For years, the HGTV show ‘House Hunters’ has taken viewers into sprawling homes worldwide while aiding families in their search for a new property. Although house hunting can be a daunting and time-consuming process, the show does an exceptional job…
Hospitality Unsettled Podcast: A Social Personality and Digital Business
“Within every department of an organisation, there is disruptive technology coming, and that is why it is so important to look at regardless of your specific job or industry.” This quote, in combination with a conversation about both the benefits an…
Volara Doubles-Down on its Commitment to Supporting the Hotel Industry
NEW YORK – Committed to being part of the solution for hoteliers in the post-pandemic era, Volara is growing its team. Sarah Kozlowski joins the secure voice assistant solutions provider as Account Executive. She brings to Volara a knack for develop…
Access Point Financial Secures $8.85 Million To Refinance the Grand Rapids’ Delta Hotel by Marriott
ATLANTA – Access Point Financial, LLC (APF), a leading direct lender and specialty finance company focused exclusively on the hospitality industry, today announced the completion of an agreement with Lodging Opportunity Fund REIT to refinance the De…
Moving Beyond Rooms-Only Revenue Management
Whether your organization has sights set on total revenue management or profit optimization, both require visibility and forecasting for your entire business. In this guide, we’ll show you how to lead your organization and take that next step along …
Business travel woes are exposed as Amazon saves nearly $1bn in travel expenses, says GlobalData
Companies are saving big in the lack of business travel costs – as demonstrated by Amazon’s announcement that it has saved almost $1bn on travel expenses in 2020. Such significant savings is leading to questions on just how long it will take for bus…
NH Hotel Group reopens 75% of its hotels during the third quarter, maintains its cost base low and preserves nearly €500M in liquidity
Revenue increased from €30 million in the second quarter to €148 million in the third quarter. Year-on-year, revenue was down by 63.6% in the first nine months The Contingency Plan implemented since the second quarter is enabling the Group to offset…
A Primer on Hotel Sustainability Certification
Research done in the past years on the attitude of travellers and tourists (e.g. by Booking.com) have shown that there is an increasing expectation among travellers that the hospitality industry has a focus on sustainability. The pandemic crisis has…
EHL & EHT: A Culturally Rich Exchange Between Two Hospitality Schools
Since 2015, EHL has been in partnership with the École d’Hôtellerie et de Tourisme Paul Dubrule in Cambodia. EHT is a non-profit vocational hospitality institution in Siem Reap, whose mission is to give access to disadvantaged young Cambodians and p…
The Future of Hotel Technology: Property Management Systems
How did we get here and where are we headed? Most PMS systems were built in the 80s or 90s before the concepts of cloud structure or integrations existed. And since then, we’ve retrofitted these now ancient solutions to try to work with current ones…

