Fri.Mar 22, 2024

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Former JetBlue CEO Took Home $10.8 Million in 2023

Skift Blog

Skift Take: Robin Hayes raked in some of his highest compensation during his 8-year tenure as JetBlue CEO while the carrier struggled to reach profitability in 2023.

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Embark on your Italian Journey: Reservations Opening this April for La Dolce Vita Orient Express

Hospitality Net

La Dolce Vita Orient Express announces today that sales will officially open this April, marking an important milestone for an unparalleled travel experience in one of the world’s most cherished destinations: Italy.

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Ryanair CEO Shares Social Media Strategy – And Two Topics Even He Won’t Touch

Skift Blog

Skift Take: In a sitdown interview with Skift, Michael O'Leary reveals some of the secrets to Ryanair's viral success, and tells us the two subjects that are absolutely off-limits.

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Introducing The LINE DC, a Neighborhood Hotel for World Travelers & the DC Creative Community

Hospitality Net

Housed in a 110-year-old church in the heart of Adams Morgan, the 220-room hotel offers a uniquely rich way to experience the nation’s capital. Its location is an amenity in itself: in the heart of DC, but with an eclectic and residential vibe that makes it feel anything but bureaucratic, Adams Morgan is home to a unique mix of shops, restaurants, and bars.

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Don't 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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FAA Steps Up Oversight of United Airlines Following Safety Incidents

Skift Blog

Skift Take: The FAA will be reviewing United’s work processes, manuals and procedures after a string of safety incidents the carrier experienced in March.

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New Products and Experiences: an opportunity for mountain tourism

Hospitality Net

The 12th World Congress on Snow, Mountain and Wellness Tourism identified key challenges, among them climate change and evolving consumer trends, while recognizing the role tourism can play in the protection of the fragile mountain ecosystem, the building of resilience for mountain communities, and the preservation of the local heritage.

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Skills-based talent management in hospitality and tourism

Hospitality Net

Recent studies have proven that employees can be a major source of competitive advantage, but they must be managed effectively and considerately to reap those benefits. The industry presents unique challenges for employees and managers, such as long working hours, stressful customer interactions, seasonal rushes, and working on weekends. On top of these challenges, the industry is currently facing a talent shortage, making talent management even more critical.

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Booking and Expedia: The Easy Money Is Over, What Comes Next?

Skift Blog

Skift Take: Booking and Expedia now face slower growth, stiffer competition and increased pressure on profit margins.

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TPG Hotels & Resorts Opens New Dallas-based Operations Headquarters

Hospitality Net

TPG Hotels & Resorts, one of the nation’s premier hospitality management firms, announced today that it is centralizing its management company platform with the opening of its new national operations headquarters based in Dallas, Texas.

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2 Rideshare Startups Raise $250 Million from Uber and Others

Skift Blog

Skift Take: Four startups raised nearly $280 million this week alone for services that help consumers travel without owning personal vehicles.

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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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Hotel Technology Trends (or Hypes?) – A Panel of Industry Leaders at ITB Berlin

Hospitality Net

ITB Berlin 2024 provided a platform for seasoned industry leaders to share insights and their predictions on the innovations destined to influence the hospitality landscape. The Hotel Technology Trends (or Hypes?) discussion, contributed to by seasoned industry insiders Lucile CORNET (Eight Roads), Wietse Bijzeit (Shiji Group), Lucas Höfer (Ruby Hotels), Matthijs Welle (Mews) and Frank Seedorff (B&B Hotels Germany GmbH).

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Agoda CEO: Customer Support in India Needs Work

Skift Blog

Skift Take: Omri Morgenshtern says India has a problem when it comes to partners overbooking hotels.

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Best hotel booking apps: Guide for independent hotels

Hospitality Net

A hotel booking app is an application or website that travellers use to book a stay at a hotel. Often travellers will use apps via their mobile devices to research, book, and pay for hotel accommodation. Some well known examples of hotel booking apps include Booking.com, Airbnb, or HotelTonight.

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Abu Dhabi’s Nurai Island Resort Shuts Down Temporarily

Skift Blog

Skift Take: Nurai Island's website states all villas are "sold out" indefinitely.

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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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2025 Opening for Andaz Turks & Caicos at Grace Bay

Hospitality Net

Andaz Turks & Caicos will be the first Hyatt property on the island and is on track to debut in late 2025. A luxury residential and resort community, Andaz Turks & Caicos at Grace Bay boasts a 59-key resort and offers 73 residences priced from $500,000 and ranging from the 580-square-foot oceanfront studio to the 6,411-square-foot four-bedroom penthouse.

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JLL’s Ketan Patel Discusses the Current Market and Hotel Investment Landscape

Lodging

At the 2024 Hunter Hotel Investment Conference, the overall sentiment about hotel deals was that while rates and expenses are higher, deal activity is still occurring in the space. Many also expect the second half of the year to perform better than the first. LODGING spoke with Ketan Patel, managing director, JLL Hotels & Hospitality Group, about the segments and markets that are attractive to hotel investors and what’s coming for the rest of the […] The post JLL’s Ketan Patel Di

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Breaking Barriers and Honoring Legacy: A Conversation with the Palace Hotel’s First Female General Manager

Hospitality Net

A: Being the first female General Manager at the Palace Hotel, and previously the first female Hotel Manager in 2017 and 2018, is a profound honor for me. I’ve had the privilege of working alongside many talented women in hospitality throughout my career, particularly here in San Francisco, so while it’s not entirely unprecedented, it’s certainly an important milestone.

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CoStar: U.S. Hotel Performance Increases From the Previous Week

Lodging

WASHINGTON—U.S. hotel performance increased from the previous week but showed continued declines year over year, according to CoStar’s latest data through March 16, 2024. U.S. Hotel Performance March 10-16, 2024 Percentage change from comparable week in 2023:Occupancy: 66.5 percent (down 1.4 percent)ADR: $163.21 (down 2.1 percent)RevPAR: $108.51 (down 3.5 percent) Among the Top 25 Markets, Seattle reported the largest year-over-year increases in occupancy (up 12.7 percent to 73.0 percent)

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ABM Evolution: How Top Marketers Are Using Account-Based Strategies

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.

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A brief history of hotels in times of crisis

Hospitality Net

Hotels are places normally associated with pleasure, relaxation and luxury – weddings, parties, holidays – or more mundane activities like business trips and conferences. They are omnipresent and ordinary, but when circumstances are extraordinary, as they are in the middle of the current COVID-19 crisis, hotels have to adapt quickly to new and unexpected realities.

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Access Point Financial Unveils PIP Renovation Program

Lodging

Access Point Financial (APF) announced the launch of its PIP Renovation Program designed to support hotel owners in meeting franchisor-mandated improvements and refreshing their assets. The PIP Renovation Program is a solution to allow hotel owners to access capital for the costs involved in completing required renovations. Additionally, this program can include CapEx Loans for a property refresh that is not associated with a franchisor-mandated PIP. “At APF, we understand the dynamic need

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The Monetization Shift: Why Creators Are Diversifying Away From Social

Hospitality Net

Is it 2024 or 2004? Digital creators always seek new channels to engage their audiences and maximize revenue potential. But in a $250 billion industry built mainly on social media platforms, there’s been a noticeable shift back in time, with social media influencers increasingly turning to email. Will bloggers reign supreme again?

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BLINK breathes new life into Maldives legend – Huvafen Fushi

Hotel Designs

Hotel Designs BLINK breathes new life into Maldives legend – Huvafen Fushi BLINK breathes new life into Maldives legend – Huvafen Fushi BLINK Founder and Creative Partner, Clint Nagata, walks us through the reimagined Huvafen Fushi, where the focus was on returning to the design roots of the resort… Huvafen Fushi is an icon of the Maldives and an enchanted hideaway at North Male Atoll, which required some fresh thinking and love to bring its 44 lavish above-water and beach bungalow dwellin

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Diving into Diversity: Decoding the Foundations of Inclusion in Hospitality Talent Acquisition

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

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How Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour allowed Asia Pacific hotels to achieve their “wildest dreams”

Hospitality Net

Taylor Swift kicked off the second international leg of her wildly successful Eras Tour in early February, and Asia Pacific hoteliers were, in fact, “ready for it”. The seventeen-night leg gave a much-needed performance boost to Tokyo, Sydney, Melbourne, and Singapore hotels.

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7 Fashion Brands Crossing Over Into Hotels

Hotel Designs

Hotel Designs 7 Fashion Brands Crossing Over Into Hotels In the dynamic world of hospitality design, the intersection of fashion and interior trends continues to captivate designers and guests alike. Fashion brands are increasingly venturing into the realm of hotel design, leveraging their signature aesthetic to create immersive and unique guest experiences offering a glimpse into the future of hotel design.

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Grace Bay Resorts Plans for May 2024 of South Bank, Turks and Caicos

Hospitality Net

Grace Bay Resorts’ newest luxury residential resort and marina, South Bank, features several waterfront neighborhoods along 31 acres of quiet shoreline in Providenciales, Turks and Caicos. Developed by Windward, the distinctive waterfront properties include The Launch, a collection of contemporary boathouses with dedicated docks; The Lagoon and Ocean Estate, comprising spacious standalone homes that capture the essence of beach and oceanfront living; Boat Houses, which are strategically position

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6 Tips to Fix Your Hotel’s Email Marketing and Increase Conversions

Refine

When exploring the landscape of digital marketing for hotels, we see many new emerging trends, such as AI, Automation, social media, influencer marketing, and more. Many may wonder, "Is email marketing still relevant for hotels?" And the answer is an assured yes. Why Email Marketing for Your Property? Even with all the new tech tools The post 6 Tips to Fix Your Hotel’s Email Marketing and Increase Conversions appeared first on Revfine.com.

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ABM Success Recipe: Mastering the Crawl, Walk, Run Approach

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.

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WTTC Pays Tribute to James Robinson III

Hospitality Net

WTTC is saddened to hear of the death of one of our Founding Members & the first WTTC Chair, James Robinson III, the former Chairman and CEO of American Express. Our thoughts are with his family at this time.

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18 of the Top Hospitality Conferences to Check Out 2024 

Social Tables

The hospitality industry is always evolving. Economic trends, consumer preferences, and travel restrictions consistently shift, affecting how the industry operates. To remain competitive, hospitality professionals must stay on top of what’s happening with hotels, event venues, technology, and trends. Attending top hospitality conferences, expos, or summits is a fantastic way to stay up-to-date on current trends.

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DoubleTree Beach Resort by Hilton Completes Extensive Renovation in North Redington Beach

Hospitality Net

DoubleTree Beach Resort by Hilton has completed an extensive renovation project in North Redington Beach, Florida.

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How to maximise your F&B Revenue by evolving your menu

Hotel Speak

In the ever-evolving landscape of the food and beverage industry, maximising revenue requires more than just offering delicious dishes and refreshing drinks. It demands strategic thinking, creativity, and a keen understanding of consumer behaviour. One effective method for boosting F&B revenue is by evolving your menu, accompanied by the strategic use of branded menu covers and tabletop signs to encourage extra purchases.

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A Buyer’s Guide to Future-Proofing Your Restaurant Tech Stack

The race to 100% digital is on. With the restaurant industry still in the early innings of its digital transformation, brands need an airtight strategy when it comes to building out their tech stack. Download the buyer’s guide to learn where to prioritize your efforts and get the most out of every investment.