The hotel buffet is back. But it’s not back everywhere, and it’s not quite the same as it was pre-2020.
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The hotel buffet is back. But it’s not back everywhere, and it’s not quite the same as it was pre-2020.
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How Airlines and Hospitality Companies Can Engage and Attract Talent for the Future
With airline and hospitality industries set for a strong recovery in 2022, the smartest companies are positioning themselves to attract a pool of global talent in an ever more competitive environment, embracing the opportunities and challenges that…
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Distressed Hotels: Financial Restructurings and Bankruptcy
COVID-19 has been devastating for the hospitality industry. Hotel occupancy rates are still well below normal. While some lenders are still granting relief to borrowers, lenders increasingly have been foreclosing on properties…
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HB Exclusive: 2022: The bridge year to re-igniting profitability in hospitality
There has been a tendency to focus on the negative over the past nearly two years, and rightly so. We’ve watched the trends, hoping our industry would bounce back more quickly than it has…
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2022 predictions for business events
2022 will be a year of rebuilding and recovery for the business events, accommodation, and meetings industry, according to the HBAA, soon to be known as beam.
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Top digital marketing trends and predictions for 2022
It’s that time again when we all collectively look at the digital trends and opportunities for the new year. Naturally, Google leaders from across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) are looking ahead too…
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Business Travelers Say No to These Hotel Shortcomings
Face-to-face trade shows, client meetings and team gatherings are getting back on the schedule. As more business travelers hit the road, what can hotels do to welcome back these high-value guests and improve their experiences…
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Future Hotel Acquisitions Will Not Target the Usual Suspects
Just because a company isn't in the business of renting out guest rooms to travelers doesn't mean they aren't attractive in the eyes of a hotel mergers-and-acquisitions team. Future hospitality M&A is going to be more creative than in prior decades…
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Legal Landmines to Avoid When Hiring Minors
The pandemic and related shutdowns forced many hospitality employers to dramatically scale down their workforce in 2020, and initial consumer hesitancy coupled with travel restrictions necessitated slow re-openings for many in the industry…
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The inside story of InterContinental Hotels' quest to export 1960s American glamor to the world
Every time InterContinental Hotel interior designer Neal Prince stepped off a Pan Am aircraft in a new destination, he'd head straight to the city center for inspiration.
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New Hotel Accounting Metrics Designed To Benchmark Sustainability Efforts
Energy, Water and Waste a Focus of 12th Edition of Uniform System of Accounts for the Lodging Industry
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Distressed Hotels: Financial Restructurings and Bankruptcy
COVID-19 has been devastating for the hospitality industry. Hotel occupancy rates are still well below normal. While some lenders are still granting relief to borrowers, lenders increasingly have been foreclosing on properties…
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Hotels Must Embrace Remote Work
After my last pandemic-focused article, my inbox was flooded with queries about remote work. I had urged hotels to embrace remote work and stop putting geographical restrictions on hiring the best talent…
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As they look forward to ten years of twenty2degrees Design Partnership with a slew of hospitality projects designed under their leadership, Nick Stoupas and Joe Stella took time out of their schedule to tell Sophie Harper how two Aussies came to the…
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The Corona virus Pandemic is far from over,” screams the most recent Deutsche Welle (DW) headline…
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IN THE BIG CHAIR - NICOLAS HUSS OF HOTELBEDS
Nicolas Huss became CEO of Hotelbeds just over six months ago, taking up the reins from chairman Joan Vila. Huss has a background in the financial and payments industry and was previously CEO of Ingenico and Visa Europe…
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How city hotels are reinventing their business models to stay competitive
City hotels are far from dead. They are just having to reinvent their offer to include more innovative and community-inspired ventures, activities and products to address the changing needs of their clientele…
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Future-facing demand data: the key to maximizing revenue even in trying times
Which aspects of life and business has the pandemic not impacted? It’s hard to come up with any. Especially when you look at the hospitality industry, barely anything is as it was one or two years ago…
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