Grand Hyatt opens 1,600-room Jeju property
Hyatt has opened its largest property to date in the Asia-Pacific region, with the unveiling of the 1,600-room Grand Hyatt Jeju.
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Grand Hyatt opens 1,600-room Jeju property
Hyatt has opened its largest property to date in the Asia-Pacific region, with the unveiling of the 1,600-room Grand Hyatt Jeju.
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JLL: Economic Growth, Vaccine Developments Provide Optimism for Recovery
When the pandemic sent global economies into decline, it clinched the end to a decade-long bull run in commercial real estate markets. But economists and investors appear largely optimistic about a recovery in 2021, according to JLL…
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Marriott to offer Covid-19 testing for group meetings
Marriott International has announced plans to offer self or third-party administered Covid-19 tests to meetings customers at selected US properties.
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London hoteliers feel targeted by highest COVID-19 tier
The decision to move London into Tier 3, the highest level of COVID-19 regulations, has hoteliers worried this could be the final straw for the capital’s hotel industry, and sources argue that hotels should not be penalized…
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Bill Gates, Amazon and British Airways are backing a hydrogen plane startup
A California-based startup that promises to make zero-carbon flight a reality has just received a major vote of confidence.
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Exclusive Q&A: Accor’s Newly Appointed Group Chief Commercial Officer on the Future of Hospitality
The hospitality industry was battered by Covid-19 in 2020. During the worst part of the pandemic, around 3,000 out of 5,000 of the hotels in Accor Group’s network were closed. Today, almost all of them are open again…
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Hilton Crosses 1 Million-Room Portfolio
The global hotel industry continues to expand its footprint, even in the worst year on record for travel demand.
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MasterChef final is dream come true for Nepal’s Santosh Shah
Getting to finals week of MasterChef: The Professionals is a dream come true for Santosh Shah. The Nepali chef now based in London wowed the judges on his way to making this week's final six.
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Is Hospitality Ready For The Army Of Robots Coming To A Hotel Near You?
By 2025, over 85 million existing jobs will be lost due to the seismic shift toward robotization and automation, according to estimates in the "Future of Jobs Report 2020" published by the World Economic Forum…
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Ghost kitchens help to maximize hotel F&B space
Food-and-beverage experts from Davidson Restaurant Group, Butler Hospitality and C3 explain how embracing “ghost kitchens”—a term with different connotations for different businesses—can benefit hoteliers…
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Space tourism: Virgin space plane to fly above new base
Virgin Galactic is set to carry out a milestone test flight of its rocket-powered tourist plane on Saturday…
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Technology in Hospitality, Evolution, Innovation and Guests
In hospitality, technology is a complicated problem. For an industry that has historically excelled and set the bar for customer experience, buying technology solutions has not been on the top of the list…
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GlobalData: Travelers May Choose Direct Booking Over OTAs Post-Pandemic
Online travel agents (OTAs) were the primary choice of booking channel for 44% of global respondents in Q3 2019, according to GlobalData, a data and analytics company…
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Wyndham Continues its Growth Across EMEA
Wyndham Hotels & Resorts has continued to cement its presence across Europe, Middle East, Eurasia and Africa (EMEA) with new openings and a series of strategic measures to support its hotel partners to respond to changes in demand and transition…
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Hilton, Marriott CEOs say investors should act now
Executives at Hilton, Marriott International and Goldman Sachs say now is the time to take advantage of the opportunity to build out a diverse portfolio by snatching up bargained assets and developing at lower costs…
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Improving the Hotel Bottom-Line Begins With Knowing How to Read a P&L
"Here's the bottom line..." It's a familiar turn of phrase that is succeeded by the speaker getting to the sum or crux of the issue—the overarching point.
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Horwath HTL Market Report: Portugal Future Outlook & Pipeline
Portugal's hotel, tourism and leisure sectors have been evolving favourably in the recent years with travel & tourism accounting for 16.5% of Portuguese GDP in 2019…
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Data-based cleanliness proof to reassure guests in the COVID-19 era
Cleaning protocols, sanitary standards and hygiene procedures. In the age of COVID-19, these terms have become omnipresent. Most hotel groups have implemented new security and hygiene protocols to reassure guests and make them feel safe…
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