Thomas Willms, CEO, Deutsche Hospitality, undertook an on-site visit to the Steigenberger Hotel Munich on Thursday 14 May 2020 in order to clarify how the company’s new extended guidelines and hygiene measures will apply in practice. “We have been t…
Hotels at Secondary and Tertiary Airports Will Suffer Longer
The coronavirus pandemic’s impact on travel is thought to be six or seven times greater than the 9/11 attacks, according to the U.S. Travel Association. Air travel volume fell precipitously through March. The estimated revenue losses by air carriers…
HVS: Paris Profile – Exploring How the City Will Recover from the COVID-19 Lockdown
The restrictions imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic have severely hit the hospitality industry worldwide. In Paris, a small proportion of all hotels currently remain in operation, and the occupancy levels for these opened hotels is currently in single…
Travel & tourism deal activity rebounds, growing 22.7% during week ended May 10 2020, finds GlobalData
The number of deals announced in the global travel and tourism sector grew by 22.7% during the week ended May 10, 2020 compared to the previous week, according to GlobalData’s deals database. Aurojyoti Bose, Lead Analyst at GlobalData, comments: “Th…
Preferred Hotels & Resorts Welcomes 26 New Member Hotels
New York, New York – Preferred Hotels & Resorts has welcomed 26 new member hotels across 14 destinations in the past four months, from January 1 and April 30, 2020, with the new additions ranging from the iconic Biltmore Hotel in Coral Gables, Flori…
Introducing “Generation Clean” – The New Age of Hotel Guests
Health and safety will have a profound influence on the traveler psyche and is consequently what travelers will look for when booking a hotel. To sum up the importance of this dynamic, let’s look at it this way. The marketing strategy for pre-COVID-…
Tech Companies Helping Hotels in Times of Need
With the hospitality industry left spinning in the wake of the COVID-19 lockdowns, it is hardly the time to throw in the towel. Rather, and not to soften the severity of the crisis in any way or form, this is an opportunity to realign your hotel org…
Analysis: At What Occupancy Rate Can a Hotel Break-Even?
COVID-19 has made breaking-even more tolerable than the alternative—going broke. It’s not the hand hoteliers wanted, but it’s the hand they’ve been dealt, forcing them to approximate at what occupancy rate they can operate their hotel such that cost…
A Historic Milestone: Oakwood to Focus on Branded Hospitality Services
LOS ANGELES – Oakwood®, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Mapletree Investments (“Mapletree”), announced today it will direct its focus to singularly pursue the development and growth of its hospitality portfolio, significantly expanding its proven capab…
Quarantine will not apply to travellers coming from France
A joint statement between the UK and France issued last night has confirmed that although there will be a quarantine imposed on people travelling to the UK by air, no quarantine measures will apply to travellers coming from France at this stage.