A grim future for business travel

Coronavirus lockdowns and the grand work-from-home experiment killed the business travel industry — and, just like everything else, it’s not going back to normal anytime soon, if at all. Why it matters: Traveling for work is a $1.5 trillion industry…

How Hotels Should Adapt Meetings And Events

The timing for recovery in 2020 is going to be dependent on consumers and businesses having confidence that our cities and venues are safe again. We won’t be seeing any events in June or July but expect Q4 events in the fall to start up again. In th…

Returning to Hospitality Operations

Unless a property is seasonal, most hotels aren’t built to be closed. Ask around and you’ll find that many hospitality professionals have never gone through the process of closing or opening a hotel. The first half of 2020 has changed that and we fi…

Whistle to Offer Messaging Services for Lark Hotels

Whistle, the leading hotel and guest messaging platform, announced today that it is providing its services to Lark Hotels, a collection of boutique hotels in New England. “Lark Hotels are located in some of the most iconic communities in New England…

Another Way To Amaze Your Customers: Pay Attention

I recently wrote about taking the extra step to deliver amazing service. There were three steps: pay attention, care about your customers and put forth extra effort. For this article, I want to focus on the first step—paying attention. Paying attent…