The #1 Thing Hotel Sales Teams Overlook When Selling to Meeting Planners
Meeting Planners Aren’t Just Booking Your Ballroom—They’re Booking Your People
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Secondary Cities on the Rise: Why Meeting Planners are Flocking to Emerging Destinations
Following the pandemic, the meetings and events industry has seen a noticeable shift in destination preferences. Major cities—long the epicenters for conferences, meetings, and events—are facing increasing competition from secondary cities…
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Dominik Stalder has been appointed Hotel Manager at Bürgenstock Resort Lake Lucerne
Dominik Stalder has taken up his position as the new Hotel Manager of the Bürgenstock Resort Lake Lucerne. As a part of the luxury resort's pre-opening team, Stalder played a key role in revitalizing the business during the ten-year renovation…
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Rising hotel rates take their toll on international business trips
The number of international business trips has declined in 2024 with domestic travel now making up a larger proportion of total bookings, according to data from accommodation technology specialist HotelHub…
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Room Growth Lags for Meeting-Focused Hotels
While the pace of construction for new hotel rooms nationwide is at an all-time high, business-event planners won’t get relief from high demand and rates in the hotel segment they use the most.
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Luxury hotels log higher revenue: half of it comes from food, beverage
Food and beverages are major sources of revenue for most of the luxury hotels in Bangladesh compared to their earnings from renting out rooms as operators have stepped up efforts to drive sales…
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Group business comes in many forms - corporate, sports, entertainment, government, religious, etc. - and it is an essential piece of hotel sales…
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How to balance exceptional festive dining, sustainability and technology
Nick Smith, Shangri-La’s VP of F&B, on redefining holiday celebrations - Starting his Shangri-La journey in 2008, Nick Smith has been pivotal in shaping the F&B sectors in Shanghai and Beijing…
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Looking more closely at the reasons for changing attendance, 38% of corporates and 51% of associations/not for profits say the challenge is delegates’ unwillingness to travel long distances…
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On Sept. 19, the Raleigh City Council voted to direct staff to enter into negotiations with Omni Hotels and Resorts to develop the highly-anticipated convention hotel in the core of downtown Raleigh…
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The 7 Essential Ingredients to Dominate the Hotel Groups Market
Hotels that invest in solutions that enhance the traditional sales and catering system attract and close the most profitable opportunities
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Catching crabs in Norway is the bucket list item I never thought I'd tick off
They can grow up to 1.8 metres wide, you have to wear full face helmets to go and see them, and they weigh as much as 12.7 kilograms. What could go wrong?
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Two weeks left to nominate for 2023 Hotel Cateys
There are just two weeks left to make a nomination for the Hotel Cateys, the awards that celebrate the most dedicated hotel operators and their employees in the UK…
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‘Rip-off’ prices will ‘come back to haunt the tourism industry’ in Dublin, says TD
High hotel costs and ticket prices for major events in Dublin will “come back to haunt the tourism industry”, according to one TD…
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Accor in talks to take over French events company Potel & Chabot
Accor in talks to take over French events company Potel & Chabot - Global hotel giant Accor has confirmed it has entered "exclusive" talks to acquire French event and catering specialist Potel & Chabot…
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