Skift Blog
MAY 20, 2024
Skift Take: While analysts fixate on room count and loyalty program growth, the real battle between hotel giants Marriott and Hilton is over the fees they charge owners and credit-card issuers.
Hotel Management
MAY 20, 2024
Hotel industry leader Shantha de Silva is embarking on a new venture with the launch of hospitality consulting firm, SDS Hospitality Solutions. De Silva, who most recently served as Pro-invest Group Chief Operating Officer – Hotels, will bring decades of hospitality industry experience, specialising in hotel development, operations management, and asset management, to clients across the South East Asia, South West Asia and Australasia markets.
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Skift Blog
MAY 20, 2024
Skift Take: Beyond its innovative design ethos and distinctive service offerings, Four Seasons Yachts is making waves with a unique sales and distribution strategy built around a growing preference among affluent travelers to book trips with luxury travel advisors.
Lodging
MAY 20, 2024
With summer fast approaching, many traditional hotels have started gearing up for an expected increase in both occupancy and activities at their properties. But for seasonal resorts like The Inn at Diamond Cove, such efforts have been in place for months and are essential to ensure a successful summer. The hotel—which is located off the coast of Maine on Great Diamond Island in Casco Bay and can only be reached by ferry or boat from […] The post Coastal Maine Resort Leverages Visa Programs
Speaker: Brendan Sweeney, VP of Sales & Devyn Blume, Sr. Account Executive
Are you curious about how artificial intelligence is reshaping sales coaching, learning, and development? Join Brendan Sweeney and Devyn Blume of Allego for an engaging new webinar exploring AI's transformative role in sales coaching and performance improvement! Brendan and Devyn will share actionable insights and strategies for integrating AI into coaching and development - ensuring personalized, effective, and scalable training!
Skift Blog
MAY 20, 2024
Skift Take: Minor Hotels, the hotel group behind brands like NH Hotels and Anantara, is going all-in on post-pandemic growth. It plans to increase its hotel portfolio by 36% by the end of 2026.
Hospitality Net
MAY 20, 2024
For the past 25 years, it has become evident that most hotels fail to adequately capitalize on opportunities presented by seasonal holidays and event business drivers. The lack of optimization of these revenue opportunities is due in part to two factors: (1) the DOSM simply doesn’t have enough time and resources to organize marketing materials, and (2) the hotel’s website lacks the ability to create marketing landing pages ‘on the fly,’ which rings especially true for branded properties.
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Hospitality Net
MAY 20, 2024
Hospitality Financial and Technology Professionals (HFTP®) is pleased to announce two champions of hospitality technology, Floor Bleeker and Terence Ronson, as the 2024 HFTP International Hospitality Technology Hall of Fame inductees, both recognized for their service in innovating hospitality in the EMEA and APAC regions respectively. Bleeker is Accor Group’s chief technology officer, leading and providing oversight of technology strategy for all of the group’s hospitality businesses around the
Skift Blog
MAY 20, 2024
Skift Take: A forthcoming report from JLL Hotels & Hospitality reveals that the state's top 10 lodging markets have consistently outperformed national averages for revenue growth.
Hospitality Net
MAY 20, 2024
Spark by Hilton London Romford set to open in the coming weeks.
Skift Blog
MAY 20, 2024
Skift Take: The new Google search results in an age of AI-powered search is a fascinating mix of usefulness, uselessness, and sheer overwhelm of formats.
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Marketing technology is essential for B2B marketers to stay competitive in a rapidly changing digital landscape — and with 53% of marketers experiencing legacy technology issues and limitations, they’re researching innovations to expand and refine their technology stacks. To help practitioners keep up with the rapidly evolving martech landscape, this special report will discuss: How practitioners are integrating technologies and systems to encourage information-sharing between departments and pr
Lodging
MAY 20, 2024
Revenue optimization has long been a property-defining role for hotel organizations, yet revenue professionals can often feel distant from the hotels they work with. Recognizing and elevating the people behind a hotel’s revenue performance is as vital as it is challenging. Only when revenue professionals feel a strong connection to the success of their hotel or organization can they realize their full potential.
Skift Blog
MAY 20, 2024
Skift Take: With Ryanair one of the plane maker's biggest customers, Michael O’Leary's comments will likely carry extra weight at Boeing HQ.
Lodging
MAY 20, 2024
IHG Hotels & Resorts announced its growth in the European upscale extended-stay segment with the signing of Staybridge Suites Budapest – Parkside, Hungary; Staybridge Suites Antwerp, Belgium; and Staybridge Suites Belfast, Northern Ireland. The agreements demonstrate the popularity of the extended-stay segment amongst owners and guests. These recent additions to the Staybridge Suites portfolio will demonstrate residential-style living, giving guests everything they need to live, work, and re
Skift Blog
MAY 20, 2024
Skift Take: The huge order - one of the largest aircraft deals of the year so far - is in addition to existing deliveries bound for the Saudia Group.
Speaker: Brendan Sweeney, VP of Sales at Allego
Maximizing sales rep performance is no easy task. 📈 Traditional sales training methods focus heavily on the first few weeks in the sales role. Companies dedicate time, resources, and budget to onboarding new hires, only for them to forget what was learned in those first few weeks, lose motivation, and struggle to come to grips with their role.
Lodging
MAY 20, 2024
KANSAS CITY, Missouri—Bentley Legacy Holdings (BLH), through its partnership with Pendant Capital, has expanded its portfolio of boutique hotel assets with the acquisition of The Raphael Hotel, Autograph Collection, a historic Kansas City landmark blending classic with contemporary elements. Bentley Legacy Group (the management arm of BLH) has assumed management of the hotel.
Skift Blog
MAY 20, 2024
Skift Take: India's aviation industry is expanding to increase connectivity. The growth in passenger traffic will increase revenue sources for airport operators.
Lodging
MAY 20, 2024
KISSIMMEE, Florida—Rentyl Resorts and Davidson Hospitality Group have partnered on a condominium project with Embassy Suites. Embassy Suites by Hilton Orlando Sunset Walk is a five-building condominium project developed by Sunset Walk Residences, LLC. Rentyl and Davidson will be responsible for the onsite management, sales, marketing, revenue, and call center management of the units.
Skift Blog
MAY 20, 2024
Skift Take: Today's podcast looks at Marriott and Hilton's franchise fee battle, Skift's take on Google's latest AI tools, and Spirit's latest strategy for profitability.
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In times of economic uncertainty, account-based strategies are essential. According to several business analysts and practitioners, ABM is a necessity for creating more predictable revenue. Research shows that nearly three-quarters of marketers (74%) already have the resources needed to build successful ABM programs.
Hospitality Net
MAY 20, 2024
In an eye-opening survey by PwC, global procurement professionals have spoken when it comes to their digital transformation initiatives. By 2025, procurement departments have an average target of 72% digitalisation, with efficiency, transparency, traceability, and cost savings as some of their main drivers. Procure-to-Pay (P2P) has also benefited the most from the digital transformation of any procurement process, ahead of areas like spend analysis and supplier management.
Skift Blog
MAY 20, 2024
Skift Take: Spirit’s changes come as its biggest competitor, Frontier, also dropped change fees and overhauled its pricing structure.
Hospitality Net
MAY 20, 2024
The City of Light enjoys a well-balanced blend of business and leisure demand resulting in both a broad seasonality and strong average rates. Since 2015, Paris has faced multiple challenges which highly disrupted hotel performances. As the city was recovering from the 2015-16 terrorist attacks, the ‘yellow vests’ movement and pension reform strikes of 2018-19 and the transportation strike of 2019, the COVID-19 pandemic hit the world.
Skift Blog
MAY 20, 2024
Skift Take: A provision to add five additional long-distance flights out of DCA in the FAA bill has sent airlines in a frenzy to apply for one of the new slots.
Speaker: Lauren Fernandez - CEO & Founder, Full Course
Companies all over the world, including Marriot International and Hilton Worldwide, are aware of the value of including DEI in their talent acquisition strategy. However, despite these initiatives, there is still plenty that the hospitality sector can do to promote DEI. When comparing the hospitality industries in India, Iraq, the UK, and the US, you will see that there is a consistent underrepresentation of persons from different ethnic, gender, and disability origins across all levels of the i
Hospitality Net
MAY 20, 2024
The concept of a contemporary, boutique motel, either as a new build or retrofit, that commands sizably higher-than-market rates started to become a trend in the 2010s but has grown since the pandemic. Spurred on by a core psychographic of drive-to-vacation culture amongst Gen X and millennials, in the United States we are seeing multi-property brands like Bluebird and Urban Cowboy achieve success by opening exquisitely decorated lodges in sought-after rural areas near major cities.
eHotelier
MAY 20, 2024
With travelers from every corner of the globe eager to explore new destinations and create lasting summertime memories, hoteliers have a unique opportunity to boost revenue, enhance guest satisfaction, and craft unforgettable experiences through strategic upselling. During this season, demand for accommodations escalates, providing hoteliers with the perfect window to implement creative upselling strategies.
Refine
MAY 20, 2024
Revenue leaders across the globe devote a considerable amount of their efforts to driving room revenue performance. It’s an understandable decision, given that rooms are the obvious staple of any hotel operation and there are only so many hours in a day. 4 Steps for Improving Meetings & Events Revenue Performance With meetings and events The post 4 Steps for Improving Meetings & Events Revenue Performance appeared first on Revfine.com.
Hospitality Tech
MAY 20, 2024
As cyber threats grow, hoteliers must adopt robust security measures. From secure payment processing to regular audits, explore how to protect guest information and enhance satisfaction.
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Shifting to an account-based marketing (ABM) strategy can be both exciting and challenging. Well-implemented ABM motions build engagement with high-value accounts and drive impactful campaigns that resonate with your audience. But where do you begin, and how do you progress from crawling to running? Watch now as Demand Gen experts delve into the essentials of each stage of the ABM process.
Hotel Designs
MAY 20, 2024
Hotel Designs BoConcept and Hilton unite to create new executive lounge in Adelaide BoConcept and Hilton unite to create new executive lounge in Adelaide The BoConcept team in Adelaide recently completed a stunning redesign of the Executive Lounge at the Hilton Adelaide. This project, which took four years to conceptualise and execute, exemplifies the sophistication and functionality that modern hotel lounges aspire to offer their high-profile guests.
Demand Calendar
MAY 20, 2024
Learning from best practices is a necessary part of any business strategy. However, relying solely on imitation is a recipe for stagnation. To truly thrive, hotels must move beyond simply matching the competition and instead focus on creating unique, unforgettable experiences that set them apart. In this blog post, we'll explore the dangers of benchmarking, explain why "above benchmark" isn't enough, and offer actionable strategies for hotels to break free from the mold and embrace true differen
Hotel Designs
MAY 20, 2024
Hotel Designs Balsan opens new showroom in Clerkenwell Balsan opens new showroom in Clerkenwell Ahead of the launch party for the brand-spanking new London showroom, Hotel Designs caught up with Maninder Choda and Joanna Wood, Balsan’s ‘Elite Team’ for UK sales and design… An impressive space, complete with fancy glass encased meeting space, extensive basement level working space, and Champagne bar (well, for the launch party at least), the new Balsan showroom is the perfect space to showcase th
Webrezpro
MAY 20, 2024
In the cutthroat world of hospitality, standing tall amidst a sea of competitors can feel like scaling Everest in flip-flops. Guests frequently go straight to the room rate when perusing online booking platforms or Google’s Hotel Room Search. And who can blame them?
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