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The end of 2020 is not the end of the problems for the global hotel industry, but it does bring hope on the wings of a vaccine that, in time, could be a panacea for wait ails it: fear.
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Expecting a tidal wave of distressed selling and recapitalizations at 30-50% discounts to pre-COVID values, the private equity industry raised an unprecedented amount of capital in the early months of the pandemic…
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The hotel industry’s geographic revenue bright spot during the pandemic is even grappling with second surge setbacks.
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The European hotel transactions picture was dire in 2020 as hotel firms saved cash and two of the largest deals took place before COVID-19 erupted, but deals volume could grow in 2021 as more distress hits the market…
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It is now more important than ever to make every guest's stay be as fulfilling and enjoyable as possible for your hotel…
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Marketing efforts at airport hotels are targeting specific groups of travelers such as remote workers, staycation guests, construction crews and front-line workers. With U.S…
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Hotel executives on a webinar hosted by HVS and The Lodging Conference discussed adjusting operations, needed liability protection and the benefits of bleisure travel.
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The Best Western Hotel in the London suburb of Croydon would normally be packed with visiting families, out-of-town construction workers, and business travelers.
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IATA’s head of airport, passenger and security products, Alan Murray Hayden, says fast progress is being made to bring its Travel Pass digital health credential solution to market, and “most of the world’s biggest airlines will be using it from…
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My first published article on hospitality debuted in early March 2011 and just last month we rolled out our sixth book entitled, "More Hotel Mogel" (October 2020)…
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Premier Inn’s owner Whitbread says that around 1,500 staff have left the business as a result of travel restrictions and decreased demand caused by Covid-19.
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Hospitality will be permanently altered by the pandemic. Here’s how one hotel group is handling it
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There's hope: Summer vacations abroad may happen in a big way this year…
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“A VUCA world”, “a VUCA environment”, “VUCA leadership” and even “vucability”. These seemingly insightful phrases beg the question: What is VUCA?
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From the rebound of key hotel performance metrics to the potential return of group demand and international travel, the U.S. hotel industry could take its first steps on a long road to recovery in 2021…
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The hotel investment narrative since March is one of dried-up bank lending, and the only deals getting done are ones that were underway since well before the pandemic began.
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Yahoo Finance’s Alexis Christoforous and Chip Rogers, President and CEO of AHLA, discuss the COVID-19 impact on the hotel industry.
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When the pandemic sent global economies into decline, it clinched the end to a decade-long bull run in commercial real estate markets. But economists and investors appear largely optimistic about a recovery in 2021, according to JLL…
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