What we looked at? Cancellation Rates – all hotels suffer currently under a major cancellation impact. But what segments are actually really affected. After several talks with many hotels I understood that mainly groups and corporate travel was affe…
COVID-19 Coronavirus As Force Majeure Contract Defense — History And Origins
One often doesn’t know the extent of one’s insurance coverage until a calamity occurs. So it is with force majeure provisions in contracts. Typically, force majeure provisions are included in contracts to excuse a party from contractual obligations …
COVID-19: When External Events Impact Revenue Management
External events can and do have a major impact on hotel operations and while sometimes it can be hard to predict what might come next, there are some strategies hoteliers can employ to ensure the business continues as well as possible. COVID-19 has …
3 Ways To Stay Positive In Uncertain Times
1. Remember there’s a lot to be positive about Without diminishing the gravity of international crises and the need for urgent action to tackle them, it helps to be aware that it’s not all doom and gloom. International wars are at an all-time low, a…
Airbnb Signs Data Sharing Partnership With European Commission
Public authorities in Europe will soon have access to independently published data on short-term rentals on Airbnb and other platforms, following the launch of a landmark data-sharing partnership today with Eurostat, the statistical office of the Eu…
17 Pieces of Hotel Sales Collateral Your Team Needs
Does your hotel sales team have everything they need to succeed? You’ve worked hard to have the best onboarding program, hired a skilled team, taken a hard look at your sales strategy, and put all of the technology in place for your team to surpass …
How Cross-Industry Talent Exchange Could Solve the Hospitality Labor Shortage
It’s no secret that the hotel industry is currently struggling with a major shortage of skilled labor. The problem stems from a combination of tighter immigration controls, an increase in the number of guest rooms available, and a thriving occupancy…
In the Age of Pandemics: Some of the Reasons That Tourism Industries Fail: Part One of a Two-Part Series
Much of the tourism literature is dedicated to tourism successes or how to succeed. When not focusing in on successes, the literature often deals with crisis management, such as the most recent outbreak of CoVid -19 (Coronavirus). Rarely do we exami…
Coronavirus having a ‘significant impact’ on business tourism
The coronavirus could cost the global business travel industry $47b (£37b) a month, according to the Global Business Travel Association (GBTA).
Restaurant business told to pay more than £44,000 after poor housing put employees at ‘serious risk’
A restaurant business has been ordered to pay more than £44,000 after a judge found poor housing had exposed employees to “a serious risk of loss of life”.

