Cellars in the Sky 2020: Best airline wines revealed
The winners of Business Traveller’s Cellars in the Sky Awards 2020 have been announced, with Qatar Airways winning five gold awards including Best Overall Cellar.
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Cellars in the Sky 2020: Best airline wines revealed
The winners of Business Traveller’s Cellars in the Sky Awards 2020 have been announced, with Qatar Airways winning five gold awards including Best Overall Cellar.
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The Post-Pandemic Hotel Experience from the Experience Expert
As COVID-19 continues to upend travel and rewrite daily habits, hotels must nevertheless continue to differentiate their products in order to better appeal to guests in the next normal and build revenues…
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MSC Cruises unveils Rob the robot bartender
MSC Cruises will have a humanoid, robotic bartender at the MSC Starship Club onboard its newest ship, the MSC Virtuosa, which is entering service April 16.
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UK in talks to introduce vaccine passports for international travel
The UK is getting closer to confirming the use of vaccine passports for international travel despite previously ruling out the adoption of such technology.
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RobertDouglas: Lenders Express Optimism, Anticipate Increase in Hotel Lending Volumes and Values
RobertDouglas conducted its eighth annual lender survey to measure the current state of financing market conditions and to ascertain critical future expectations through the lens of the specialist hospitality lending community…
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U.S. Hotel Jobs Recovery Stalls, Unemployment Rises
The U.S. hotel sector’s unemployment rate is once again on the rise, as experts point to a slower-than-expected vaccine rollout hindering the industry’s recovery.
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A British millionaire has been ordered to demolish the $64 million chateau
British millionaire property developer Patrick Diter and his wife, Monica, wanted to buy a villa in Tuscany…
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Hospitality Financial Leadership – Serving Lunch
Almost 40 years ago now I was a busboy at a large and busy resort in the Canadian Rockies. I had transferred west a few months earlier from another hotel in the same chain where I had worked for two years…
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The Night Manager: What Happens When The Lights Go Down?
In the summer of 2013, when I was still working for Hyatt in New York City, I found myself facing a pretty tough decision.
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IHG Hotels & Resorts Rebrands, Restructures
IHG Hotels & Resorts has refreshed its branding and restructured its brands into four collections…
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Breakfast in the age of intermittent fasting
Let’s all just take a break from the constant news cycle on active COVID-19 case numbers and the rest of worldly distresses. While we’re at it, let’s take a break from eating, too.
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Horwath HTL Industry Report: Tourism & Hospitality Sector Assistance (V.5)
Horwath HTL decided to start collating industry support measurements on a country by country basis so that we can create a best practice benchmark that shows the different approaches.
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Older travellers will be the first to return, says G Adventures
G Adventures expects older holidaymakers to be travelling sooner than their younger counterparts, thanks to the deployment of vaccines.
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SH Hotels names Arash Azarbarzin CEO, provides business update
Starwood Capital Group has named Arash Azarbarzin CEO of its SH Hotels & Resorts subsidiary, which operates the 1 Hotels, Baccarat Hotels and Treehouse Hotels brands.
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Accor announces rollout of digital room keys
Accor has announced plans for a rollout of its new digital room key technology…
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Hyatt Launches The Great Relocate for Overseas Long-Term Stays
Hyatt Hotels has launched “The Great Relocate,” a long-stay package to cater to the pent-up desire amongst consumers for travel and longer stays abroad.
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Marriott’s Sorenson to Temporarily Reduce Schedule; Interim Leaders Named
Marriott International Inc. has revealed that president/CEO Arne Sorenson will be temporarily reducing his schedule to facilitate more demanding treatment for pancreatic cancer…
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Record-breaking roller coaster will travel more than 155 miles per hour
A roller coaster now under development in the Middle East is set to smash existing records for speed, height and track length.
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