Sojern and Profitroom Join Forces to Drive Direct Hotel Bookings
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, Aug. 3, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Sojern, the leading travel marketing platform, and Profitroom, a globally renowned award-winning booking and technology platform, today announced a new collaboration…
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Inspired by a small French pastry, the interior design of specialty artisan bakery Kudo adds a modern layer over the heritage fabric of Hotel Windsor in Melbourne’s CBD.
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Plan to create 100 apart-hotel rooms on top of Great Brighams Mead
THE FORMER headquarters to phone company Three could become an apart-hotel if a new planning application is approved by Reading Borough Council.
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US Hotel Construction Pipeline Grows by 7% YoY, Reaching Near Peak Levels: Q2 2023 Report
Despite prevailing economic challenges, the United States' hotel construction pipeline saw robust growth in Q2 2023, with a 7% year-over-year (YOY) increase in projects and a 6% rise in rooms…
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Ukraine's Unconventional Attraction: War Tourism and Its Impact on Global Perception
Travel and tourism are often seen as gateways to leisure and exploration…
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Recently the material made headlines when a 12-story hotel was built primarily with hempcrete. Why is hempcrete important?
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Support grows as hotel workers carry out rolling strikes in LA
Striking UNITE HERE Local 11 members march in Los Angeles July 21. “Strikes can happen anytime, anyplace,” Kurt Petersen, co-president of the Local, said of the union’s rolling walkouts. LOS ANGELES — Chanting “On strike. Shut it down. L.A…
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HVS Report - U.S. Hotel Development Cost Survey 2023 - By Luigi Major
Each year, HVS researches and compiles development costs from our database of actual hotel construction budgets. This source provides the basis for our illustrated total development costs per room/per product type…
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How will space tourism be impacted by the Titan submersible tragedy?
There are similarities, some of which offer lessons learned as commercial suborbital and orbital passenger flight flourishes.
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Meet the Hotel Workers on Strike in Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES — Last week, hotel companies like the Hilton, Hyatt, and Marriott presented a new economic proposal amid waves of strikes by hotel workers…
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Hospitality building construction costs for 2023
Data from Gordian breaks down the average cost per square foot for 15-story hotels, restaurants, fast food restaurants, and movie theaters across 10 U.S. cities.
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U.S. hotel commentary – June 2023
June 2023 Top-Line Metrics (percentage change from June 2022)
Occupancy: 69.7% (-0.4%)
Average daily rate (ADR): US$158.40 (+2.3%)
Revenue per available room (RevPAR): US$110.33 (+1.9%)
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Hospitality’s Rich and Powerful are Ripping Off Staff – And It’s All Legal
Paying workers less than the industry award is illegal in Australia. High-profile perpetrators have been fined, publicly shamed and forced to close up shop. In some states, they even face jail time…
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GDS – Is it relevant for you in 2023?
One of the oldest distribution platforms, a GDS is a middleman that connects your hotel to travel agents looking for the right accommodation for their clients…
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Accor launches Handwritten Collection, two Australian hotels to open next month
Accor is doubling down on unique hotel experiences in the midscale segment with the launch of a new global brand, Handwritten Collection.
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What Can Hotels Learn from Short-Term Rental Technology Innovation?
Hotels are working within a world where change is at a pace never before experienced…
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Although we are on the path to recovery, the hospitality industry barely resembles its pre- Covid-19 state. Kostas Nikolaidis, Middle East and Africa executive for STR, examines today’s hotel sector and emphasizes the need for change…
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