Writing your plan for 2021 starts with the PMS
Planning ahead into 2021 amidst ongoing second wave lockdowns, staged reopenings and the dangling carrot that is a vaccine is a doozy…
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Writing your plan for 2021 starts with the PMS
Planning ahead into 2021 amidst ongoing second wave lockdowns, staged reopenings and the dangling carrot that is a vaccine is a doozy…
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What to Do With Hotels That May Never Reopen Due to COVID
One feature of post-COVID New York City just may be large, hulking, dark buildings, a legacy of the hotels that have or will have closed permanently due to an extreme revenue shortage brought about by lockdowns that deprived them of their clientele…
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Shanghai airport momentarily descends into chaos after workers test positive for Covid-19
Shanghai's biggest international airport momentarily descended into chaos Sunday night, after authorities ordered a mass testing drive in response to a small outbreak of Covid-19 linked to several cargo handlers…
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Europeans are planning 2021 trips despite second wave
European travellers have a stable and positive attitude towards travel but concerns over falling ill at the destination and quarantine restrictions have resulted in postponing more trips to 2021.This is according to the latest report “Monitoring…
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‘Workspitality’: Inspired but complex
As hotels across the world continue to grapple with the pandemic, they are becoming increasingly creative in their approaches…
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How to Boost Guest Loyalty and Profitability Through Pricing?
After finding its way from the airline industry into the world of hotels, hoteliers have continuously improved their pricing strategies, from weekend or seasonal rates via BAR levels to completely open rates…
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China's Hotel Construction Pipeline Continues to Remain Robust at the Q3 2020 Close
According to the latest China Construction Pipeline Trend Report, analysts at Lodging Econometrics (LE) report that China's total hotel construction pipeline remains robust at 3,409 projects/634,119 rooms, up 1% by projects and rooms year-over-year…
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Zurich, Paris and Hong Kong revealed as most expensive cities in the world
How has Covid-19 impacted the world’s most expensive cities? The Economist Intelligence Unit’s (EIU) Worldwide Cost of Living survey, compiled in September 2020, discovers how the pandemic has changed the cost of living in 133 cities since the start…
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Tripadvisor says travel remains top of mind for consumers
The travel industry is pinning its hopes of recovery on an innate desire to travel and pent-up demand. New research from Tripadvisor shows 65% of consumers are thinking about their next destination.
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5 key ways to avoid cybercrime
As the hospitality industry allocates increasing efforts to ensure guest and employee safety through automation and technology, significant risks are possible…
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New Independent Hotel Group Fights Back on Industry’s Bigger-Is-Better Mentality
Independent hotel owners have a new pandemic survival strategy with the arrival of the Curator Hotel & Resort Collection. The big brands need to address grievances over their high costs in order to remain competitive…
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Kempinski to manage new hotels in Switzerland
Kempinski Hotels has announced that it will open a luxury hotel in Switzerland’s ski resort village of Engelberg in spring 2021.
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50 Years of The Hotel PMS (and why it matters)
The hotel PMS has been around for about 50 years. That’s HALF A CENTURY. That’s as old as the Beatle’s last album Let It Be, Walt Disney World, Watergate, and Amtrak.
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To survive and thrive, hoteliers must reinvent hotel sales, marketing and operations. Here’s how to do that.
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How hotels can use top-of-funnel data to capture recovering demand
As hoteliers engage in the budgeting process for 2021, one thing that’s clear is that demand and financial projections for the months ahead are anything but clear…
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What Hotel KPIs Analyze Complete Operational Performance?
Consulting the right hotel KPIs can help juice a hotel’s bottom line. But just any old metric won’t do. If hoteliers want to uncover financial weak spots, revamp operations and boost profit, it requires complete operational metrics…
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European 'traffic lights' system aims to reopen travel
The European Union has announced a “traffic light” system in the hope of restarting international travel.
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CEOs hope for a strong 2021 as crisis continues
With vaccines and more efficient testing on the horizon, the coronavirus might not go away completely, but it can be handled and business will come back, hotel industry CEOs said on a panel as part of the online NYU International Hospitality…
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