The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) has released a Tourism Recovery Technical Assistance Package to offer guidance to Member States in response to COVID-19. The package is structured around three main pillars: economic recovery, marketing and pro…
COVID-19 and hotels: What we’ve learned so far
HENDERSONVILLE, Tennessee – As stay-at-home orders in states across the U.S. are expiring, the first weekend in May showed strong occupancy gains for hotels in markets with beach access. STR is certainly still some time away from calling this a reco…
Attracting Travelers After COVID-19
It is already becoming clear that travel segments and behavior are changing as a result of coronavirus and hotels should plan now for a change in the guest profile and where their guests are coming from. There are many that believe business travel i…
Thayer Ventures Closes $80 Million Fund III to Invest in Technology Companies Disrupting the Travel and Transportation Industry
San Francisco – Thayer Ventures, the only venture capital firm focused specifically on technology innovation in travel and transportation, raised $80 million to invest in new startups in the $10 trillion global travel and transportation industries. …
Duetto Launches Enterprise Rate Guidelines Feature For Hotels
San Francisco – Duetto, hospitality’s innovative software as a service provider of revenue strategy solutions, has introduced several new features to its GameChanger pricing application. Designed by and for hoteliers, the new add-ons have been speci…
Appearance on ‘Hotel Wake Up Call’ Podcast
Recently, our two principals (Larry and Adam) appeared on ALICE’s Hotel Wake Up Call! podcast to discuss some trends and happenings for the hotel industry during the COVID crisis. Listen to it here….
WTTC unveils “Safe Travels” – new global protocols to restart the Travel & Tourism sector
London, UK – The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) which represents the global Travel & Tourism private sector has unveiled a range of new worldwide measures to restart the sector. The measures have been designed to rebuild confidence among cons…
Future Air Travel: Four-Hour Process, Self Check-In, Disinfection, Immunity Passes
Once airports and borders open again and people are able to fly freely — a process already in play as airports of all sizes around the world ready strategies to ensure healthy air travel — how much are you ready to change your flying habits? As much…
Sharing The Knowledge: Artificial Intelligence In Hotels
Artificial Intelligence In Hotels And Chatbots Artificial Intelligence in Hotels is the final part of our knowledge sharing series. A few weeks ago I began our knowledge sharing series with the first four articles on Hotel TV. This was followed by a…
Hotels Count the Cost of COVID-19 Pandemic and Look to Remodel Business to Rebuild Consumer Confidence
With much of Europe’s hotel sector still closed for business, the industry faces a huge challenge to rebuild consumer confidence once COVID-19 lockdown restrictions start to lift later this year. Providing hotel businesses survive financially – util…