The sale of the Ritz hotel in London drove transactions to £1.15b in the capital in the first quarter of this year, with strong interest in sites despite the current coronavirus crisis.
City of Glasgow College’s restaurant awarded AA highly commended rosette
City of Glasgow College’s training restaurant Scholars has been awarded an AA highly commended rosette.
Regulator tells insurers to assess and settle claims quickly
Insurers have been told to assess and settle insurance claims quickly and not exacerbate the financial pressures on policy holders.
Hotel Sales Teams: Use Downtime To Up Your Game At Using Screen Share, Video Email, Webcam Sales
Based on the conversations I’m having this week with our KTN clients, it seems that hotel sales teams are finding that there’s a lull in activity right now. The flood of calls and emails regarding cancellations and postponements has abated, and most…
COVID-19 Response: 96% Of Global Destinations Impose Travel Restrictions, UNWTO Reports
Over recent years, as the United Nations specialized agency for tourism, UNWTO has been regularly monitoring travel facilitation and observing a continuous trend towards more openness. COVID-19 has dramatically interrupted this. According to researc…
Duetto Launches Free Market Demand Report For Hoteliers
Duetto, hospitality’s innovative software as a service provider of revenue strategy solutions has launched the Duetto Pulse Report, a free, data-driven analysis of key metrics including bookings, cancellations and website traffic in the US, Europe, …
“Words Alone Will Not Save Jobs”: UNWTO Leads Call For Firm Action By Governments To Support Tourism Recovery
The Global Tourism Crisis Committee has united behind the World Tourism Organization’s rallying cry for governments to “go beyond words” and begin taking decisive action to safeguard the millions of jobs under threat as a result of the COVID-19 pand…
Germany’s Most Innovative Companies
Deutsche Hospitality comes first among 15 other German hotel chains in the “Innovation” category of the 2020 “WELT Corporate Management Awards”. “This award is a fabulous confirmation of our ability to innovate,” said Thomas Willms, CEO, Deutsche Ho…
Meliá Hotels International To Reward 10,000 Healthcare Workers Combatting COVID-19 With 10,000 2-night Hotel Stays
Meliá Hotels International is preparing to launch “the biggest solidarity campaign in the company’s history, inspired by the most exceptional circumstances we have ever experienced,” in which it will offer healthcare workers 10,000 free two-night ho…
Accor and Bureau Veritas launch a label based on sanitary measures to support the return to business in the hospitality and restaurant industry
Accor, a global leader in augmented hospitality, and Bureau Veritas, a world-leading provider in testing, inspection and certification, have joined forces to develop a label designed to certify that the appropriate safety standards and cleaning prot…