“The closeness with death opens your eyes to the fact that life is short, and that we need to treasure it.” This quote, in combination with a conversation about living forever, the power of uniformity and stereotypes about funerals. Furthermore, a d…
Why Trophy Hotel Assets Make a Legacy?
The level of pride of ownership is very high, and the purchased price is almost irrespective of the trading potential of the property. Michael Vargas, a principal and co-founder of the Vanderbilt Appraisal Company described a trophy properties as “r…
Shift4 Payments Launches QR Pay, A New Contactless Payment Solution
ALLENTOWN, Pa. & LAS VEGAS – Shift4 Payments (NYSE: FOUR), a leading provider of integrated payment processing solutions, today introduced a new, contactless payment technology called QR Pay. The technology allows consumers to pay their bill at rest…
Five Programming Ideas That Hotels Can Consider For Social Distancing (And How To Market Them)
As the world begins to reopen and rebuild following the devastation of COVID-19, it’s no secret that hospitality brands face a daunting journey back to the mountaintop. In fact, the hotel experience we knew three months ago may very well never look …
Never Accept Credit Card Payments Over The Phone Again
As we rapidly shift into the new normal that is 2020 and the decade ahead, there are many lingering inefficiencies in our operations that have been brought to light by the need for a leaner team and more purely digital workflows. Namely, scrutinizin…
Why 1000’s of Hotel Franchisees Are Fleeing
Advantage Hotels President & CEO, Patrick Mullinix, explains his observations and overall feeling when speaking with hotel owners daily. “I meet with dozens of hotel owners weekly and the social media forums are spouting the same rhetoric, franchise…
TrustYou Reveals the Hospitality Community’s Top Strategies for Navigating the Crisis in New eBook Resource
Munich – TrustYou, the company dedicated to making listening to feedback easy, powerful, and actionable, announces today the launch of its latest eBook: “100+ COVID19 Power Tips and Ideas for the Hotel Industry”. The eBook is a shared resource, base…
CLEANtracker Technology Gives Hotel Guests Confidence with Certainty of Cleanliness via Dynamic Visual Proof in the Palm of Their Hands
A psychological point demonstrated in most horror films, is that fear exacerbates distrust in others. Although the hotel industry is striving to implement stringent hygiene initiatives to protect guests, it is the diminished trust caused by fear of …
A New Era Of Exploration Is Coming To Hoteliers. Stay Tuned!
In the past, exploring opportunities in new source markets and demand channels came with both risk and time-consuming implementations on the part of the hotelier. To start, the exploration in itself was challenging and often left to vague promises a…
Tripadvisor Launches ‘Travel Safe’ Tools, Making It Easy for Travelers to Find Important Health and Safety Information About Hotels and Restaurants Reopening During COVID-19
NEEDHAM, Mass.,- Tripadvisor®, the world’s largest travel platform, today launched a new suite of “Travel Safe” tools to help consumers find, filter for, and validate health and safety information to feel more confident with their future travel choi…