Does your hotel sales team have everything they need to succeed? You’ve worked hard to have the best onboarding program, hired a skilled team, taken a hard look at your sales strategy, and put all of the technology in place for your team to surpass …
How Cross-Industry Talent Exchange Could Solve the Hospitality Labor Shortage
It’s no secret that the hotel industry is currently struggling with a major shortage of skilled labor. The problem stems from a combination of tighter immigration controls, an increase in the number of guest rooms available, and a thriving occupancy…
In the Age of Pandemics: Some of the Reasons That Tourism Industries Fail: Part One of a Two-Part Series
Much of the tourism literature is dedicated to tourism successes or how to succeed. When not focusing in on successes, the literature often deals with crisis management, such as the most recent outbreak of CoVid -19 (Coronavirus). Rarely do we exami…
apaleo and EasyWay make it simple for guests to check-in and communicate with hotels directly within WhatsApp
Standard check-in at the reception is so passé. Guests want better, more efficient ways to check-in to and communicate with their favorite hotels. apaleo, the world’s most open PMS and messaging platform, EasyWay, have partnered to make that all pos…
How To Make The Most Of A Coronavirus Situation
Mark Carney, the Bank of England’s outgoing governor announced on Tuesday: “We have to work out how to bridge this period. We don’t want viable firms to go out of business because of the necessary steps that have to be taken to protect the British p…
Access Point Financial to Finance Hitalk Hotels’ Acquisition of Hyatt Place Mohegan Sun in Connecticut
ATLANTA – March 5, 2020 – Access Point Financial, LLC (APF), a leading direct lender and specialty finance company focused exclusively on the hospitality industry, has signed an agreement with Hitalk Hotels to provide financing for the company’s acq…
Curtain goes up on the new Steigenberger Hotel Treudelberg Hamburg
Elegant country house style meets modern ambience: Since 2 March, the country house of the Steigenberger Hotel Treudelberg Hamburg presents itself to its guests in a new appearance. The traditional house in Hamburg’s Alstertal was completely renovat…
HTNG Holds Bi-Annual Board Elections
Hospitality Technology Next Generation (HTNG) held its bi-annual board elections in February, re-electing 18 board members and 11 executive advisors. New board members include Brennan Gildersleeve, VP, technology for Equinox Hotels, Bryan Mitkowski,…
IDeaS Extends Platform to Encompass Total Revenue Forecasting Technology, Transforming How Hotels Plan and Budget
Tweet This: @IDeaS_RevOpt continues to advance the power of revenue science beyond the guest room, announcing the industry-first total revenue forecasting solution IDeaS RevPlan www.ideas.com/news #RevenueScience MINNEAPOLIS – IDeaS Revenue Solution…
It’s a Swan: The Highly Improbable Impact of Coronavirus
SHOCK THERAPY “We are the healthiest, wealthiest, and longest-lived people in history. And we are increasingly afraid. This is one of the great paradoxes of our time.” These wise words are not mine, but Daniel Gardner’s, author of one book everyone …