Hotel Investing Remains Cheap as Sector’s Recovery Continues, per Analyst
Morgan Stanley’s Bluhm notes that lodging deal activity is picking up amid lowering rates…
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Hotel Investing Remains Cheap as Sector’s Recovery Continues, per Analyst
Morgan Stanley’s Bluhm notes that lodging deal activity is picking up amid lowering rates…
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Could AI be the future of hospitality training?
Zeljana Babic's Xenios Academy blends neuroscience expertise with AI technology. Zeljana Babic is a neuroscientist, entrepreneur, co-founder and CEO of Xenios Academy. The AI-driven platform focuses on education in hospitality training…
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Sustainability Marketing Just Got Tricky, And Better
I’ve been in sustainability/purpose long enough to witness the growth of greenwashing infect marketing, but also to develop some immunity-boosting strategies against it…
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Ron Rivett, Who Built the Super 8 Hotel Chain, Dies at 83
The entrepreneur built one of the nation’s largest budget hotel chains by locating a niche between Motel 6 and Holiday Inn. He didn’t have any architectural plans—just sketches on a few pieces of paper…
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Turning Tables - The Ritz-Carlton Opens a New Hotel and Restaurant in Oregon
The luxury hotel company makes its Pacific Northwest debut in Portland; plus, San Francisco restaurateur Shelley Lindgren brings a new wine program to Anguilla’s Malliouhana Resort.
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Artificial Intelligence in hotel marketing: use cases and perspectives
Within the framework of FITUR, the international tourism fair that took place recently in Madrid, a round table discussion entitled “Artificial Intelligence in hotel marketing: real use cases” was co-organised by BEONx and Hotelverse…
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Aareal Bank Backs Starwood Capital with Financing for Premier London Hotel Portfolio
Aareal Bank has provided financing for the acquisition of a premier collection of ten hotels in London by a controlled affiliate of Starwood Capital Group…
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HFTP Announces Inaugural Technology Investment Conference: HITEC-IC, Co-located with HITEC 2024
Hospitality Financial and Technology Professionals (HFTP) announced the HITEC Investment Conference (HITEC-IC), a new event designed to connect hospitality technology company executives with the investment community…
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Inside The Mind Of Hospitality Impresario Sharan Pasricha
As founder and co-CEO of Ennismore, Pasricha turned a small, indie hotel brand into a global hospitality conglomerate now valued at more than $2 billion. Here, he explains his business strategy and management style in a candid, in-depth interview…
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Hotel Sustainability Outlook for 2024 Starts with Profitability
Sustainability is the future for hotels, full stop…
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Improve the Guest Experience in Your Hotel with These IoT Solutions in 2024
Hotel owners and managers already go the extra mile for their guests by providing excellent customer service, luxurious bedding, and even room service. However, there’s potential for you to be doing much more…
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FORMER BWH HOTEL GROUP CEO DAVID KONG ON GOING BEYOND THE “D” IN DEI
David Kong worked in the hospitality industry nearly 50 years at several brands, ending in 2021 when he retired as CEO of BWH Hotel Group, a global network of 4,500 hotels across 18 brands in more than 100 countries…
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DUVE ACQUIRES EASYWAY, BOOSTING AI-DRIVEN GUEST EXPERIENCES
Guest experience platform Duve announced Monday the acquisition of hotel technology company Easyway in a move designed to boost artificial intelligence-driven guest experience management for hotels and vacation rentals worldwide. Terms of the deal…
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Choice Hotels Becomes First Hotel Company to Complete Total Data Center Migration to the Cloud
The all-in move to AWS cements Choice's technology leadership within the industry, and allows it to deliver cutting-edge services to franchisees. Today, Choice Hotels International, Inc…
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ADA can override workplace policies, EEOC reminds employers
A Manhattan hotel has paid $42K to settle claims it refused to allow a front-desk clerk to sit down. The Library Hotel, based in Manhattan, has settled a U.S…
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VDA Telkonet's Tech Report 2024 traces the direction of tomorrow's hotels towards the well-being of the entire hotel ecosystem and announces the pilot project applying neuroscientific monitoring to the hospitality sector…
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How this beauty brand transformed its space into a luxury hotel of brands at the Ajio Luxe Weekend
From a lazy Sunday-inspired Maison Margiela suite to Huda Beauty’s “School of Snatch”, Laura Mercier’s immersive space and more, ‘The Tira Grand Hotel’ brought together an impressive line-up of luxury beauty brands at the Ajio luxe Weekend…
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European Hoteliers Say Imposing Fees Could Help the Green Transformation of Accommodation in EU
A survey has revealed that European hoteliers see financial incentives, such as imposing fees and access to capital, as crucial factors in green transformation…
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