
Credible data and only moderate rate increases put a new spin on rate negotiations - As travel buyers make the traditional late-summer start to their annual hotel negotiations (a process still undertaken by 84 per cent of travel managers, according…
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In Cushman & Wakefield’s latest Hotel Operator Beat survey, Budapest was placed as the most attractive market in CEE, reaching 4.3 points on a 1–5 scale where 5 means very high interest…
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The booming industry recovery has touched chains and independent hotels alike, but the role of supply growth in that recovery has varied across the two segments.
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A focus on the margins: US hotel performance in the first half of 2023
Both the luxury and midscale and economy segments exhibited the greatest year-on-year margin declines.
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USA Today Names Beaufort Hotel "Best Boutique Hotel" in America for Second Consecutive Year
BEAUFORT, N.C., Aug. 22, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Beaufort Hotel has landed top honors with USA Today's 10Best Readers' Choice Awards as "Best Boutique Hotel" in America. It's the second year in a row the hotel has won the coveted award…
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How hotel robots are reducing costs, bettering operations
Although robots are in their infancy within the hotel space, operations and guest experience teams can benefit from adding machines to address tasks from cleaning to security, especially as labor shortages affect hotels’ ability to stay ahead of the…
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