Skift Blog
FEBRUARY 7, 2024
Skift Take: Taylor Swift is a modern day Midas - everything she touches turns to gold. Fans can’t get enough of the Eras Tour, brought to cities around the world by one of the shrewdest business minds of a generation.
Lodging
FEBRUARY 7, 2024
ABERDEEN, South Dakota—My Place Hotels of America is partnering with Grubhub for guests’ dining experience at its hotels. Guests of My Place Hotels can order from Grubhub’s network, which includes more than 365,000 restaurants and convenience stores, for delivery directly to the hotel, with $0 delivery fees on eligible orders. The partnership is available at all participating My Place Hotels across the United States.
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Skift Blog
FEBRUARY 7, 2024
Skift Take: The new Trivago ads tend to be one-size fits all, except for languages, and may be too generic to be effective in some parts of the world. Trivago will likely scrap them or adapt them until they resonate.
Hotel Management
FEBRUARY 7, 2024
Independent hotel management company Trilogy Hotels has signed a deal with Schwartz Family Company which will see the group assume management of more than 1000 rooms across four hotels in NSW and the ACT. Under the landmark deal, the Trilogy team has been appointed to manage operations for Mercure Sydney, Ibis Sydney World Square, Mercure Canberra and Fairmont Resort Blue Mountains.
Speaker: Brendan Sweeney, VP of Sales & Devyn Blume, Sr. Account Executive
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Skift Blog
FEBRUARY 7, 2024
Skift Take: St. George's appointment couldn't come at a more critical time for the airline. His decades of experience and 'safe pair of hands' approach will be warmly welcomed by many.
Hotel Management
FEBRUARY 7, 2024
Hilton is set to dramatically expand its luxury experiences through an exclusive strategic partnership with Small Luxury Hotels of the World (SLH). Through this partnership, which will ramp up in the coming months, Hilton customers, including its more than 180 million Hilton Honors members, will be able to earn and redeem loyalty points for stays at participating SLH properties.
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Hospitality Net
FEBRUARY 7, 2024
Marriott Hotels, the namesake brand of Marriott Bonvoy’s extraordinary portfolio of over 30 hotel brands, debuts its first hotel in Penang, Malaysia. The brand’s entry into Penang is a testament to architectural brilliance, offering an unrivaled blend of timeless style, charm, and the cultural tapestry that makes Penang unique.
Skift Blog
FEBRUARY 7, 2024
Skift Take: Hilton signaled that hotel sector circumstances have shifted in a way that makes it more likely it would pivot from its 16-year strategy of creating brands and instead consider buying them.
Hospitality Net
FEBRUARY 7, 2024
Knowland, the world’s leading provider of data-as-a-service insights on meetings and events for hospitality, reported meetings and events in secondary markets outpaced the traditional Top 25 markets in January. Most notably, the highest growth Top 25 market, Nashville, was up 16.1 percent, while top growth secondary market city, Lexington, Ky., had a 76.4 percent uptick in meetings and events for the month.
Skift Blog
FEBRUARY 7, 2024
Skift Take: With the help of Russians in the first half, Brits in the second half, and Indians all the way through, Dubai scrapes its best year for tourism.
Advertiser: ZoomInfo
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
Hospitality Net
FEBRUARY 7, 2024
As exclusive advisor, RobertDouglas announced today that it successfully refinanced Chartwell Hospitality’s Hilton Franklin Cool Springs in Franklin, TN, one of Nashville’s most prominent submarkets. RobertDouglas secured roughly $38,000,0000 of short-term, fixed-rate financing at highly attractive pricing from an institutional, balance sheet lender.
Skift Blog
FEBRUARY 7, 2024
Skift Take: Booking.com is going big with a Super Bowl ad in 2024. Expedia Group is going global with Netflix. Different strokes for different folks.
Hospitality Net
FEBRUARY 7, 2024
Hilton (NYSE: HLT) and Small Luxury Hotels of the World (SLH) today announced an exclusive strategic partnership that will welcome Hilton guests to hundreds of independently minded luxury hotels in the most sought-after destinations around the world. The partnership will dramatically expand the luxury experiences offered by Hilton as unique SLH properties join the unparalleled hotels of the growing Waldorf Astoria, Conrad and LXR brands.
Skift Blog
FEBRUARY 7, 2024
Skift Take: Selina has been partly counting on the patience of owners and financial partners as it restructures to live another day. But at least one hotel owner ran out of patience.
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.
Hospitality Net
FEBRUARY 7, 2024
Anticipation is growing in Grand Cayman as IHG Hotels & Resorts and Dart Properties prepare to unveil their latest Caribbean resort, Hotel Indigo Grand Cayman. The highly awaited grand opening is scheduled for April 2024, offering guests an island experience that celebrates the cultural richness of the Cayman Islands.
Skift Blog
FEBRUARY 7, 2024
Skift Take: Hyatt is losing its partnership where Hyatt members could use their reward points to book stays at Small Luxury Hotels, a network of 560 boutique hotels. Hilton's move also highlights how tough it has been for independent hotels to compete to acquire customers on their own.
Hospitality Net
FEBRUARY 7, 2024
The Luxury Collection, part of Marriott Bonvoy’s portfolio of over 30 extraordinary hotel brands, is pleased to announce the signing of Salterra, a Luxury Collection Resort & Spa, Turks & Caicos, marking the hospitality brand’s first property in the Turks and Caicos Islands. Located on the pristine beaches of South Caicos Island, the new property invites guests to discover world-class watersports, fine dining, immaculate white sand beaches, and enchanting cultural experiences, anchored by a true
Skift Blog
FEBRUARY 7, 2024
Skift Take: Disney is betting billions of dollars over 10 years on the long-term growth of its popular theme parks and cruises.
Advertiser: ZoomInfo
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
FEBRUARY 7, 2024
It’s time to come back to a very important topic in customer service and customer experience. It also falls under leadership and management. The topic is communication and transparency. I was recently interviewed by Megan Jones, an editor for Call Centre Helper magazine. We were talking about how to turn Moments of Misery™ into Moments of Magic™. Her story is an interesting one.
Lodging
FEBRUARY 7, 2024
NORTH BETHESDA, Maryland—Choice Hotels International announced an agreement with Tesla to offer Tesla Universal Wall Connectors to participating Radisson, Cambria, Comfort, Country Inn & Suites, Quality Inn, and other Choice-branded hotels across the United States. Through this agreement, Choice-branded properties can add four or more charging stations for guests, helping to meet the demand for electric vehicle (EV) charging and eliminating a pain point for EV drivers traveling for business
Hospitality Net
FEBRUARY 7, 2024
On February 2, 2024 Apple started selling its Vision Pro in the U.S. The device price starts at $3,499 with 256GB of storage. There have been over 200,000 pre-orders for the Apple Vision Pro since its unveiling in June of 2023.
Skift Blog
FEBRUARY 7, 2024
Skift Take: Will investors have patience for Trivago's multiyear effort to turn things around?
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
FEBRUARY 7, 2024
Rocco Forte Hotels will launch its first hotel in Naples, after signing a management agreement with fashion company Capri Group. The 5-star hotel, expected to open in 2027, will be located in Palazzo Caravita di Sirignano, adjacent to the Villa Pignatelli museum.
Lodging
FEBRUARY 7, 2024
MCLEAN, Virginia—Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc. reported its fourth quarter and full year 2023 results. In addition, Hilton announced a new partnership with Small Luxury Hotels of the World (SLH), which will ramp up over the coming months to expand our distribution of luxury hotels. Highlights include: The post Hilton Reports Q4 and Full-Year 2023 Results, Partners With SLH appeared first on LODGING Magazine.
Hospitality Net
FEBRUARY 7, 2024
The traditional approach to leadership is becoming less effective, what got you here may not get you to where you want to be in the future. Immediate priorities for the European hospitality sector include managing the inflationary pressures and streamlining operations to manage labour costs and efficiencies.
Skift Blog
FEBRUARY 7, 2024
Skift Take: Post Covid, India has been witnessing a rise in corporate travel, driven by face-to-face meetings and conventions. New business hotels and convention centers are being developed to cater to the rising demand.
Advertiser: ZoomInfo
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.
Hospitality Net
FEBRUARY 7, 2024
IHG Hotels & Resorts (IHG), one of the world’s leading hotel companies today announced that they have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Rakuten Group Inc.’s travel reservation service Rakuten Travel, a leading online travel agency in Japan, to collaborate on a seamless travel booking experience linking the two companies’ loyalty programs.
Lodging
FEBRUARY 7, 2024
NEW YORK—The LCP Group, L.P. announced the closure of an $85 million refinance for the Brown Palace Hotel and Spa, Autograph Collection, and the Holiday Inn Express Denver Downtown, located in Denver, Colorado. The $85 million refinancing package for Crescent Real Estate, facilitated by LCP, includes a senior loan from Benefit Street Partners and a mezz loan from a partnership between LCP and Ares Management.
Hospitality Net
FEBRUARY 7, 2024
Duetto, a global leader in revenue management systems, proudly unveils the successful acquisition of Micerate, a leading provider of dynamic pricing and online booking tools tailored for meetings and event spaces. This strategic milestone underscores Duetto’s unwavering dedication to dynamic revenue management solutions, with a heightened focus on the groups and events sector, solidifying its position as an industry leader adept at meeting the diverse needs of the hospitality landscape.
Lodging
FEBRUARY 7, 2024
Duetto acquired Micerate, a provider of pricing and online booking tools tailored for meetings and event spaces. The milestone underscores Duetto’s dedication to revenue management solutions, with a focus on the groups and events sector. Founded in Germany, Micerate brings expertise and is dedicated to delivering solutions for meeting space profitability and booking efficiency.
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