Prepare your operations to meet what guests are looking for, and prepare your teams for the realities of today’s environment. Mike Ditka, former NFL star player and coach once said, “Success is not permanent, and failure is not fatal.” Today it is p…
UNWTO And Sommet Education “Hospitality Challenge” Searches For Future Tourism Leaders
The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) and Sommet Education are calling on career climbers and switchers, entrepreneurs and innovators to put themselves forward for the joint “Hospitality Challenge”. The initiative, which closes at the end of the mo…
Accor Turns Hotel Rooms Into Day Offices For Remote Workers
Faced with low demand for its hotel rooms over the summer, Accor has launched a Hotel Office concept allowing workers to make daytime bookings and use the rooms for work. The offer is available at 250 hotels across the UK and a further 70 across Eur…
Europe Hotel Transactions Bulletin – Week Ending 14 August 2020
Art-Invest acquires Leonardo Royal Berlin Alexanderplatz from Fattal Art-Invest Real Estate has acquired the 346-room Leonardo Royal Berlin Alexanderplatz hotel from the Fattal Hotel Group for an undisclosed price for its AIREF Hotel Manage to Core …
Hospitality Financial Leadership – Premier Action
Every year in my home country the provincial premiers get together to eat lobster and drink cheap wine. Meanwhile some political work is being done. I remember two such conferences. I have a story about both. It’s always a big deal when the premiere…
Can Sales and Marketing Save the Hotel Industry?
COVID-19 has knocked the wind out of hotel profits. No more so than within the conference business, a traditionally bustling moneymaker that has wilted amid the pandemic. Still, sitting on your hands until it all blows over is not the smart approach…
How Hospitality Can Get Back To Business
A few months ago, travel forecasts were optimistic, growing, carefree. Consider the following developments: New brands were being introduced at a never before seen pace (e.g., Hilton’s Tru and MOTTO, IHG’s Avid and VOVO) Existing brands were being u…
Why You Need Guestroom IoT in 2020
The need for product differentiation in hotels is readily clear these days, especially in the light of the COVID crisis which has rewritten the rules on where your customers will be coming from for the remainder of calendar year 2020. Despite all th…
Target Your Local Drive Market
With restrictions slowly lifting, travelers are looking for easy ways to get a break from their “new normal”. The focus now is staycations – where can locals go to take a break from everyday life? Industry experts are seeing that more people are dri…
Hoteliers Share Their Opinion On Whether The Post-COVID Era Require A Different Skillset From Housekeepers?
Padraig Gallagher, Director of Rooms, Thompson Nashville The traditional housekeeping expertise is still very much relevant but with a greater focus on disinfectant and personal protective equipment. The ABC’s of housekeeping remain the same such as…