BWH Hotel Group is expanding its upscale, chic boutique brand, Aiden, as the brand is set to grow by over 200% in the years ahead with the portfolio doubling in 2023 alone. Highlights of the brand growth include the upcoming launch of Aiden in India…
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Future Foods for Hotels in 2023 and Beyond
Food and beverage for hotels is at a bit of an inflection point. On the one hand, we are still contending with all the inflationary wages, short staffing and supply chain headaches left over the pandemic…
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Designing and managing employee referral programs
Recruitment is a difficult job…
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AccorInvest and m3connect: taking hospitality to the cloud
Through its partnership with m3connect, AccorInvest has used the cloud to enhance the sustainability, efficiency and resilience of its hotel portfolio
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AccorInvest and m3connect: taking hospitality to the cloud
Through its partnership with m3connect, AccorInvest has used the cloud to enhance the sustainability, efficiency and resilience of its hotel portfolio
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GDS – Is it relevant for you in 2023?
One of the oldest distribution platforms, a GDS is a middleman that connects your hotel to travel agents looking for the right accommodation for their clients…
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Top 10 list for controlling hotel expenses
The word “expenses” needs to be defined and refined for this article…
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How to keep your guests and staff safe from fire risks
It’s everyone’s worst nightmare in the world of business, where the fire alarms and smoke detectors start to blare and it isn’t a scheduled or mandated drill…
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BWH Hotel Group is expanding its upscale, chic boutique brand, Aiden, as the brand is set to grow by over 200% in the years ahead with the portfolio doubling in 2023 alone. Highlights of the brand growth include the upcoming launch of Aiden in India…
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Future Foods for Hotels in 2023 and Beyond
Food and beverage for hotels is at a bit of an inflection point. On the one hand, we are still contending with all the inflationary wages, short staffing and supply chain headaches left over the pandemic…
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The pioneer: meet the chef enticing food lovers to rural Norway
At Experience Restaurant on a remote farm, chef Kim Sjøbakk takes diners on a 16-course culinary tour of the Trøndelag landscape.
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Mobile Revenue at an All Time High for Hotels
It's 2023, and you can bet on mobile being a driving force in hospitality technology over the next twelve months (and beyond).
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Waverly Labs Launches Interpretation App Called Forum
Waverly Labs, pioneers of smart translation solutions, is expanding its mission to break down language barriers with the launch of Forum, a mobile and web-based app that helps unlimited numbers of people communicate with ease…
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Social Media Trends, Markets and Platforms
What is Social Media? Many people still ask questions about social media and its use. Obviously, this is not the case, but then what does social media mean?
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Designing and managing employee referral programs
Recruitment is a difficult job…
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Hotels Make Inroads Into Boosting Diversity Through Their Restaurants
Many U.S. hotels have struggled to hire and retain non-white leaders post-pandemic. So some hotels are enhancing the ranks of who leads the line in the kitchen as one of a few ways to reverse the trend…
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First-time Buyers Account for 16% of Global Hotel Investment Volume in 2022 According to JLL
As the world continues to find a new normal post-COVID, consumers have placed heightened importance on travel and experiences, which has accelerated lodging demand, and resulted in RevPAR reaching or exceeding 2019 levels in some markets…
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Hyatt Reports Record Hotel Pipeline of Approximately 117,000 Rooms Worldwide As of Year-end 2022
Hyatt Hotels Corporation shared today that Hyatt is positioned for continued transformative growth in 2023 and beyond with a record pipeline of approximately 117,000 rooms worldwide as of year-end 2022…
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Accor restructures leadership for new set-up
Accor has reorganised its executive leadership roles as part of its move to create two business divisions, with the changes taking effect immediately.
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HILTON ENTERS ECONOMY SEGMENT WITH NEW BRAND SPARK
The Americas Lodging Investment Summit, better known as ALIS, in January, is the first hospitality conference of the new year. It’s also typically a time when lodging companies reveal big announcements, like a new brand…
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France’s AFTM forms partnership with SHe Travel Club
French travel management association AFTM is forming a partnership with SHe Travel Club, which certifies hotels for female business travellers.
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Accor enters cruising with a splash, launching the world’s largest sailing ship
Accor’s Orient Express brand is legendary for operating luxury trains for over 140 years and now the legend continues on the high seas with the launch of the world’s largest sailing ship, Orient Express Silenseas…
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Europe and Middle East tourism set to return to pre-pandemic level
After stronger than expected recovery last year, 2023 could see international tourist arrivals bounce back to pre-COVID-19 levels in Europe and the Middle East.
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LETTER FROM THE SKIES: THE CHINESE ARE COMING, SO IS AI ON STEROIDS – HELLO, 2023
I AM writing this at 15,000 feet, onboard an ATR 72-500 on a Firefly flight between Singapore and Kuala Lumpur…
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Las Vegas hotels accused of rental price conspiracy in class action
Several major companies that run prominent hotels on the famous commercial strip near Las Vegas were hit with a consumer antitrust lawsuit in federal court on Wednesday accusing them of conspiring to keep hotel room rates artificially high…
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OTA Insight Named Winner of 3 2023 HotelTechReport Awards, for 3rd Consecutive Year
OTA Insight, the global leader in cloud-based hospitality commercial intelligence, has today been named the winner in three categories in the prestigious 2023 Hotel Tech Report Awards, for the third year running…
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IDeaS Scores in Two Categories of the Hotel Tech Awards
IDeaS, a SAS company, the world’s leading provider of hotel revenue management software and services, announced todayit ranked in the Top 10 Global Hotelier’s Choice and Best Places to Work awards in the annual HotelTechAwards…
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Choice Hotels CEO Patrick Pacious Named 'Best CEO' for Fourth Consecutive Year by Comparably
For the fourth year in a row, Choice Hotels International, Inc. President and CEO Patrick Pacious has been named one of the highest-rated CEOs, according to Comparably's 2022 Best CEO rankings…
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