Skift Blog
APRIL 8, 2024
Skift Take: Having ticked the regulatory compliance boxes, MakeMyTrip is now ready to make its big international debut, with the spotlight shining on the Indian diaspora.
Lodging
APRIL 8, 2024
While there are still many unknowns regarding the economy, STR’s data points to further stabilization for the U.S. hotel industry. Aligned with record highs in ADR and RevPAR, total revenues and profits were strong in 2023, well above 2022 and only slightly below 2019 levels. Total revenue per available room (TRevPAR) grew by 10 percent compared to 2022, and with a more normalized growth rate in total expenses per available room (up only $13 in […] The post 2024 Outlook: Profit Trend
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Skift Blog
APRIL 8, 2024
Skift Take: The decision to cancel a major transatlantic route launch with just a few weeks' notice will not have been taken lightly by the airline.
Hospitality Net
APRIL 8, 2024
Markham, Ontario, April 9, 2024 — Next week users of the widely popular Maestro PMS platform, a Web Browser based cloud and on-premises all-in-one property-management system, will gather at the King Edward Hotel in Toronto for the SOLD OUT “Accelerate 2024” users conference. The four-day event, to be held April 15 to 18, will enable attendees to exchange ideas, build alliances, and leverage innovative tools and actionable business strategies to capitalize on their Maestro PMS investment.
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!
Lodging
APRIL 8, 2024
ATLANTA—Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants, part of IHG Hotels & Resorts’ luxury and lifestyle portfolio, announced it will open a new boutique hotel in Santo Domingo. Marking the brand’s first property in the Dominican Republic, Kimpton Las Mercedes will complement its surroundings while serving as an exploration point. The hotel is poised to open in the summer of 2024.
Skift Blog
APRIL 8, 2024
Skift Take: Goa is seeking to reinvent itself as a year-round destination. Its partnership first with MakeMyTrip and now Agoda is a step towards being known for more than just its beaches.
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Skift Blog
APRIL 8, 2024
Skift Take: These two major developments suggest that Spirit Airlines management are taking the carrier's financial situation very seriously.
Hospitality Net
APRIL 8, 2024
HSMAI Staff recently had the opportunity to chat with David C. Edelman, a speaker at the HSMAI Commercial Strategy Conference, June 25-26 in Charlotte. David is author of the upcoming book, Personalized: Customer Strategy in the Age of AI, and is a sought-after advisor on digital transformation and marketing. As CMO, David guided Aetna (now part of CVS Health) through becoming a digitally oriented, customer-centric brand.
Skift Blog
APRIL 8, 2024
Skift Take: Michelin’s new Key ranking system is out in full force with 189 French hotels receiving an honor.
Hospitality Net
APRIL 8, 2024
The 358 suite, family-friendly, all-inclusive resort marks the first Hyatt branded property to open in the picturesque colonial town of Mazatlán.
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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
Skift Blog
APRIL 8, 2024
Skift Take: Today's podcast looks at Michelin's new ratings, Spirit's next steps, and Europe's short-term rental boost.
Hospitality Net
APRIL 8, 2024
Markham, Ontario, April 9, 2024 — Next week users of the widely popular Maestro PMS platform, a Web Browser based cloud and on-premises all-in-one property-management system, will gather at the King Edward Hotel in Toronto for the SOLD OUT “Accelerate 2024” users conference. The four-day event, to be held April 15 to 18, will enable attendees to exchange ideas, build alliances, and leverage innovative tools and actionable business strategies to capitalize on their Maestro PMS investment.
Skift Blog
APRIL 8, 2024
Skift Take: The data is limited to these four online travel agencies and doesn’t include other platforms and direct bookings.
Hospitality Net
APRIL 8, 2024
TFE Hotels has put their stamp in Docklands… quite literally… with the rebranding of the 273-room Vibe Hotel Melbourne Docklands, which officially welcomed its first guests, Aucklanders Lindy Catchpole and Roberta Donjeany yesterday afternoon.
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
APRIL 8, 2024
ORLANDO, Florida—Texas hotelier Miraj S. Patel, MBA, CHO, CHIA, was named the newest Chairman of the AAHOA (Asian American Hotel Owners Association) 2024-25 Board of Directors, and the youngest serving in this position in AAHOA’s 35-year history. Patel became Chairman at the conclusion of the 2024 AAHOA Convention & Trade Show in Orlando, Florida, which set a record level of exhibiting vendors and welcomed nearly 6,500 attendees.
Hospitality Net
APRIL 8, 2024
Leading global hospitality company, Hilton (NYSE: HLT), continues to accelerate its development efforts in Canada. Following a year of rapid multi brand, multi destination growth with 10 new hotel openings, including the first Canopy by Hilton in Canada, Hilton ended 2023 with 180 open hotels in the country spanning more than 28,000 rooms across 11 brands.
Lodging
APRIL 8, 2024
BOSTON, Massachusetts, and SAN FRANCISCO, California—Rockpoint and Highgate announced the sale of the Scottsdale Plaza Resort and Villas, a historic hotel in Paradise Valley, Arizona. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Centrally located in Paradise Valley, the Scottsdale Plaza Resort and Villas is a 404-room hotel with more than 50,000 square feet of event space, five pools, tennis courts, a fitness center, and spa amenities.
Hospitality Net
APRIL 8, 2024
IHG Hotels & Resorts (IHG), one of the world’s leading hotel companies, has been named to the Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For® 2024 List by Great Place To Work® and Fortune magazine, coming in at No. 28. Earning a spot means that IHG Hotels & Resorts has surpassed rigorous benchmarks, establishing itself as one of the country’s best places to work.
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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.
Lodging
APRIL 8, 2024
BOSTON, Massachusetts, and THE WOODLANDS, Texas—Pyramid Global Hospitality announced the expansion of its U.S. portfolio with the addition of properties from Florida to Hawaii. With new developments preparing to open, the company shared 11+ consecutive quarters of market share growth. Pyramid Global Hospitality—the company behind collections like Benchmark Pyramid Luxury & Lifestyle and Hamilton Pyramid Europe—welcomed nine properties to its U.S. portfolio.
Hospitality Net
APRIL 8, 2024
In September 2023, one of the world’s leading luxury hotel brands expanded its portfolio of deluxe properties with the opening of The Peninsula London, a five-star development dripping in lion-guarded splendor.
eHotelier
APRIL 8, 2024
The future of hospitality lies not in abandoning its roots in pursuit of novelty but in deepening its commitment to the principles that have always defined it: warmth, welcome, and a dedication to the well-being of every guest.
Hospitality Net
APRIL 8, 2024
The Singapore-headquartered subsidiary of Philippine-listed investment company DoubleDragon Corporation, Hotel101 Global Pte. Ltd. and affiliates ("HOTEL101" or "HBNB") and JVSPAC Acquisition Corporation (Nasdaq: JVSA) ("JVSPAC") announced today that they have entered into a definitive merger agreement. Hotel101 is a hotel prop-tech operator pioneering a globally standardized, asset-light "condotel" business model.
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
Hotel Designs
APRIL 8, 2024
Hotel Designs Recommended Reads: Part 3 Recommended Reads: Part 3 Didn’t catch everything last week? We’ve got yo u covered… It’s a busy world, and with so much content out there, it’s easy to miss some of our most interesting and informative articles. That’s where our weekly ‘ Recommended Reads ’ comes in. Each week we’ll be curating a list of our top five articles you might have missed.
Hospitality Net
APRIL 8, 2024
Fairfield by Marriott, part of Marriott Bonvoy’s global portfolio of over 30 extraordinary hotel brands, announces its debut in Europe with the opening of Fairfield by Marriott Copenhagen Nordhavn. Situated in Copenhagen’s vibrant North Harbour district, the opening marks a momentous milestone for the trusted brand and its continued global growth. Fairfield by Marriott is the second largest brand within Marriott Bonvoy’s global portfolio with a footprint of over 1,290 open hotels and a healthy p
Hotel Designs
APRIL 8, 2024
Hotel Designs Seros – a strong sculptural statement from Victoria + Albert Seros – a strong sculptural statement from Victoria + Albert Unveiled! Leading up to Salone del Mobile in Milan, Victoria + Albert has launched Seros – a bath and basin collection developed with renowned British sculptor, Sophie-Elizabeth Thompson… Victoria + Albert has been a pioneer of freestanding bath design, using its proprietary material, Quarrycast, made from Volcanic Limestone.
Hospitality Net
APRIL 8, 2024
GREENVILLE, S.C. – April 9, 2024 – What earns a hotel company the best-place-to-work designation? For employees of Hospitality America, it is “culture and coworkers,” “flexible scheduling,” and “respect, understanding and value given to my work” that enabled the third-party hotel management company to win the coveted “Top Workplaces 2024” award, co-sponsored by USA Today and Energage™.
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.
Hotel News Resource
APRIL 8, 2024
America's hotels are projected to generate record levels of federal, state, and local tax revenue this year while paying employees historic totals of wages, salaries, and other compensation, according to state-by-state projections released today by the American Hotel & Lodging Association.
Hospitality Net
APRIL 8, 2024
Lifestyle aparthotel brandLocke will this summer expand into Portugal with the opening of its sixteenth property, Locke de Santa Joana in Lisbon.Located in the city’s vibrant centre, a stone’s throw from Lisbon’s iconic boulevard, Avenida da Liberdade, theproject is Locke’s biggest to date;comprising 370 apartments, hotel rooms, penthouses, and suites across nine floors, alongside social spaces including10 exciting new food & beverage outlets together with White Rabbit Projects and Spiritland, a
Hotel Designs
APRIL 8, 2024
Hotel Designs Meet the speakers at Hotel Summit 2024 Meet the speakers at Hotel Summit 2024 Next month, Celtic Manor Resort, Newport, Wales, will set the stage for one of the industry’s calendar highlights – Hotel Summit. A renowned meet-the-buyer opportunity, hosted by Forum Events, the 2024 installation looks set to be the best yet in the event’s 20+ year history.
Hospitality Net
APRIL 8, 2024
As my frequent readers know, I have been bemoaning the myths that are thrown out as facts at conferences, podcasts, and in books and blogs that, at best, mislead hospitality leaders and at worst, lead to discrimination based on birth year. Generationism is harmful, just like racism and sexism. Worse yet, many of those spewing these falsehoods are making a handsome profit by doing so.
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