Hotels vs. Airlines: Who Can Ride Inflation to a Full Recovery?
Inflation can be a good thing for travel sectors able to play the rate game. But volume eventually has to catch up and play a part in the rebound…
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Hotels vs. Airlines: Who Can Ride Inflation to a Full Recovery?
Inflation can be a good thing for travel sectors able to play the rate game. But volume eventually has to catch up and play a part in the rebound…
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Hospitality Financial Leadership – Why Is Hotel Accounting Different?
I heard this about 40 years ago and it has stuck with me. I was a newbie cocktail waiter working part time in my hometown hotel…
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How are Millennials Influencing the Hospitality Industry?
Millennials are now the largest adult cohort worldwide with roughly 1.8 billion people equaling 23% of the global population…
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AAHOA President/CEO Ken Greene (pictured above) will leave the organization in February to pursue another opportunity. The AAHOA board of directors will immediately begin its search for his replacement…
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New data from UKHospitality and CGA shows sales in pubs, restaurants and bars down 60% on Christmas Day, 31% on Boxing Day and 27% on New Year’s Eve, compared to 2019
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Premier Inn Sales Rose Along With Omicron
Hotels and other travel brands did see good numbers as they headed into the holiday season, but we're likely to see signs of consumers tapping the breaks in the early part of 2022. Let's hope that will be short-lived…
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Five easy tips to drive revenue with local staycationers
Become a hometown hero with strategies that appeal to local drive-in markets
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Wyndham Hotels and Resorts to debut in Poland
Wyndham Hotels and Resorts is set to open its first property in Poland in the historic city of Wroclaw next month.
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Three ways to use data in day-to-day hotel operations
Anyone in the industry will tell you that the daily operations of a hotel are complex. Beyond responding to the challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic, hoteliers juggle a serious list of to-dos…
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Five big questions real estate is asking in 2022
From the speed at which workplaces are changing, to the prospect of further market disruption, 2022 is expected to be another year of transformation.
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ONLINE TRAVEL GIANTS' MARKETING SPEND CONTINUES TO HEAD NORTH
The third quarter of 2021 saw major online travel players continue to increase advertizing and marketing spend.
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Asia's richest man is buying the Mandarin Oriental in New York for $98 million
Asia's biggest billionaire, Mukesh Ambani, has snapped up a controlling stake in the Mandarin Oriental in New York City for just over $98 million.
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Marriott Gives a Peek Into Its New R&D Lab for Post-Pandemic Travel
Research and development labs aren’t just a thing for Big Pharma and Silicon Valley. The world’s largest hotel company has one mapping out its post-pandemic future.
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HVS Monday Musings: Collaborative Innovation
The term "collaborative innovation" is quite often associated with the fields of technology development or software development, where companies prioritize innovation to succeed and stay ahead of the competition, even encouraging collaboration with…
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Why it is critical to care about your employees’ financial wellness
As every hospitality leader tries to address declining employee satisfaction, one simple way to think about the problem is to spend two weeks in their shoes…
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7 restaurant technology trends to watch in 2022
The restaurant industry has traditionally been slow to adopt technology and innovative digital solutions. But in 2020 and 2021, the COVID-19 pandemic changed that and forced food and beverage outlets to look beyond the traditional…
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Shangri-La opens Beijing property within former power plant
Shangri-La Group has opened its sixth property in China’s capital, housed within a former power plant in the city’s Shougang Park.
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As the hotel industry looks to 2022, it can take comfort in 2021's robust leisure travel rebound.
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