What’s the problem with a RevPAR-only hotel performance focus? Imagine you’re trying to bake a world-class cake. You’ve picked out the best ingredients, tossed them in a bowl, and … you’re done, right? Of course not. The ingredients going into the…
How Displaced Workers Have Fueled the New Work-From-Hotel (WFH) Trend
The world froze due to COVID-19, and the hotel industry is still in a bit of shock. While business travel is mostly stalled and vacations are slowly picking back up, there’s another category of guests that shouldn’t be ignored: Work-From-Hotel (WFH)…
Mergers Ahead for the Post-Pandemic Hotel Industry
Our industry is hurting. While we’re optimists, totally convinced that we can beat the two-year recovery our financial protagonists are forecasting, the world of Wall Street may soon see things very differently. I’m not a betting man, but I’ve got a…
The Rebound of Business Travel Post COVID-19
According to the Global Business Travel Association’s (GBTA) in April 2020, 99% of business travel by European companies have been cancelled or postponed. The business travel industry around the globe is anticipated to take a £655 billion revenue lo…
Managing a Wine Cellar Using a Spreadsheet
Using examples from Version 4 of Wine Cellar Management Tool, this report describes the many spreadsheet-based analyses in this tool that can assist an individual, restaurant, or bar in managing a wine cellar. The primary motivation for developing V…
Duty of Care Benchmarking Tool
For any organization, “Duty of Care” is the obligation to avoid or diminish any reasonably foreseen harm to customers and employees resulting from exposure to the coronavirus that causes COVID-19. This obligation includes reducing or eliminating the…
Pre- and Post-COVID Travel Preferences
COVID-19 has disrupted travel and the hospitality industry like no other historical event. As travel slowly resumes in the US under strict government guidelines, our survey results suggest that travel-related businesses like hotels are now serving a…
New White Paper Published: Boost Room Service Sales At Your Hotel
This new white paper “Boost Room Service Sales At Your Hotel”, written and published by SuitePad, uses real data to provide real insights, then uses this data to show hoteliers how they can improve their room service offering at the hotel. This info…
Feature-Based-Retailing Goes Live in Cardrona Terraces Backed by Tech Providers GauVendi and apaleo
WANAKA, FRANKFURT, MUNICH – As the global economy slows and the travel sector seems to have all but stopped, we see adoption rates of technology skyrocket. This creates a bright future for early adopters to embark on new technological initiatives th…
TRIBE is Paris-bound
TRIBE Paris Batignolles has opened its doors on October 1st in a vibrant area of the French capital. Born in Australia, TRIBE is an authentic and affordable hotel concept for modern travellers that blends ingenuity and unique design. TRIBE hotels ch…