5 tips to outsmart competition in the post-COVID hotel market
As travel slowly begins to recover, a renewed hospitality market is emerging…
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5 tips to outsmart competition in the post-COVID hotel market
As travel slowly begins to recover, a renewed hospitality market is emerging…
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Hilton to debut new hotel in Singapore – its largest in the Asia-Pacific region
Hospitality group Hilton is set to debut a new flagship-branded hotel in Singapore, its largest in the Asia-Pacific. Hilton Singapore Orchard, which features a total of 1,080 rooms, will open in January 2022 in the heart of Orchard Road following an…
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Seren Collection shifts staff to four-day week and introduces profit share scheme
Seren Collection in Wales has announced plans to roll out a four-day working work across all its venues and introduce a profit share scheme in 2022.
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Porsche Design And Steigenberger To Establish Joint Hotel Brand
Functional design and a unique brand experience are about to merge at the very highest level. Dr…
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Radisson Hotel Group Americas Moves Headquarters to St. Louis Park
Transwestern Real Estate Services (TRS) announces that Radisson Hotel Group Americas signed a 36,000 square-foot, long-term lease in St. Louis Park…
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AHLA: 21 of top 25 U.S. hotel markets in depression or recession
Despite an uptick in leisure travel, a new report released by the American Hotel & Lodging Association (AHLA) shows that the road to recovery for the hotel industry is long—with 21 of the top 25 U.S…
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Accor: Workers expect to make 25% more revenue through face-to-face meetings
Research from Accor reveals workers expect to make a quarter (25%) more in revenue when able to communicate with clients face-to-face again.
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The Future Of Independent Hotels
Why Some Travelers Will Go the Extra Mile for a Unique Hotel Experience
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HotStats: Global hotel demand uptick tussles with competing costs
With the global pandemic showing some signs of relent, the collective hotel industry is reaping the reward, as travelers get back on planes or hit the road for a well-needed break from work-from-home monotony and Netflix overload…
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WeHo citizens, businesses fight back against hotel worker ordinance
Concerned West Hollywood residents, workers and businesses today announced the formation of Save Our Services West Hollywood (S.O.S…
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Is emotionally intelligent leadership a solution to your labor challenges?
Oye como va…or…here’s how it went down: Many, many moons ago, nearly at the onset of revenue management, I was booking a room for a weekend in Manhattan with a reservation agent for a major brand that will remain nameless…
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Brand Finance: Hilton remains world’s most valuable brand
The total value of the top 50 most valuable hotel brands has decreased 33% year-on-year, down from $70.2 billion in 2020 to $47.4 billion in 2021, according to brand value consultancy Brand Finance.
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4 Key Takeaways From Skift’s Hospitality and Marketing Summit
Accelerating vaccine efforts this year helped the travel sector turn a corner in major markets like the U.S., leading hotel companies to focus both on recovery and growth opportunities.
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Hotel Labor Costs Are Up Across The Globe. Here’s How to Cope.
The U.S. isn’t the only country having issues filling hotel positions. In the wake of pandemic-induced layoffs and furloughs, properties around the globe are having trouble staffing up.
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Airbnb reportedly pays tourist $7m after rape
Airbnb paid a tourist $7m (£5m) after she was allegedly raped at knifepoint at a rental property in New York City, according to media reports.
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Why hotels are experiencing a sweet moment in direct sales
Direct selling, both telephone and website, has gained a large share of sales during the pandemic…
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Wyndham launches Registry Collection Hotels brand
Wyndham Hotels & Resorts has unveiled its 21st brand, Registry Collection Hotels, adding a luxury offering to the upper end of the company’s growing portfolio…
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Multifamily hotel hybrids new option for hoteliers
As the occupancy rates around the country have dropped due to the pandemic, hotel owners and operators are taking a look at new ways that they can fill their rooms…
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Roaring 20s: How Hospitality Leaders are Building Profitable Recovery Strategies
Hoteliers have been adapting their strategies throughout the COVID-19 crisis to capture demand, from both old and new opportunities…
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Hotel general managers faced a crisis like no other. How will the lessons they learned apply to the future?
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To Decrease Or Not To Decrease Hotel ADR?
Following the economic fallout of 2020, many hotels and other tourism businesses have rushed to lower prices in an effort to stimulate demand. In this article, I analyze the competitive challenges of hotel ADR in the current climate…
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Amadeus: Global hotel occupancy reaches two-thirds of pre-pandemic levels
Since the start of the pandemic, hoteliers have had to rethink many aspects of their business to accommodate new safety procedures, cater to changing guest needs and survive in an extremely complex operating environment…
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IHG Drops Holiday Inn and Crowne Plaza Hotels With Lousy Customer Service
The pandemic nosedive in business helped IHG accelerate its plan to cut a few bad apples from the Holiday Inn and Crowne Plaza network…
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NH Hotel Group joins Global Hotel Alliance
NH Hotel Group will join Global Hotel Alliance (GHA) and merge the NH Rewards loyalty program with GHA’s Discovery loyalty program in early 2022, establishing Discovery as one of the 10 largest loyalty programs in the hospitality sector, with more…
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