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Restrictions on travel introduced in response to the COVID-19 pandemic continue to hit global tourism hard, with the latest data from the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) showing a 70% fall in international arrivals for the first eight months of 2…

So, what is next for revenue management? We have an exciting opportunity to hit the reset button and rethink systems while demand is constrained. As we look ahead to the post-pandemic landscape, now is the time to build a revenue management discipli…

Chicago, Illinois – TraknProtect, a pioneer of location-based technology purpose-built for the hotel industry and a leading employee safety button provider for several major hotel brands, has unveiled powerful new technology to the TraknProtect Plat…

Bouncing back to profitability is proving a Sisyphean task for U.S. hotels. The rest of the world is having a slightly easier path. For the seventh consecutive month, U.S. hotels in September remained in negative gross operating profit per available…

With countless businesses on hold and millions of staff laid off, the challenges have been huge. But despite the situation seeming dire, there are opportunities waiting to be tapped. Facts and figures: the impact of COVID-19 on the hospitality workf…

Sustainable Hotel Development Sustainable development is the responsible use of productive resources in a development project or undertaking to safeguard long-term environmental, social and economic sustainability. Sustainable development is adopted…

Chicago, IL – Percipia, a leading provider of enhanced hospitality in-room applications, launches a new voice integrated virtual assistant solution, VIVA. VIVA is Percipia’s industry-leading integration engine Parallax that uses Amazon’s Alexa for H…

“Being part of the hospitality industry for more than two decades, we understand the complex requirements and pain points of this market. We are here to support hotels as they move into recovery and have doubled our efforts to offer right-sized and …

COVID 19 is killing us. No secret about that. Business is down to crumbs of its old self. The first massive furloughs took place early spring. The idea was that COVID 19 would be over by summer (warm weather – you know). That just did not happen. An…

Fundamentally it has been a completely different year from any other – many referring to a “new normal” – bringing a plethora of contrasts to the industry when comparing hospitality to pre-COVID-times. This urges the need to review what trends have …