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In what has been the most actively watched hotel-firm financial restructuring of 2020, Travelodge (United Kingdom) has retained the majority of its hotels under its new company voluntary arrangement, but is seven-year CEO Peter Gowers will leave at…
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Advances in COVID-19 vaccines and an extended shoulder season for rural and seaside hotels offer hope for the U.K. hotel industry, but the picture remains far from rosy as the country gets set to end its second lockdown on 2 December…
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As part of its simplification and asset-light strategy, and with the ambition of accelerating its momentum in the fast-growing lifestyle hospitality sector, Accor has signed binding agreements on a new sbe Group’s ownership structure…
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Hotel industry operators discussed the challenges they face and will face going forward due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
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Planning ahead into 2021 amidst ongoing second wave lockdowns, staged reopenings and the dangling carrot that is a vaccine is a doozy…
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How Airbnb sees itself matters, not only for the future of the company but how markets and competitors react to such a globally disruptive force that has emerged out of nowhere in the last decade.
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One feature of post-COVID New York City just may be large, hulking, dark buildings, a legacy of the hotels that have or will have closed permanently due to an extreme revenue shortage brought about by lockdowns that deprived them of their clientele…
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As hotels across the world continue to grapple with the pandemic, they are becoming increasingly creative in their approaches…
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After finding its way from the airline industry into the world of hotels, hoteliers have continuously improved their pricing strategies, from weekend or seasonal rates via BAR levels to completely open rates…
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As the hospitality industry allocates increasing efforts to ensure guest and employee safety through automation and technology, significant risks are possible…
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Independent hotel owners have a new pandemic survival strategy with the arrival of the Curator Hotel & Resort Collection. The big brands need to address grievances over their high costs in order to remain competitive…
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The hotel PMS has been around for about 50 years. That’s HALF A CENTURY. That’s as old as the Beatle’s last album Let It Be, Walt Disney World, Watergate, and Amtrak.
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To survive and thrive, hoteliers must reinvent hotel sales, marketing and operations. Here’s how to do that.
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Consulting the right hotel KPIs can help juice a hotel’s bottom line. But just any old metric won’t do. If hoteliers want to uncover financial weak spots, revamp operations and boost profit, it requires complete operational metrics…
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“He’s a gentleman first of all. He’s a signore, as you say in Italy, a gentleman.” Danilo Zucchetti, managing director of the iconic Villa d’Este, certainly is a signore, as legendary hotelier Vincenzo Finizzola says…
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A badly handled PR crisis can have a negative impact on companies for years, driving away customers and damaging brand reputation…
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With vaccines and more efficient testing on the horizon, the coronavirus might not go away completely, but it can be handled and business will come back, hotel industry CEOs said on a panel as part of the online NYU International Hospitality…
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Hoteliers have been generally optimistic about the hotel industry’s pandemic recovery pattern heading into the winter, typically a drop-off for leisure travel. Hyatt’s CEO Mark Hoplamazian just gave the industry a much-needed wake-up call…
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