In the hospitality sector, there are number of key players and stakeholders that involved to run a successful hotel. Hotel brands, hotel owners and management companies often work together to create transformations and combinations of operating mode…
Ramada by Wyndham Budapest City Center Opens in the City’s UNESCO Protected Area
The new hotel is situated in an outstanding location in the heart of Budapest’s city centre, a historic and UNESCO protected area with many iconic attractions including the Buda Castle with the Fisherman’s Bastion, St. Stephen’s Basilica, the Synago…
Does Elite Status Matter Anymore? Rethinking Hotel Loyalty In A Time Of COVID
If your hotel elite status gives you a room upgrade but you’re not booking a hotel room, do you really have elite status? While the question might not have the philosophical weight of a tree falling in a forest, it still needs to be asked. For years…
Reflection And Resolve As Tourism Looks To The Future
Zurab Pololikashvili – Secretary-General, World Tourism Organization: “Across Europe, the responsible restart of tourism is now underway. But even as growing numbers of tourists cross borders and businesses open up again, this is no time for complac…
Europe Hotel Transactions Bulletin – Week Ending 17 July 2020
European Property Holdings acquire the Innside Dresden Switzerland-based real estate fund European Property Holdings (EPH) has announced that it has acquired the 180-room INNSIDE Dresden from developers Norpexal Holding SA and Fibona GmbH. Located o…
Hospitality Financial Leadership – 3-Way Match
Internal controls in your hotel are critical and they need to be designed to keep your assets safe and your money where it belongs – with you and not in someone else’s pockets. I have seen this go wrong way too many times and I also talk to many hot…
Turn Data Into Success: Data Analysis For Small F&B Businesses, Part 1
Big data helps companies identify new opportunities in the realms of cost reduction, faster and better decision making, as well as in creating new products and services. In highly competitive industries where there is the need for quick decisions in…
Preparing the Year Ahead for Post-COVID Hotel Luxury
Particularly at the luxury end where close contact is a hallmark of great guest service, changing rapidly takes a sound mind to steer the ship as the hospitality world ebbs and flows through the post-pandemic cycle. To help understand where this seg…
SiteMinder: ‘Domestic Travel Requires New Strategies From Thailand’s Hoteliers’
A new report by SiteMinder, the global hotel industry’s leading guest acquisition platform, has signalled the importance for Thailand’s hoteliers to employ new marketing, distribution and operational strategies to cater for the looming rise in domes…
Event Temple Sales and Catering CRM and Mews Property Management System Announce Reservations Integration For Hotel Group Sales
Vancouver & Amsterdam – Event Temple, the hospitality industry’s fastest growing Hotel Sales and Catering software, announced today that they have successfully integrated their group reservation function with the reservations function in Mews, the p…