Giovanni Angelini: Is the One-Stop-Shop Booking Platform Viable?
Is the 'one-stop-shop' or 'door-to-door' booking platform for travelers a practical reality or a logistic nightmare in this highly specialized/people industry?.
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Don’t rely soley on AI marketing in 2025 for direct hotel sales warns Mirai
“Hoteliers wanting to drive direct sales shouldn’t rely solely on rapid AI-based placements for their marketing strategy in 2025” warned Mirai’s Pablo Delgado during an executive panel at Phocuswright – taking place this week in Phoenix, Arizona –…
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Solving staff shortages in a disruptive future
If you visit a hotel owned by Germany’s Aroundtown in the not-too-distant future, you might find the check-in experience managed by a hologram. Real estate investor Aroundtown, which holds around 80 hotels in its diverse, pan-European portfolio –…
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Latin America’s hotel and tourism sector is gaining momentum
Lodging Econometrics’ latest report shows a thriving hospitality industry in Latin America, with 642 construction projects and 104,513 rooms underway as of Q3 2024.
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France sees a decrease in hotel occupancy rates
The trend raises concerns about the sector's recovery and future stability amid shifting travel patterns and economic pressures.
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Hotel prices show uneven trends across regions in 2024
These trends underscore the importance of localised strategies to navigate a fluctuating market as the industry prepares for 2025.
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How the Global Business Class Has Transformed the Home
The rise of the global economy has led to the rise of the business class, whose ceaseless travels have empowered the hospitality industry’s growing influence. During the last several decades, hotel chains have been expanding and battling for a share…
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Asia-Pacific hotel investment growing in 2024
Asia-Pacific hotel investments will total US$12.2 billion for the full year 2024 as an influx of investment activity, a more favourable interest rate environment and generally supportive macro and microeconomic developments will positively impact…
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Hotel performance in 2024 - An unpredictable market with silver linings
Rising costs, changing booking trends, good leaders, and even the weather…are just some of the things that have influenced the performance of hotels so far this year.
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The weirdest room service requests revealed, including caviar hot dogs and fresh goat’s milk
Gone are the days when guests simply ordered a club sandwich and skinny fries. Hotel guests make some rather outlandish and unusual room service requests, according to a new report.
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With the pandemic largely in the rearview mirror, the last twelve months have been about interest rates, less transactions, and wild presidential election cycles worldwide. The hotel industry will be impacted in significant ways as these issues…
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Global hotel rates starting to rise ‘more moderately’
Hotel prices in key global business travel cities are now going up at a “more moderate rate” than in the previous two years, according to the latest data from accommodation booking specialist HotelHub…
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Rocco Forte Hotels counts cost of £1.4bn deal with Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund
Profit at the British hotel group co-founded by Sir Rocco Forte was cut by more than half during its latest financial year as it sold a significant stake to Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund.
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Frequent hotel fires in South Korea point to lack of sprinklers
Following Thursday’s hotel fire in Bucheon, Gyeonggi Province, which claimed seven lives and injured 12 people, concerns have been raised about the lack of fire safety measures in accommodations here.
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Turkey Tourism Industry Faces Surprising Slowdown in 2024
As the summer of 2024 unfolds along Turkey’s picturesque Mediterranean coastline, a striking change has emerged that has left many in the tourism industry concerned. Traditionally, the region’s beaches are packed with sun-seeking tourists, so…
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International hotel performance drops in China: Is business travel to blame?
Business demand accounts for approximately 60% of hotel stays, while leisure demand makes up the remaining 40%.
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The global hotel industry is experiencing a significant surge in development, with the United States and China at the forefront. According to Lodging Econometrics’ (LE) Q2 2024 Global Construction Pipeline Trend Report, the worldwide hotel…
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Soft brands move into midscale
For the first 10 years of their existence, soft brands were largely an upper upscale and luxury phenomenon. But in recent years, several major hotel companies have been introducing soft brand collections in the midscale segment of the market. Due to…
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