The number of deals announced in the global travel and tourism sector grew by 22.7% during the week ended May 10, 2020 compared to the previous week, according to GlobalData’s deals database. Aurojyoti Bose, Lead Analyst at GlobalData, comments: “Th…
Preferred Hotels & Resorts Welcomes 26 New Member Hotels
New York, New York – Preferred Hotels & Resorts has welcomed 26 new member hotels across 14 destinations in the past four months, from January 1 and April 30, 2020, with the new additions ranging from the iconic Biltmore Hotel in Coral Gables, Flori…
Introducing “Generation Clean” – The New Age of Hotel Guests
Health and safety will have a profound influence on the traveler psyche and is consequently what travelers will look for when booking a hotel. To sum up the importance of this dynamic, let’s look at it this way. The marketing strategy for pre-COVID-…
Tech Companies Helping Hotels in Times of Need
With the hospitality industry left spinning in the wake of the COVID-19 lockdowns, it is hardly the time to throw in the towel. Rather, and not to soften the severity of the crisis in any way or form, this is an opportunity to realign your hotel org…
Analysis: At What Occupancy Rate Can a Hotel Break-Even?
COVID-19 has made breaking-even more tolerable than the alternative—going broke. It’s not the hand hoteliers wanted, but it’s the hand they’ve been dealt, forcing them to approximate at what occupancy rate they can operate their hotel such that cost…
A Historic Milestone: Oakwood to Focus on Branded Hospitality Services
LOS ANGELES – Oakwood®, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Mapletree Investments (“Mapletree”), announced today it will direct its focus to singularly pursue the development and growth of its hospitality portfolio, significantly expanding its proven capab…
COVID-19 Resource: 5 Technologies for a ‘New Normal’ Hotel (Part 1)
In this weekly series, Hospitality Net looks at emerging technologies that are being deployed by hotels across the world to help face the consequences of the coronavirus outbreak and its related new legistlation and changing consumer behavior. To ge…
Coronavirus Upheaval Prompts Independent Hotels to Look at Management Company Startups
The startup Life House has a new white-labeled full management service that doesn’t require a costly rebrand or renovation. We expect only a few dozen hotels will sign up this year for it. But the new offering underscores the bigger picture, stark c…
Quore Names David Fox Chief Operating Officer
Franklin, Tenn. – (May 13, 2020) – Today, leading hospitality software company Quore has announced that VP of Business Development David Fox has been promoted to Chief Operating Officer, a new position at the company. Fox previously led Quore’s busi…
GBTA Industry Forum Series: Arne Sorenson, Marriott International
The GBTA | Global Business Travel Association welcomes one of the world’s most regarded business leaders, Arne Sorenson, CEO of Marriott International, to the Industry Forum Series….