SeaPods: Giving A New Meaning to Ocean Front Living
For three-and-a-half years, Grant Romundt – co-founder of Ocean Builders – lived in a floating home in Toronto.
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SeaPods: Giving A New Meaning to Ocean Front Living
For three-and-a-half years, Grant Romundt – co-founder of Ocean Builders – lived in a floating home in Toronto.
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6 Ways to Use QR Codes. Seven suggestions for adding contactless tech to your hospitality business
QR codes may resemble little boxes of pixelated TV fuzz, but they’re actually high-tech tools that can help streamline your business practices and potentially increase sales.
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Becoming a greener restaurant in just two steps
Do you want to become an eco-responsible restaurant but don’t know what measures to put in place without interfering with your work?
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Travelodge opens first new-build “budget luxe” properties
Travelodge has unveiled the first two new-build hotels featuring its recently-launched “budget luxe” design concept.
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Why Illustrations Are The Content Trend For 2022
Whether it’s a beautiful beach, local landmark, or a stunning landscape, travel is primarily a visual experience, so all hotels should be using dazzling visual content to engage their audiences effectively…
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3 Hotel Website Tips to get More Direct Bookings in Summer 2022
Summer 2022 is here, and everyone is eager to enjoy the full experience of the season, which is excellent news for recovering hotels worldwide…
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The Margaritaville CEO on Just How Far the Jimmy Buffett Brand Can Go
Millennials think they invented experiential, lifestyle brands. But Margaritaville CEO John Cohlan was perfecting these ideas before many of today's hotel execs had sipped their first margaritas…
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NOMO CLAIMS U.S. FIRST WITH NFT HOTEL STAYS
NoMo SoHo is the latest to claim an NFT first with its launch of a token with hotel stays attached. The property, and its owner Sapir Corp, believe it's the first hotel in the United States to enable guests to book stays via blockchain technology…
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Focus on Hotels: Destination wedding bliss
When it came to pulling off a picture-perfect wedding, Kerri Brewster faced a bit more pressure than most brides.
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Upscale Hotels Bet on Personalization That Goes Deeper
Personalization is a buzzy word on many hoteliers' lips. But only a handful of operators, brands, and agencies, such as Rosewood, Virgin, The Nines, and Muzéo, seem to be truly learning how to deliver individualized service…
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IN-ROOM ENTERTAINMENT: PERSONALIZATION, FLEXIBILITY IS KEY
Although travel sentiment has been climbing steadily, the pandemic and social distancing has resulted in travelers spending a significant amount of time inside their hotel rooms to limit their exposure to public spaces…
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IHG Hotels & Resorts Introduces IHG One Rewards
The industry's first loyalty program reinvents itself – empowering members with more choice, value, and richer rewards than ever before.
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Travelodge unveils plans for “budget-luxe” revamp
Travelodge has unveiled what it says is the group’s “most radical transformation to date”, with a new “budget-luxe” design set to be rolled out across its UK portfolio.
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IHG opens first property under upper-midscale Atwell Suites brand
IHG Hotels and Resorts has opened the first hotel under its Atwell Suites brand, located in Miami’s Bricknell neighbourhood.
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BEST WESTERN GIVES VĪB REBOOT FOR SMALLER MARKETS
Best Western Hotels & Resorts announced last week the relaunch of its urban, upscale boutique brand, Vīb, putting its money where its mouth is by investing US$20 million (including land) to create the prototype property in Tempe, Arizona, marking…
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A collection of design and architecture books to add to your 2022 reading list
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How to choose a photographer for your hotel
At least once a year, every hotel needs to update its photos. And if you decide to change your photographer or are looking for a new one, it can be a stressful affair. So how do you choose the right one and what to look out for…
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Glamping, Nature, and Luxury: Can They Co-Exist?
I had my first camping experience when I was about 10 years old. My dad, who had a car dealership, acquired a luxurious camper, or what I thought was luxury in 1979…
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