Announced, Curator Hotel & Resort Collection (“Curator”) is bolstering its list of prestigious founding members with the addition of Sage Hospitality Group (“Sage”). Sage is joining a group of six other founding members: like-minded hotel owners and…
Mastering Meetings A Post-COVID World
Hybrid is the New Meeting Standard As the event industry progresses, there will be an emergence of new technology. This will allow a combination of in person and remote guests to attend events. We see convention centers using robotic cameras everywh…
A Decade Of Innovation In Just One Year: Seven Surprising Ways The Pandemic Has Changed Hotels Forever
“For more than a century, Hilton has pioneered many of the elements that define the hospitality industry today. In the last year, the pandemic has accelerated our innovation engine – we’ve thought of it as a decade of change in just 12 months. And t…
4 Must-Haves for a Hotel Tech Stack
During the COVID-19 crisis, technology has undoubtedly enabled us to stay safe, connected, stimulated, and productive in a way that would have been unimaginable, even 20 years ago. Inevitably, businesses will also need to transform their practices r…
EHL Students Recreate Culinary Experiences For Global Luxury Hotel Brand
In March 2021, the École hôtelière de Lausanne students had a chance to work on a unique assignment during “Creating the Future of Food Service”, a course designed and delivered by Dr. Marc Stierand, Director of the Institute of Business Creativity …
STR: Preliminary Berlin Hotel Data For March
LONDON — STR’s preliminary March 2021 data for Berlin hotels shows slightly better performance compared with recent months, albeit at overall low levels due to continued restrictions in Germany. In addition to low absolute levels, year-over-year dec…
Launching late 2021: The Rome EDITION
Expected to open late in 2021, EDITION Hotels’ first Italian property will feature 95 guest rooms and suites, including a Penthouse suite with a private 130 sqm (1,399 sqft) terrace. The Rome EDITION will offer uniquely designed food and beverage ou…
Food Wastage Requires Greater Attention In Travel And Tourism Post-Pandemic, Says GlobalData
Just over half of global respondents to a survey by GlobalData have stated that reducing or recycling food waste is a priority to them because of the COVID-19 pandemic. This increase in awareness around food wastage will increase pressure on compani…
Strategic Meetings Management: Why Now Is The Time To Think Outside The Wheel
Albert Einstein said it best: “In the middle of every difficulty lies opportunity.” While, to a large extent, business travel and in-person meetings and events remain on hold, many companies are recognizing that this is a great time to establish – o…
Are You Prepared For Revenue Management 2.0?
What the hotel industry experienced during the COVID-19 pandemic, first in China, then Europe and then the US, is that Revenue Management was one of the hardest hit disciplines in terms of furloughs and layoffs, both on-property and above-property a…