Hospitality startup Cosi raises €20M to fuel European expansion
Germany-based hospitality startup Cosi Group has raised €20 million to accelerate expansion in Europe.
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Hospitality startup Cosi raises €20M to fuel European expansion
Germany-based hospitality startup Cosi Group has raised €20 million to accelerate expansion in Europe.
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Want your hotel to rank higher on Google? Do this.
True story: I used to hate SEO. As a hotel marketing manager sitting on-property, it felt like this big, challenging, technical task hovering over everything I did….
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Owner Tracy Prigmore Talks Diversity, Representation & Early Exposure to Hotel Ownership
To be globally successful, Hilton must be locally successful, one hotel at a time, working together with a diverse array of owners who reflect the communities and guests we serve…
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Tripadvisor Takes Unusual Route With Private Equity Help to Build Its New Subscription Offering
Tripadvisor acknowledges that it is building its new subscription program, Tripadvisor Plus, with wholesale rates from “aggregators” — that it refuses to identify — covering 100,000 hotels…
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IHG Will Focus on Non-Luxury Brands as It Pulls Back on Wild Portfolio Growth
IHG Hotels & Resorts launched a growth initiative in 2017 aimed at adding as many hotel rooms as possible to its portfolio. The global pandemic significantly curtailed the expansion streak, with 2020 seeing barely any room growth…
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Choice Hotels Sees Budget Brands Deliver 2020 Rarity: Profitability
A hotel portfolio of properties largely in drive-to settings and outside major urban centers enabled Choice Hotels to clinch a profitable year despite a global pandemic that decimated travel demand.
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Accor partners with Microsoft for hybrid meeting concept
Accor has collaborated with Microsoft to launch a new hybrid meetings concept powered by Microsoft Teams technology.
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10 new creative room types to boost revenue
Hotel marketing has always been a blend of creativity and data. There’s equal parts of data-driven revenue management, copywriting and consumer psychology…
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Hyatt Launches The Great Relocate for Overseas Long-Term Stays
Hyatt Hotels has launched “The Great Relocate,” a long-stay package to cater to the pent-up desire amongst consumers for travel and longer stays abroad.
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Is Netflix a window on the future for Travel and Hospitality?
Raise your hands... those who yearn to get on a plane and fly to some exotic destination. In fact, at this point, anywhere outside the confines of our homes, in any form of transport will do nicely, thank you…
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Sheraton unveils new brand vision
Sheraton Hotels & Resorts has unveiled its new brand vision, with two hotels in the Middle East among the first six to showcase the reimagination.
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After a year marred by a global public health crisis, 2020 has left many thirsty for in-person social gatherings with friends and family…
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Faena group and Accor embark on global venture to expand the Faena brand worldwide
Alan Faena and Len Blavatnik of Faena Group, together with Sébastien Bazin, Chairman and CEO of Accor, today announced the launch of a global strategic partnership focused on expanding the Faena brand around the globe…
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Micro-weddings & Minimonies. Adapting Your Hotel for Small-Scale Celebrations
Lavish, over-the-top weddings with extensive guest lists are a thing of the past, at least for the near future…
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Radisson Added 84 Hotels Across Asia-Pacific in 2020
Radisson Hotel Group overcame significant global challenges in 2020 to expand its portfolio of properties in Asia-Pacific, with the addition of 84 new hotels and resorts, covering eight of its distinct brands…
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What You Can Learn from a Thousand Articles Written
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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IHG Hotels & Resorts has revealed planned openings for some of its brands in 2021. Here’s a look:
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How travel booking behavior has changed due to Covid-19
A new normal for the travel industry is here and travel marketers are adapting to shifting consumer expectations during the pandemic…
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Jason Friedman's survival formula
As hoteliers try to recover from the damage done by the coronavirus, now is the time for hotel science experiments, according to Jason Friedman, founder and managing director of Bangkok-based J.M…
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Second UK lockdown hurts hotels in run-up to holidays
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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Ashford’s juice sommelier brings bubbly to breakfast
Post-lockdown, an a la carte menu replaced the popular breakfast buffet at Ashford Castle, but the food and beverage staff came up with a new amenity that got guests talking.
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Mind the generation gap! Generational differences in hospitality
A look at how to navigate the generational stereotype minefield that has some hospitality brands scratching their heads…
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Evolution of Hotel Upselling: Improve Experience, Revenue and Reputation
The hospitality market has changed, it has evolved. The hotel is no longer a place to spend the night but has become a fundamental part of the guest’s experience and Hotels can offer to the guests much more than a room…
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53 Proven Hotel Marketing Ideas & Examples to Win More Events & Group Business
Because the digital marketing landscape shifts so rapidly, it’s important that your hotel is using the best marketing ideas to drive new business.
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