UKHospitality and BII call on Government to introduce Business Rates reform
UKHospitality and the BII have welcomed the opportunity to comment on the Government’s Business Rates Revaluations Consultation.
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UKHospitality and BII call on Government to introduce Business Rates reform
UKHospitality and the BII have welcomed the opportunity to comment on the Government’s Business Rates Revaluations Consultation.
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Choice Diversifies Extended-Stay Portfolio With “Out of the Box” Conversions
According to Ron Burgett, senior vice president, development, extended stay for Choice Hotels, there continues to be plenty of room for growth in the extended-stay market, which proved to be especially durable during the pandemic, partly because it…
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Can corporate travel take off again?
Business travel has a place in the post-pandemic, net-zero future, argues Rick Lewis of BCG
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The Hospitality Employee Conundrum and How to Adapt
As we come out of the pandemic, the conundrum of finding and retaining hotel employees has reached new levels…
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Cancellations top 50% for UK hotels as travellers take a chance on trips abroad
Hotels around the UK are seeing cancellation rates of over 50% as holidaymakers plan trips abroad following changes to the traffic light system.
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News From St. Regis: New and Upcoming Hotels, Butler Service Enhancements and More
Even as the travel industry continues to grapple with the COVID-19 pandemic, companies are finding ways to move forward and innovate — and not just in ways related to the coronavirus.
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STR and Tourism Economics Upgrade 2021 U.S. Hotel Forecast, Lessen Growth Projections for 2022
Just released at the 13th Annual Hotel Data Conference, STR and Tourism Economics have upgraded the U.S. hotel forecast for 2021 as a whole and lessened growth projections for 2022…
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Accor launches Commute and Stay offer for flexible workers
Accor has launched an offer to cater to the flexible workers of the pandemic era. Commute and Stay is designed for workers who have moved out of the city but might commute to the office two or three days per week…
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Expedia: Search volumes continue upward trajectory
Building on the momentum seen in Q1, monthly global search volumes continued to grow in Q2, increasing more than 70% quarter-over-quarter, according to Expedia Group Media Solutions’ Q2 2021 Travel Recovery Trend Report…
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The Covid19 Impact: Keeping Dining Experiences Memorable, Affordable and Profitable
Over the past 35 years of my hospitality career, I have seen a great many things…
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Skift Global Forum Preview: Accor CEO on Future Hotels Being More Than Places to Sleep
A downturn is a terrible thing to waste, business sentiment generally goes. Paris-based Accor certainly hasn’t wasted time accelerating plans to transform the hotel company.
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Give Lean Hotel Teams More Time with Automation Tools
In the face of COVID-19 and the need for a contactless, sterilized and traceable environment, hotels rapidly pivoted by implementing a myriad of hard and soft solutions to make guests and staff safer while also enabling remote work, more data-driven…
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Interstate reports first-half success in U.K.
Interstate Hotels & Resorts, the international arm of Aimbridge Hospitality, has surpassed 60% occupancy rates across its U.K. portfolio in the first half of the year, as the hard-hit hospitality sector resurgence continues…
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Second Quarter 2021: Are We There Yet?
United States hotel prices have rebounded above their statistical lower bound in all regions except the Mountain states, signaling a return toward their pre-pandemic level—although we are not quite there yet…
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Australia hotel occupancy on a steep decline amid latest COVID-19 lockdowns
After being one of the highest-performing countries during the early portion of 2021, Australia’s hotel occupancy has been on a rapid decline amid the latest COVID-19 lockdowns across the country, according to data from STR through 1 August…
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Choice performs close to 2019 levels in second quarter
Choice Hotels International Inc., for the second quarter ended June 30, reported net income increased 15% to $85.9 million vs. second-quarter 2019…
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Hyatt boosted by demand increase in second quarter
Hyatt Hotels Corporation, for the second quarter ended June 30, reported a net loss of $9 million, or $0.08 per diluted share, compared to net loss of $236 million, or $2.33 per diluted share, in the second quarter of 2020…
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Price rises are inevitable, laundries warn hospitality industry
Commercial laundries serving the hospitality and leisure industries are warning that that cost increases and labour shortages are crippling their recovery, and that they are being forced into increasing their prices…
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