Wyndham Teams Up with Amadeus for Business Intelligence Insights
World’s largest hotel franchising company leverages Amadeus’ Demand360 to enhance demand generation strategies.
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Wyndham Teams Up with Amadeus for Business Intelligence Insights
World’s largest hotel franchising company leverages Amadeus’ Demand360 to enhance demand generation strategies.
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Global Lodging Demand Elevated to Unexpected Heights (Report Download)
Lodging demand elevated to unexpected heights. With lodging demand recovering at a quicker pace than expected, hoteliers will need to adapt and create a working environment that supports the health and wellbeing of its workforce…
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The changing dynamic of group sales in management companies
The disruption the hospitality industry has experienced over the past two years has been dramatic, to say the least…
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How to Break the Silo Mentality' at Your Hotel with a Successful Commercial Strategy
Periods of disruption often create the ideal setting for invention. With the pandemic obstructing the hotel industry’s vision for the future, that time appears to have arrived.
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Hotel CEOs Expect Labor, Inflation Pressures on Profitability To Be Long Term
The desires to deliver positive experiences for guests and maintain profits have never been more at odds in the hotel industry than they are now, and executives speaking at the 2022 Americas Lodging Investment Summit said there's a simple reason for…
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Hilton named most valuable hotel brand
Brand Finance has named Hilton the world’s most valuable hotel brand in its 2022 Global 500 Report. Hilton led both the hotel and broader tourism sector with a brand value of $12 billion, now higher than its valuation before the COVID-19 pandemic…
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STR Reports Middle East Hotel RevPAR Recovery Highest Among Global Regions
The Middle East hotel industry reported revenue per available room (RevPAR) that was 85.6% of the pre-pandemic comparable, the highest among the global regions, according to year-end 2021 data from STR…
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Texas 'microresort' cooks up a unique take on hospitality
As Texas-based chef and restaurateur Tim Love's culinary career heated up, he found himself on the road more and more to fulfill his growing number of obligations…
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Hospitality Financial Leadership – Why Managing the Budget in Your Hotel is Like Playing Baseball
That’s a big statement because if you are involved in the budget in your hotel and you have played baseball then you are probably saying to yourself that I am off my rocker.
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Marriott Adds a Record 86,000 Gross Rooms and 517 Properties in 2021
On the eve of the Americas Lodging Investment Summit (ALIS) in Los Angeles, Marriott International, Inc. (NASDAQ: MAR) announces a strong year of rooms growth and signings in 2021…
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Hilton offers “paws-itive” experiences
With more and more travelers taking their pets with them on their trips, Hilton’s extended-stay brands Homewood Suites by Hilton and Home2 Suites by Hilton have teamed up with Mars Petcare for a pet-friendly travel experience…
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8 digital marketing trends that will still be relevant in 2022
Digital marketing no doubt is changing constantly. But take a pause here. If you look closely behind all these shifting tectonics, there are a few core principles that form the foundations of every marketing campaign…
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Hospitality Financial Leadership – Why Is Hotel Accounting Different?
I heard this about 40 years ago and it has stuck with me. I was a newbie cocktail waiter working part time in my hometown hotel…
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New data from UKHospitality and CGA shows sales in pubs, restaurants and bars down 60% on Christmas Day, 31% on Boxing Day and 27% on New Year’s Eve, compared to 2019
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Three ways to use data in day-to-day hotel operations
Anyone in the industry will tell you that the daily operations of a hotel are complex. Beyond responding to the challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic, hoteliers juggle a serious list of to-dos…
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The Rise of Mobile Direct Bookings: What Should Hotels Do About It?
In this article, we analyze the rise of mobile bookings over the past two years, how it is expected to continue growing in 2022, and how Hoteliers should adapt their online sales and marketing strategies to meet this rapidly-growing demand…
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Asia's richest man is buying the Mandarin Oriental in New York for $98 million
Asia's biggest billionaire, Mukesh Ambani, has snapped up a controlling stake in the Mandarin Oriental in New York City for just over $98 million.
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Marriott Gives a Peek Into Its New R&D Lab for Post-Pandemic Travel
Research and development labs aren’t just a thing for Big Pharma and Silicon Valley. The world’s largest hotel company has one mapping out its post-pandemic future.
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Why it is critical to care about your employees’ financial wellness
As every hospitality leader tries to address declining employee satisfaction, one simple way to think about the problem is to spend two weeks in their shoes…
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Distressed Hotels: Financial Restructurings and Bankruptcy
COVID-19 has been devastating for the hospitality industry. Hotel occupancy rates are still well below normal. While some lenders are still granting relief to borrowers, lenders increasingly have been foreclosing on properties…
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As the hotel industry looks to 2022, it can take comfort in 2021's robust leisure travel rebound.
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3 Biggest Global Hotel Markets Not Seeing Big Omicron Impact Yet
The latest data since the Omicron variant emerged isn’t showing any massive swings in global hotel performance, but that doesn’t mean all regions are selling out rooms.
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A Practical Guide to Hotel Appraisals
As hotel lodging performance continues to recover from the effects of Covid-19, there have been increasing signs that investors are again buying, selling or refinancing of hotel assets…
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The State of the Hotel Industry Going Into 2022
Finance, Technology and Service Will Dominate Next Year
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