All (Hotel) Revenue Is Not Created Equal
A dollar is a dollar; a euro is a euro; a quid is a quid; a yuan is a yuan; and, for the crypto crowd, a bitcoin is a bitcoin - right?
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All (Hotel) Revenue Is Not Created Equal
A dollar is a dollar; a euro is a euro; a quid is a quid; a yuan is a yuan; and, for the crypto crowd, a bitcoin is a bitcoin - right?
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CWT: Global business travel pricing set to increase in 2022
Global travel pricing across hotels, air and ground is expected to increase in the next two years, primarily driven by increasing demand, capacity constraints and travelers’ sustainability demands, plus increased labor and fuel costs, according to…
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Marriott rejected Uyghur conference to maintain 'political neutrality'
The Marriott hotel in Prague refused to host a conference this month aimed at drawing attention to alleged human rights abuses in China, the hotel chain confirmed to CNN on Friday.
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Future-facing demand data: the key to maximizing revenue even in trying times
Which aspects of life and business has the pandemic not impacted? It’s hard to come up with any. Especially when you look at the hospitality industry, barely anything is as it was one or two years ago…
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Current Changes in Remote Work and Opportunities for the Hospitality Industry
The recent global pandemic has certainly accelerated a change in the way we work and interact in companies. However the concept of co-working has been around for some years now. By 2025, 6.5 million people are expected to be working remotely…
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Why Accor Struggles to Gain Traction in the U.S.
Some sort of marriage, whether an outright acquisition or more of a loyalty alliance, is necessary to give Accor stronger footing in the U.S. But the pandemic didn't provide any opportunity to capitalize on takeover bargains…
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During the session “The Lodging Industry Landscape: View from the Upscale Segment,” at the 43rd Annual NYU International Hospitality Industry Investment Conference, leaders gathered to discuss the current state of the upscale segment…
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The 'floating hotel' rusting away in North Korea
It was once an exclusive five-star resort floating directly over Australia's Great Barrier Reef. Today, it sits dilapidated in a North Korean port, a 20-minute drive from the Demilitarized Zone, the restricted area that separates the two Koreas…
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Money never looks after itself
I do not know about your experience, but for me growing up in the hotel world, and especially my first decade working in F&B and rooms, the adage, “Look after the guests and the money will look after itself,” was literally beat into my head…
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This $1.5 Billion Deal Signals a Major Hotel Brand Trend
Wyndham’s move to terminate its management contracts with an acquired CorePoint has significant implications around where major companies want to focus their resources in a post-pandemic hotel environment…
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HB on the Scene: CEOs talk labor, tech at NYU Conference
As the hospitality industry continues its march back from the COVID-19 pandemic, the 43rd Annual NYU International Hospitality Industry Investment Conference returned to an in-person event at the New York Marriott Marquis here…
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7 travel marketing trends for 2022
There is never a dull moment when it comes to marketing in general. It’s even more so in the digital marketing sphere where tactics, platforms and features evolve at such a speed it can be difficult to keep pace…
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Wyndham Hotels & Resorts Reports Third Quarter 2021 Results
Company Increases Dividend 33% to Pre-Pandemic Level Raises Full-Year 2021 Outlook
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Accor's Third-quarter 2021 revenue of €589 million up 79% like-for-like
STRONG RECOVERY IN ACTIVITY DURING THE SUMMER. IMPROVEMENT IN EBITDA SENSITIVITY AND CASH BURN INDICATORS FOR FULL-YEAR 2021. ORGANIC OPENINGS AT 10,000 ROOMS
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Hilton reports Q3 net income of $240M
Hilton, for the third quarter ended Sept. 30, reported net income of $240 million. The company’s results were aided by the continued strength of leisure travel, as well as an uptick in business travel…
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With business travel lagging, urban hotels embrace leisure
In November 2020, Stephen Power took over as general manager at the Ritz-Carlton, San Francisco while it was still shuttered due to the pandemic…
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How to effectively create your hotel’s USP
Has any industry had a more inconvenient pandemic than the tourism industry? Where other businesses’ main issue has been how to manage a remote team, in the early days of March 2020, it felt as though the holiday lights were turned off almost…
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INTREPID TO OPEN “HYBRID HOTELS” ACROSS AUSTRALIA AND NZ THROUGH NEW JOINT VENTURE
INTREPID TRAVEL PLANS TO OPEN A SERIES OF “HYBRID HOTELS” ACROSS AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND THROUGH A JOINT VENTURE WITH DRIFTER HOSPITALITY GROUP…
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The difference between expense and investment
In the hotel business we need to be relevant and on top of the key issues that make our venture successful and ultimately sustainable in the long run.
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Hoteliers Cautiously Optimistic about Business Performance in 2022
“How optimistic are you about business performance over the next 12 months?” - Hoteliers’ answers to this new question, introduced in our ongoing Hotelier PULSE survey and published for the first time in the 18th Edition of the Hotelier PULSE…
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Top 5 Big Ideas for Your Hotel Revenue Management Strategies
As the travel and hospitality world turns the page on a period of uncertainty, we begin a new chapter in the industry centered around recovery, rebuilding, and renewed efforts towards revenue optimization…
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Sevda Oztetik: the hotel should be eco-friendly and we take it for granted
We talked with Sevda Oztetik about the trend for sustainable tourism and its implementation in hospitality…
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Pandemic Re-Instructs How a Culture of Sales Remains Fundamental to the Revenue Management Process
The novel coronavirus pandemic, which continues to impact our lives, society, and economy in less than predictable waves, does influence hotel asset classes and geographic markets in different ways…
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Hotel Food and Beverage Pivots to Doing 'Less is More' Better
As hotel operations shift to accommodate smaller labor pools and guests at varying comfort levels, hotel restaurants, bars and other food-and-beverage outlets have followed suit.
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