Management

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’.
read more

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…
read more

Much like the growing popularity of the leisure 'staycation,' the business 'staycation' reveals itself as a predominant post-COVID-19 trend that will leverage hotels within driving distance
read more

Independent hotel operators shared insights into how they’re working with online travel agencies…
read more

Editor’s Note: As part of Back Light, a series of articles sharing illuminating insider observations, we asked Andrew Moffett to walk us through his career transition and his vision for the future.
read more

For many hotels, the time-honored Pace Report forms the heart and soul of their RM analysis. Pace Reports are usually designed to give the reader a quick snapshot of future rooms revenue versus the previous year…
read more

To maximize revenue at your property, a hotel lead management strategy is essential. We all know that when hospitality is booming, working in hotel sales is a blast…
read more

A recent study conducted by Expedia Group claimed travelers are 57 percent more likely to book a hotel via an OTA than before the pandemic, as a result of emerging traveler booking motivations such as: To get the best nightly rate (69 percent), To…
read more

It’s not going to be a typical winter, by any means…
read more

Hotel-chain development teams are busier than ever despite the pandemic devastating demand, as independents and small networks rush to seek the comfort of scale, loyalty and other brand benefits…
read more

With London in the dumps in terms of demand and revenue, the U.K. investment scene has been flipped on its head, but investors remain focused on long-term assets even though risk, bad players and valuations muddy the waters…
read more

Alex Cruz is stepping down as chairman and chief executive of British Airways as its owner, International Airlines Group (IAG), reshuffles top management to tackle the worst crisis in aviation history…
read more

Easyjet says it expects to record annual pre-tax losses of between £815 and £845 million, and is forecasting to operate just 25 per cent of capacity in the first quarter of 2021.
read more

The coronavirus pandemic continues to place a giant question mark around the travel industry and when demand will once again return to 2019 levels. Shifts in consumer behavior aren’t helping hotel companies like IHG plan for a recovery…
read more

Members of the Lodging Industry Investment Council look back at the months the U.S. hotel industry has grappled with the coronavirus pandemic and what they believe that means for hoteliers going forward…
read more

Vijesh Yoganathan, our Head of APAC, sat down with Amit Peshawaria, Head of Sales Asia Pacific at OTA Insight and Murphy Mathew, Regional Solutions Engineer APAC, IDeaS Revenue Solutions, to discuss revenue management strategy in the Asia Pacific…
read more

The robots are coming! They’re taking over! No job is safe! That’s the hype we keep hearing, and revenue-management software companies definitely want you to believe that a computer is better than a human. But is it true…
read more

When I wrote my first pandemic-themed article, Hotel Marketing and Revenue Management in the Time of Pandemic, I was definitely hoping for things to be better by now…
read more

The coronavirus pandemic has made it difficult for U.S. hoteliers looking to drive rates because demand has dropped overall, but they have found some opportunities for growth.
read more

The effects of COVID-19 on the United Kingdom’s hotel industry and the end of the government’s furlough scheme have forced Whitbread PLC, the U.K.’s largest hotel company by asset number, to terminate 6,000 jobs, 4,500 of which are in the company’s…
read more

Driftwood Capital expects a wave of distressed assets to hit the market within the next three to six months as government funding runs out…
read more

Intercontinental Hotels Group has added the first property under its Voco brand in Northern Europe. The former Holiday Inn Villach in Austria’s southern Carinthia province has been reflagged as the Voco Villach…
read more

Management and consulting firm Columbia Hospitality, based here, has created an executive search program designed to place highly skilled and qualified candidates into positions in the hospitality industry…
read more

New York City diners may soon see a Covid-19 surcharge on their bills as the restaurant industry continues to hobble due to the coronavirus pandemic.
read more