Hotels are cautiously reopening for the summer travel season, but it’s anything but business as usual in the hospitality industry. Last week, the American Hotel & Lodging Association (AHLA) introduced its Safe Stay guidelines developed under the gui…
COVID-19 Resource: 5 Technologies for a ‘New Normal’ Hotel (Part 2)
In this weekly series, Hospitality Net looks at emerging technologies that are being deployed by hotels across the world to help face the consequences of the coronavirus outbreak and its related new legistlation and changing consumer behavior. To ge…
Tech Companies Helping Hotels for the Post-Coronavirus World
This means that hotels must put in the work now to plan ahead and be nimble for the ever-evolving demands of the situation. Critical to recovery will be the deployment of various technologies to better facilitate smooth operations during the post-co…
Take Charge Of Your Capital; You May Think That You Are, But This May Not Be The Case
Your focus is likely on re-balancing your risk/return proposition the best you can, by either 1) increase your return or 2) decrease your risk. During these Corona days, the most likely strategy to succeed would be the latter. Or is it? Given the ri…
Europe Hotel Transactions Bulletin – Week Ending 15 May 2019
AXA investment vehicle to acquire Lagrange Apart`Hotel in Mulhouse, France MyShareCompany, an investment vehicle owned 50% by French insurance group Axa and 50% by French real estate investor Atland-Voisin, has agreed to acquire the 81-room Lagrange…
Minute on the clock: Simon Mitchell, Kerb
The chief executive of Kerb talks to Katherine Price about the government support operators need during the coronavirus crisis, why street food could bounce back quickly and how the UK street food landscape could change.
Workplace caterers: we’ll have an edge on the high street when we reopen
Workplace restaurants will be safer and more controlled than the high street when they reopen, a panel of leading operators have told *The Caterer*, as they invest in new technology and innovative ways of serving customers.
Covid-19 safety Kitemark explored by Downing Street
A Covid-19 safety Kitemark to build customer confidence is a ‘distinct possibility’, the prime minister’s business unit head Oliver Christian has told hotelier Robin Hutson.
Plans to transform Perth Prison social club into a training café for ex-offenders
A new social enterprise called Starting Step is hoping to transform HMP Perth’s former social club into a café and bistro to train ex-offenders in hospitality skills.
Patricia Yates on how VisitBritain plans to bring tourism back
UK tourism looks set to lose a staggering £22b in tourist spending, putting thousands of jobs and businesses at risk. Patricia Yates, acting chief executive of VisitBritain, explains to Emma Lake that offering reassurance and an agile response to demand will be key to helping the industry claw its way back to normality

