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According to the latest China Construction Pipeline Trend Report, analysts at Lodging Econometrics (LE) report that China's total hotel construction pipeline remains robust at 3,409 projects/634,119 rooms, up 1% by projects and rooms year-over-year…
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How has Covid-19 impacted the world’s most expensive cities? The Economist Intelligence Unit’s (EIU) Worldwide Cost of Living survey, compiled in September 2020, discovers how the pandemic has changed the cost of living in 133 cities since the start…
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The travel industry is pinning its hopes of recovery on an innate desire to travel and pent-up demand. New research from Tripadvisor shows 65% of consumers are thinking about their next destination.
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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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Kempinski Hotels has announced that it will open a luxury hotel in Switzerland’s ski resort village of Engelberg in spring 2021.
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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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As hoteliers engage in the budgeting process for 2021, one thing that’s clear is that demand and financial projections for the months ahead are anything but clear…
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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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The European Union has announced a “traffic light” system in the hope of restarting international travel.
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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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It’s no surprise that hotels and travel brands are winning on Instagram. With its core focus on sharing visually engaging photography, Instagram is one of the ideal places for hotels and resorts to attract new guests or lure travelers back…
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France’s national rail company SNCF has partnered with medical firm Loxamed to set up mobile Covid-19 testing kiosks at rail stations across the country.
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As hotels around the globe continue to grapple with the impact of the coronavirus pandemic, we have released a comprehensive report exploring the steps hotels can take to navigate the ‘new normal’.
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Hilton has opened its first hotel in the Faroe Islands, the archipelago of 18 isles located between Iceland and Norway. The Hilton Garden Inn Faroe Islands is the first internationally branded hotel on the islands…
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The year 2020 will be marked in history, surely for the travel and hotel industry. Most hotels suffer from a sudden disruption due to COVID-19 crisis and the consequent travel regulations…
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