The Covid19 Impact: Keeping Dining Experiences Memorable, Affordable and Profitable
Over the past 35 years of my hospitality career, I have seen a great many things…
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The Covid19 Impact: Keeping Dining Experiences Memorable, Affordable and Profitable
Over the past 35 years of my hospitality career, I have seen a great many things…
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Skift Global Forum Preview: Accor CEO on Future Hotels Being More Than Places to Sleep
A downturn is a terrible thing to waste, business sentiment generally goes. Paris-based Accor certainly hasn’t wasted time accelerating plans to transform the hotel company.
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Choice performs close to 2019 levels in second quarter
Choice Hotels International Inc., for the second quarter ended June 30, reported net income increased 15% to $85.9 million vs. second-quarter 2019…
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Marriott records Q2 net income of $422M
Marriott International Inc., in the second quarter ended June 30, reported net income of $422 million, compared with a net loss of $234 million in the same period last year.
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Re-Building Your Hotel F&B Value Proposition for Recruiting and Retaining Gen Z Talent
In the post-pandemic business environment, recruitment of hospitality employees is a challenging endeavor…
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Medical Tourism as the Next Evolution for Wellness
Let’s look beyond the forecasted travel recovery for the latter of 2021 for a moment – beyond the near-term ‘revenge travel’ surge. What emerging trends will define travel for the decade ahead?
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50 hotels every gentleman should visit before he dies
The best moment of any hotel experience comes just after check-in, and just after the trip in the ornate lift, and just after the handing over of pleasingly heavy-set keys, and just after the bell-hop has escorted your luggage (magicked, it seems…
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Hospitality Financial Leadership – GOPPAR Characteristics
If you only use RevPAR index, then you are missing the bulk of the story
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4 myths about the state of OTAs post-COVID-19
With the slow reopening of international travel, most of the larger online booking platforms, led by Booking.com and Expedia, have finally decided to turn their billion-dollars marketing power engine back on…
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How Too Much Reliance On Technology Can Ruin Hospitality for Good
Everybody in hospitality is saying “COVID has changed everything.” Well, if this is true, how come almost all of those spouting off about the new dynamics act as if nothing changed? This makes me wonder if our philosophies and marketing are now…
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Marriott’s new CEO sat down with TPG to talk Bonvoy benefits, hot breakfast and more
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5 tips to outsmart competition in the post-COVID hotel market
As travel slowly begins to recover, a renewed hospitality market is emerging…
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'Don't come to Amsterdam.' Dutch capital tells rowdy tourists to stay away
Amsterdam's well-known tolerance of recreational drugs and sex has long attracted tourists in search of the seedier side to the city of canals and cycle paths…
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The families ditching traditional vacations for home swapping
The concept of staying in another family's home while they bed down in yours isn't exactly new. Many frugal holiday makers have been doing it for years to save on accommodation costs while enjoying a different type of vacation experience…
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Why hotels are experiencing a sweet moment in direct sales
Direct selling, both telephone and website, has gained a large share of sales during the pandemic…
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The end of third-party cookies and what it means for your hotel
Digital marketers are currently being faced with a once-unimaginable shift: the end of third-party cookies…
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Hotel general managers faced a crisis like no other. How will the lessons they learned apply to the future?
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To Decrease Or Not To Decrease Hotel ADR?
Following the economic fallout of 2020, many hotels and other tourism businesses have rushed to lower prices in an effort to stimulate demand. In this article, I analyze the competitive challenges of hotel ADR in the current climate…
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