As even the largest players are forced to contend with unprecedented levels of disruption thanks to COVID-19, Marriott has announced mitigation plans that outline a number of strong measures to minimize the impact of coronavirus. This swift, decisiv…
HRS Hospitality and Retail Systems has strengthened its TNG Product Development Team
TNG (https://www.hrsinternational.com/en/products/spa-products/tng-for-spa-wellness) is an easy to use HRS product that is globally available for the management of spa and wellness businesses. Now validated for integration with Oracle Hospitality sy…
Over 3,000 Register For Virtual Hospitality Summit
LONDON, United Kingdom – Hospitality Tomorrow – Digital conference will unite the hospitality industry to combat the COVID-19 crisisOver 3,000 hospitality industry professionals have already registered and over 5,000 are expected to attend Hospitali…
Condor Hospitality Trust Provides Update on Its Response To COVID-19
BETHESDA, Md. – Condor Hospitality Trust, Inc. (the “Company”) (NYSE American: CDOR), a hotel-focused real estate investment trust (REIT) headquartered and incorporated in the state of Maryland, provided an update today on its response to COVID-19. …
Could Big Data Help us Manage the Lockdown Better?
Given that the coronavirus spreads as the population circulates, the only solution in the near term is to impose stay-at-home measures so the number of hospitalizations doesn’t explode, pushing hospital workers and equipment to breaking point. The g…
An Initial Checklist for Temporary Hotel Closures
During the COVID-19 crisis, many hotels will unfortunately have to stop their operations and close temporarily. This can be out of necessity if your forecasts suggest the losses experienced at these low occupancy levels are not sustainable. While cl…
Hospitality Financial Leadership – Shift Your Thinking
We all have predisposed ways that we look at our world and the things, people and circumstances inside of it. It’s what makes us human and we either have an open mind or one that’s closed. Another way to express this is we either have a fixed mindse…
Think Staycations and Cleanliness Theater for COVID Travel
There are two terms to mull over for how the travel will change in the near future and both relate to the heightened sense of agoraphobia and fear of unhygienic spaces. And those hotels that are able to figure out these two terms apply in a post-COV…
Mitigating supply chain risk
Risk management has always been important, but this crisis, as well as other notable natural disasters, has made the vulnerability of corporate supply chains highly visible. COVID-19 is not the first major disruptor to global supply chains and it wo…
Sodexo announces employee relief programme during ‘once-in-a-lifetime crisis’
Sodexo has announced its decision to establish a “global Sodexo Employee Relief Program” to help on-site staff impacted by the coronavirus and ahead of an anticipated reduction in its workforce.