MMGY Travel Intelligence, the leading source of strategic insight for the travel and tourism industry, and Enlightn Strategies, the most trusted advisor in the CBD and cannabis-related tourism space, have announced today key findings from a new repo…
Cornell Research Recap: Flexibility in reservation times can increase restaurant revenue
Restaurants that allow diners to book reservations on a flexible schedule can increase revenues by up to 21 percent over those that use rigid reservation timing for patrons, according to a new study by Gary Thompson, professor of service operations …
Rocco Forte Hotels Add Private Villas To Their Sicilian Portfolio
Taking advantage of the long Sicilian summer, Verdura Resort by Rocco Forte Hotels will launch eight beautiful new villas this September. Set on the estate’s hillside that gently slopes towards the resort’s private beach, the new villas will guarant…
Travellers Should ‘Wear To Care’ In The New Normal Says WTTC
London, UK – The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) has called upon all travellers to don protective face masks to show they ‘wear to care’ in the new normal of travelling. As countries transition from lockdowns to reopening their borders, the we…
Strong Indications Consumer Confidence Is Slowly Returning
Consumer confidence is slowly returning, with two main trends: short-term booking windows and long-term reservations towards the end of 2021, reports the latest edition of the Duetto Pulse Report, which tracked data from June 15-28 across three key …
Hotel Operators Must Be Flexible, Be Lean and React Quickly to Change, says HVS Webinar Panellists
The issue of financing the cost of reopening the hotel sector was the hot topic tackled in the second hotel webinar organised by global hotel consultancy HVS, legal firm Bird & Bird, EP Hospitality and AlixPartners, which was held yesterday [8th Jul…
The Digital Recipe For Guaranteed Success In 2020
Technology is not a consequence businesses need to adapt to, but rather an opportunity that businesses can take advantage of. Having worked in the digital world of hospitality for four years, I have a long list of success stories thanks to basic tec…
COVID-19: The 1 Thing Your Business Needs To Recover Quickly
At a time of fairly steady recovery, depending on where you are in the world, companies make choices every day that can mean definitive capitulation or a further step towards financial recovery. This is a good time to bring in interns. Let me explai…
Despite Covid-19, New Summer 2020 Hotel Openings Offer Hope For Travel Rebound
The celebratory ribbon cutting was still fresh in their minds when managers at Quirk Hotel Charlottesville had to close after only two weeks in operation due to Covid-19. It seems that new hotel openings, especially this summer, are going to face a …
Luxury Paris hotels to stay closed this summer
Most top Paris hotels – classed as “palaces” – are set to stay closed until September 2020, it has emerged, due to lack of bookings following the Covid-19 pandemic. Of the 12 luxury Parisian hotels classed as “palaces” by French tourism body Atout F…