Hotel Finance Teams: Time to Re-Evaluate Your Budget Drivers
When budgeting for 2022, historical data is no longer appropriate. Instead, hoteliers must establish a new baseline data set.
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Hotel Finance Teams: Time to Re-Evaluate Your Budget Drivers
When budgeting for 2022, historical data is no longer appropriate. Instead, hoteliers must establish a new baseline data set.
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3 SHORT-FORM VIDEO PLATFORMS FOR HOTEL MARKETING
A lot more shareable and engaging, video – more recently short-form video – has taken over social media platforms. So, how can you leverage short-form content to grow your business? Which platforms matter? And what are some trends to look out for…
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The Looming Death of Third Party Cookies and Its Impact on Hotel Marketing
Many hoteliers leave marketing up to the experts. They have enough to manage without having to know the ins and outs of SEO, open rates, and conversion metrics. Yet, some things are worth the attention…
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IHG and Josh.ai Create Voice-controlled Smart Hotel Room
Introducing artificial intelligence in a way that feels natural. IHG Hotels & Resorts has designed the hotel room of the future, partnering with Josh.ai to create a voice-controlled smart room at the Kimpton Rowan hotel in Palm Springs, CA…
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Understanding the Security Risks of Your Hotel’s PMS Data Hosting Environment
Whether hosted in the cloud, on premise, or in a self-managed data center, managing your security risks should be IT’s top priority to keep your data, and your guests, safe
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Hyatt Teams Up with Gopuff to Offer Everyday Essentials On-the-Go
The pilot program rolls out today with free deliveries at select Hyatt Place locations in the U.S., expanding the brand’s Necessities Program.
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Why Investing in Cybersecurity Insurance has Become Vital for Hotels
Global cybercrime is expected to grow 15% year over year for the next five years, costing companies worldwide an estimated $10.5 trillion by 2025 – more than triple the cost of $3 trillion in 2015.
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Lybra CEO on big data’s role in revenue management
Big data is a term that has been used by analysts in this industry and many others…
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What is SOP – Standard Operating Procedure?
When you have an idea to start a business, you create a business plan to describe the goals of your company and how you plan to reach them…
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Replacing Hospitality Software – How to Get Out of a Sticky Situation
Stability is important. Hotels, casinos, and resorts have guests they need to serve right now, today…
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The brave new world of booking direct
Over much of the last decade, OTAs (online travel agencies) have become the most common way that people book hotels…
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BRAZIL’S AZUL MAKES MOVE INTO ELECTRIC AIR TAXIS
Brazilian airline Azul has signed a $1 billion commercial and strategic alliance with Germany-based Lilium, a startup that makes electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) jets to transport people and goods…
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Price rises are inevitable, laundries warn hospitality industry
Commercial laundries serving the hospitality and leisure industries are warning that that cost increases and labour shortages are crippling their recovery, and that they are being forced into increasing their prices…
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3 easy-to-manage guest services that can boost revenue
Hotels have lost several months of revenue; the rebound is slower than initially expected and increasing the average daily rate (ADR) is a common challenge…
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More than a quarter of a million hospitality workers off work as a result of ‘pingdemic’
More than a quarter of a million hospitality workers have recently been, or are currently, self-isolating after being ‘pinged’ by the NHS Covid app.
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Check It or Remove It: The Two Absolute Minimum Requirements for Room Attendants
Housekeeping standards for cleaning guestrooms often vary amongst brands and franchisors…
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The Porsche dynasty is taking on Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk in space
Porsche SE, the family holding company that controls Volkswagen Group, is the latest big investor to bet on space's crucial role in developing future technologies.
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Hilton Sees Bigger Meetings and Events Role in All-Inclusive Resort Growth
All-inclusive resorts are always going to be dominated by leisure travel, but it’s a smart move by Hilton to position these properties for some level of corporate meetings and events…
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NMSU researchers using robot to study hospitality industry
Are robots the future of helping the struggling hospitality industry? That’s what researchers at New Mexico State University are working to find out. It’s no secret many hospitality businesses are having a hard time hiring right now…
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Expedia down, Airbnb up for bookings for some hotels in Europe and Asia
With the volume of travel greatly reduced and marketing budgets slashed, hoteliers know it’s more important than ever to understand which distribution strategies are driving bookings.
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Revolut enters travel sector with booking feature
London-based fintech giant Revolut has launched a new app feature designed for travel. ‘Stays’ allows UK customers to browse and book accommodation through the same app that they use to manage their finances…
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The First Rule of Personalization: How to Not Annoy the Customer
Personalization is more than an advertising industry buzzword—it is one of the most common goals of modern marketers.
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How Too Much Reliance On Technology Can Ruin Hospitality for Good
Everybody in hospitality is saying “COVID has changed everything.” Well, if this is true, how come almost all of those spouting off about the new dynamics act as if nothing changed? This makes me wonder if our philosophies and marketing are now…
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Five space-saving tips to steal from this minimalist micro-hotel in Santorini
While we're drawn to admire hotels for their boutique furnishings and audacious color schemes, we never expected to find ourselves falling for their space-saving ideas…
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