Lodging Access Systems, a company that provides thousands of hotels globally with a full spectrum of key cards and credentials through its subsidiaries, RFID Hotel and LAS Hospitality Supply, has announced that it has acquired the exclusive right an…
NH Hotel Group Reports First Quarter Results And Prepares For A Progressive Reopening
– Measures implemented during the COVID-19 period and reopening strategy – The uncertainty generated by COVID-19 at the beginning of the year accelerated the implementation of strict contingency plans to minimize operating expenses through temporary…
UNWTO Secretary-General says: “Trust Is The New Currency”
“Dear Friends, It is imperative that we get the world moving again – once it is safe to do so. We are monitoring the introduction of travel restrictions around the world. Our latest data shows 100% of all destinations have restrictions in place. Dep…
New Message from Sébastien Bazin, CEO Accor
From his office at the international headquarters (Issy Les Moulineaux) in France, where the progressive deconfinement began on May 11th, Sébastien Bazin looks back over the last 60 days and the lessons we can learn from it. Since the beginning of t…
Accor launches the Cleanliness & Prevention ALLSAFE label
Accor has been prioritizing the safety of its guests on a daily basis for more than 50 years, thanks to our high standards of hygiene and cleanliness applied by all our brands around the world. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic and to ensure the safety o…
Accor Announces Additional €560m Banking Credit Facility
Accor announces today that it has signed an agreement with a consortium of 5 banks for a new €560m Revolving Credit Facility (RCF). It complements the undrawn €1.2bn RCF signed in July 2018. It further reinforces Accor’s liquidity position which tod…
Mandarin Oriental Progress Update on Eliminating Single-Use Plastic Across Portfolio
In October 2019, Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group pledged to eliminate all single-use plastic, across its portfolio of luxury hotels, by the end of March 2021. While the original timing for completion is likely to be impacted by the global effects of C…
5 Insights Into the Changing Landscapes of Hospitality and Higher Education
Successful hospitality professionals know that the difference between success and failure often depends on how we deal with challenges and difficulties. In fact, this mindset aligns very well with the etymological roots of the word “crisis”. Whereas…
What will hotel visits be like? Here’s your room-by-room look at the future
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…