Despite the fact that Venice managed to recover from the catastrophic flooding, Italy is now facing the largest outbreak of coronavirus outside of Asia. As one would expect, the fears over health issues have left Venice deserted and tourists have ab…
How Hotel Cancellation Policies Are Changing Amid Coronavirus
The coronavirus, or COVID-19, has had major repercussions for the travel industry. Cruise lines are exercising flexibility for customers, prescreening passengers before they board, and revving up their already stringent cleaning measure. Airlines, t…
Meeting Professionals Cite Top Priorities For 2020 In Teneo Hospitality Group’s Annual Survey
As a new decade dawns, leading meeting planners are identifying the most pressing issues confronting the meetings industry. Challenges include service delivery and value, creative meeting environments, the demand for unique, curated meeting experien…
Luxury hotels and a ‘sense of place’: The challenge for hoteliers
In the final article in this three-part series exploring luxury hotels and a sense of place, Suzanne Godfrey, consultant, and lecturer in luxury and luxury hospitality, examines how hoteliers can overcome the challenges in providing local and authen…
Asset Management – Why Bother?
In the course of each year my colleagues and I see a huge number of hotel P&Ls and, within them, there are often wide variances in performance, even in like-for-like situations – whether it is better or worse revenue generation, cost control or effe…
ITB Berlin’s Cancellation Had Only a Mild Impact on Short-Term Rental Owners
You might think that the managers of short-term rental properties in Berlin faced sharp pain when ITB Berlin canceled its early March event, Europe’s biggest travel fair. But you’d be partly wrong. New data suggests the impact of the coronavirus cri…
How to navigate coronavirus disruption in travel
With the global spread of the virus forcing some countries into lockdown and airlines cancelling both domestic and international flights from certain regions, both leisure and business travel segments are taking a major hit. The impact is made much …
Baird/STR Hotel Stock Index fell 11.7% in February
The Baird/STR Hotel Stock Index fell 11.7% in February to a level of 4,296. Year to date through the first two months of 2020, the stock index dropped 18.5%. “Hotel stocks fell off a cliff at the end of the month due to mounting COVID-19 concerns do…
Why Are Hotel TVs So Bad?
While home TV tech keeps marching on, hotel TVs seem hopelessly behind: They feature few channels, no on-screen menus and lots of other outdated annoyances. So what’s the problem? It’s not just you. Hotel TV systems are a constant pain point for fre…
Keep Calm And Travel On: What Virtuoso® Travel Advisors Want You To Know About Traveling And Coronavirus
NEW YORK – Leading luxury and experiential travel network Virtuoso® has been closely monitoring the impact of coronavirus, collaborating and consulting with its travel agency members across the world as well as its preferred partners. Since COVID-19…