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Sports Tourism’s Moment: Real Life, No Screens, Big Money

Skift Blog

Skift Take: In-person sporting events are some of the last great communal gathering spots. We travel en masse to take-in competition, cheer on our teams and experience life. As a result, sports tourism has become an absolute economic juggernaut for the travel industry. In the immortal words of Jerry Maguire - Show Me The Money!

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Celebrate Ugly Betty’s comeback and book her home, now on Airbnb

Hospitality Net

Twenty five years after the first episode of the original Ugly Betty and with the arrival of the soap opera’s sequel, Airbnb is opening the doors to Betty’s house in Bogota, Colombia for fans.

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UAE Publishes Rules For Legal Gambling and Casino Licenses – Here’s What They Say

Skift Blog

Skift Take: Rules for gambling in the UAE include "cooling off periods," betting limits and a connection to a business in the UAE.

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Robotics, Hotels and Storytelling

Hospitality Net

With rapid technological progress and a renewed emphasis on health and safety in the wake of COVID-19, more and more Chinese hotels are relying on robotics to facilitate customer service provision. Yet we still know little about how such service robots influence customers’ brand experience – a critical determinant of hotels’ growth and profitability in today’s highly competitive market.

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Dont Let AI Pass You By: The New Era of Personalized Sales Coaching & Development

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!

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This Online Travel Agency Is Expanding in Southeast Asia — It Needs to Get Payments Right

Skift Blog

Skift Take: In a region where convenience and speed are paramount, a seamless payment experience is not just a luxury, it’s a necessity for success.

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Hospitality Financial Leadership – The Early Arrival Program

Hotel Financial Coach Blog

With my workshops and speaking, I often do an exercise where I challenge each leader to find a minimum of $250 in next month’s forecast. That can be savings in the form of reduced payroll or expenses. It can also be a source of new revenue. The participants come up with some amazing ideas that really work. The great thing about these ideas is that we almost always get to repeat and compound.

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Hospitality Financial Leadership – The Early Arrival Program

Hotel Financial Coach Blog

With my workshops and speaking, I often do an exercise where I challenge each leader to find a minimum of $250 in next month’s forecast. That can be savings in the form of reduced payroll or expenses. It can also be a source of new revenue. The participants come up with some amazing ideas that really work. The great thing about these ideas is that we almost always get to repeat and compound.

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Hotels can still benefit from Google Hotel Ads Pay Per Stay!

Hospitality Net

As you may already know, Google Hotel Ads with the Pay Per Stay (PPS) bidding model ends on October 31, 2024.

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Unlocking potential: the benefits of early career exploration in hospitality

eHotelier

Early career exploration in the hospitality industry is about more than just landing a job; it's about developing skills, finding a passion, and starting a rewarding career path.

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PizzaForno's Heats Up Vending Machine Market

Hospitality Tech

The 24/7 automated pizzeria brand debuts in 6 new states. The brand is expanding into campuses and other unconventional locations, leveraging its cutting-edge technology to serve diverse markets.

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How to Stay Competitive in the Evolving State of Martech

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

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Courtyard by Marriott Sapporo debuts in one of Japan’s most popular winter holiday destinations

eHotelier

The 321-Room Hotel Welcomes Trailblazing Business and Leisure Travelers to Northernmost Island of Hokkaido, Famous for its Picturesque Landscapes, Skiing and Spellbinding Annual Snow Festival.

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WTTC announces powerhouse lineup for 24th global summit

eHotelier

The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) has announced its latest round of high-profile speakers for its upcoming Global Summit, featuring top leaders from the world’s leading Travel & Tourism businesses.

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Mark Shine appointed Director of Sales & Marketing at The ART Hotel Denver by Hilton

eHotelier

Commonwealth Hotels announced today that Mark Shine has been appointed Director of Sales and Marketing of The ART Hotel Denver, Curio Collection by Hilton.

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Candice Barwell Nassar appointed General Manager at AREV St Tropez in Saint Tropez

eHotelier

The brand new boutique hotel in St Tropez -AREV St Tropez - is delighted to announce the appointment of Candice Barwell Nassar as General Manager.

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Beyond the Basics: How to Develop and Retain a Top-Performing Sales Team

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.

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Radisson RED brings a new twist on conventional hospitality to Kraków, Poland

eHotelier

Radisson RED Hotel & Radisson RED Apartments Krakow, a new upscale-lifestyle hotel, opened in Kraków’s iconic Unity Centre.

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UN Tourism launches the tourism investment guidelines for Peru

eHotelier

UN Tourism’s launch of the 'Tourism Doing Business: Investing in Peru' focused on foreign investment trends in the tourism sector, highlighting Peru as a top destination for tourism investment.

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