Art-Invest acquires Leonardo Royal Berlin Alexanderplatz from Fattal Art-Invest Real Estate has acquired the 346-room Leonardo Royal Berlin Alexanderplatz hotel from the Fattal Hotel Group for an undisclosed price for its AIREF Hotel Manage to Core …
Hospitality Financial Leadership – Premier Action
Every year in my home country the provincial premiers get together to eat lobster and drink cheap wine. Meanwhile some political work is being done. I remember two such conferences. I have a story about both. It’s always a big deal when the premiere…
Can Sales and Marketing Save the Hotel Industry?
COVID-19 has knocked the wind out of hotel profits. No more so than within the conference business, a traditionally bustling moneymaker that has wilted amid the pandemic. Still, sitting on your hands until it all blows over is not the smart approach…
How Hospitality Can Get Back To Business
A few months ago, travel forecasts were optimistic, growing, carefree. Consider the following developments: New brands were being introduced at a never before seen pace (e.g., Hilton’s Tru and MOTTO, IHG’s Avid and VOVO) Existing brands were being u…
Why You Need Guestroom IoT in 2020
The need for product differentiation in hotels is readily clear these days, especially in the light of the COVID crisis which has rewritten the rules on where your customers will be coming from for the remainder of calendar year 2020. Despite all th…
Target Your Local Drive Market
With restrictions slowly lifting, travelers are looking for easy ways to get a break from their “new normal”. The focus now is staycations – where can locals go to take a break from everyday life? Industry experts are seeing that more people are dri…
Hoteliers Share Their Opinion On Whether The Post-COVID Era Require A Different Skillset From Housekeepers?
Padraig Gallagher, Director of Rooms, Thompson Nashville The traditional housekeeping expertise is still very much relevant but with a greater focus on disinfectant and personal protective equipment. The ABC’s of housekeeping remain the same such as…
Pandemic Pricing Principles for Hotels
This is my second pandemic-themed article, following the last magnum opus on Hotel Marketing and Revenue Management in the Time of Pandemic. I was definitely hoping for things to be better by now. I still have a lot of optimism. However, for now, th…
Pandemic Forcing Hoteliers To Fast-Track Tech Adoption And Revisit Distribution And Marketing Strategies
The travel standstill has afforded hotels and their partners a chance to revisit distribution and marketing strategies and processes which in better days have mostly operated on a “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” maxim. But hotel conversations toda…
Horwath HTL Market Report: Poland Market Update
As a newcomer to the group of developed markets, Poland faired well in comparison to the rest of the world economy elite countries. The Polish economy is considered steady with GDP during the second decade of 2000s consistently growing. In the regio…