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Darwin’s Smith Hotel set for conversion and rebrand under Trilogy, Marriott deal

Hotel Management

Marriott International and Trilogy Hotels have partnered for the first time under an agreement with Darwin-based developer DCOH to convert the Smith Hotel Darwin to a Courtyard by Marriott. The property at 81 Smith Street will rebrand to Courtyard by Mariott Darwin in the first quarter of 2025 when the first phase of an extensive renovation is complete, marking Marriott Internationals first property in the Northern Territory.

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Heathrow Airport Braces for its Busiest-Ever Christmas

Skift Blog

Skift Take: From ordinary passengers to airline CEOs, Heathrow has no shortage of detractors however these latest numbers suggest the London airport still boasts serious pulling power.

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Exploring career pathways after hotel management

eHotelier

Let's explore potential career pathways following a tenure as a hotel manager, whether you aim to climb within hotel management or transition into senior corporate roles.

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Saudi Arabia Will Host FIFA World Cup 2034. What it Means for Tourism

Skift Blog

Skift Take: Saudi Arabia's 2034 FIFA World Cup promises to be a big moment for the kingdom, but it's already getting scrutiny.

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Enterprise ABM Marketing Tools: A Marketer's Guide

Savvy B2B marketers know that a great account-based marketing (ABM) strategy leads to higher ROI and sustainable growth. In this guide, we’ll cover: What makes for a successful ABM strategy? What are the key elements and capabilities of ABM that can make a real difference? How is AI changing workflows and driving functionality? This Martech Intelligence Report on Enterprise Account-Based Marketing examines the state of ABM in 2024 and what to consider when implementing ABM software.

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TownePlace Suites Knoxville Cedar Bluff Changes Hands

Lodging

ATLANTAHunter Hotel Advisors (“HUNTER”) today announced the successful sale of the TownePlace Suites Knoxville Cedar Bluff. A local investor purchased the property on December 3, 2024. HUNTERs Tim Osborne, senior vice president, represented the institutional seller. Located off the I-75 & I-40 connector, the TownePlace Suites Knoxville Cedar Bluff is strategically placed in a prominent commercial and retail corridor featuring access to destinations including Downtown Knoxville, t

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An FTC Rule on Junk Fees Seemed Like a Sure Thing. There Still Hasn’t Been a Vote

Skift Blog

Skift Take: There has been a push toward more disclosure of fees and that's likely to continue. But a rule from the new FTC is unlikely.

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Global Aviation Set for Record $1 Trillion Revenue in 2025, Yet Profit per Passenger Just $7

Skift Blog

Skift Take: Paradoxically, as flying becomes more economically accessible for consumers, airlines find themselves with less financial breathing room.

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Hotel Marketing Strategies – 15 Proven Ways for Maximizing Bookings

MediaBoom

Did you know that 70% of travelers now plan their trips online , with mobile devices driving over half of all bookings? Travelers are booking smarter than ever, using search engines, OTAs, and social media to shape their journeys. With travel demand set to grow 8% annually by 2025 , nows the time to embrace bold hotel marketing strategies that captivate guests and boost bookings.

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Booking Holdings Layoffs Would Be Less Severe Than in 2020

Skift Blog

Skift Take: Booking Holdings resumed hiring fairly aggressively after the pandemic, but is now trimming its workforce as part of a plan to get a handle on costs. A major part of the reorganization is to figure out the best areas for investment.

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[E-Book] 2025 Digital Marketing Trends and Predictions

gcommerce

As we enter 2025, the digital marketing landscape continues to evolve at a breakneck pace, driven by technological advancements and shifting consumer behaviors. Our eBook, 2025 Digital Marketing Trends and Predictions , is designed to equip you with the insights and strategies you need to stay ahead of the curve. Whether you're looking to enhance your current strategies or explore new avenues for growth, our predictions and analysis will help you navigate the dynamic digital marketing landscape

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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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TUI Pushes Premium Rates for Tours and Plans Climate-Driven Shifts

Skift Blog

Skift Take: TUI has emerged from the pandemic leaner and more focused under the steady hand of CEO Sebastian Ebel. But the company's pivot into becoming a digital-first, experience-led business remains tough to execute.

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Davidson Hospitality Group Announces Corporate Team Member Appointments

Lodging

ATLANTA, GeorgiaLeading hospitality management company Davidson Hospitality Groupannounces the appointment of Brad Barnett as Senior Vice President, Sales, for its lifestyle operating vertical, Pivot, and the elevation of Michael Yousif to the role of Senior Vice President, Acquisitions & Business Development. Its an exciting time to be part of the Davidson family and we are delighted to continue strategically enhancing our corporate team, said Thom Geshay, CEO & President.

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How AlUla Is Redefining Luxury Travel for the Modern Explorer

Skift Blog

Skift Take: The luxury travel sector is shifting towards deeper cultural engagement and authenticity. AlUla is carving out its niche in the industry by offering travelers exclusive access to one of the world's most ancient civilizations.

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AAA Forecasts Record&Breaking 119.3 Million Travelers for 2024 Year&End Holidays

Hotel News Resource

Approximately 119.3 million people are expected to travel 50 miles or more from home between December 21, 2024, and January 1, 2025, surpassing the previous 2019 record by 64,000 travelers.

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4 AI Hacks to Make Sales Teams More Efficient

Over the last two years, there’s been a 76 percent increase in AI adoption across sales organizations. The reason for its rise? AI increases teams’ productivity by predicting and automating actions that require manual effort. In other words, the research that takes reps hours, AI can do in seconds. For sales teams, AI opens up a world of new possibilities, including automating outreach, identifying best-fit buyers, and keeping CRMs flush with fresh data.

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Travel’s Biggest Megatrends for 2025

Skift Blog

Skift Take: Today's podcast looks at quiet luxury, hotels' upgraded booking technologies, and the popularity of cooler destinations.

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LHC Group acquires The Gates Hotel South Beach

Hotel Business

An investment vehicle managed and led by Lifestyle Hospitality Capital (LHC) Group and backed by funds advised by Elliott Investment Management L.P., has acquired The Gates Hotel South Beach. The 235-room hotel will undergo a transformative renovation, following which it will be rebranded as The Dean Hotel Miami Beach. As the U.S. flagship hotel of the Dean Group, the new design and concept will deliver a unique lifestyle hotel product and a bar, restaurant, pool and rooftop experience.

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India’s Homegrown Hotels Brands Vs. Global Players

Skift Blog

Skift Take: Indian mid-market hotel brands are dominating the smaller cities due to their flexibility. However, they still have a long way to go in Tier-1 regions.

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SMART Goals, SWOT Analysis, and AI: A Fair Process for Hospitality’s Future

Are Morch

In the ever-evolving landscape of the hospitality industry, the integration of artificial intelligence (AI) presents a transformative opportunity. However, to harness the full potential of AI, it’s imperative to establish a “fair process” framework, ensuring collaboration and trust between humans and technology. Central to this framework are the concepts of SMART goals and SWOT analysis, […] The post SMART Goals, SWOT Analysis, and AI: A Fair Process for Hospitality’

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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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Extended Stay America Debuts First New Construction Premier Suites in Tennessee

Lodging

CHARLOTTE, North CarolinaExtended Stay America, the leading mid-priced extended stay hotel brand in the United States, announced today the opening of the Extended Stay America Premier Suites Nashville – Smyrna, located outside Nashville, Tennessee. RREAF Holdings developed the property, which will be managed by McNeill Hotel Company. The three-story, 115-room property features complimentary Wi-Fi, free healthy breakfast, a fitness center, onsite guest laundry and an outdoor yard area for

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But We’ve Always Done It This Way: Overcoming Change Resistance in Hotels

Hotel News Resource

Change resistance in hotels can create barriers to innovation, efficiency, and ultimately, guest satisfaction. So how do hotels overcome resistance to change while ensuring a smooth transition? Lets explore strategies to foster a culture that welcomes progress.

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Remington Hospitality Celebrates La Concha Key West’s Autograph Collection Debut

Lodging

DALLAS, TexasRemington Hospitality, a premier hotel management company, proudly announces the latest milestone for La Concha Key West, now part of Marriotts Autograph Collection. Located in the heart of Old Town Key Wests historic Duval Street, this iconic property has undergone a transformative journey, transitioning from a Crowne Plaza in 2023 to an independent hotel during its $35-million renovation.

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Creating High&Quality, Optimized Hotel Content That Ranks Better

Hotel News Resource

Writing high&quality content to solidify a spot near the top of the Search Engine Results Page (SERP) requires careful crafting to offer more value than your competitors do, while following SEO best practices for structure, readability, and engagement. If you arent sure how this is done, weve got the best tips to help you create high&quality content for a hotels SEO.

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How to Create Sales Email Sequences That Convert

Modern go-to-market teams know it takes more than one email to break through the noise. Multiple touchpoints means more ways to get your pitch right — and, potentially, more ways to be wrong. The good news? Once you know how to write compelling, one-off emails to entice prospective customers, you can easily do the same across a short sequence of emails.

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Omni Severin Hotel Completes $24M Renovation 

Lodging

INDIANAPOLIS, IndianaThe iconicOmni Severin Hotel in the heart of downtown Indianapolis has completed its $24 million renovation, honoring its original architecture and art deco roots. A mainstay of Indianapolis since it was built in 1913, the hotels renovation revives the luxury of the past with modern conveniences. Indianapolis has been the crossroads of America since well before the countrys interstate highway system.

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How to run a hotel with 80% less staff

Hospitality Today

A 168-room hotel has shared how it successfully operates with a highly streamlined staff, leveraging a tech platform it implemented last year

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Roundtable: The rise and design of branded residences

Hotel Designs

Hotel Designs Roundtable: The rise and design of branded residences Roundtable: The rise and design of branded residences In collaboration with innovative lighting control and shading systems brand Lutron, Hotel Designs Editor Sophie Harper hosted a perceptive discussion alongside Lutron’s Xavier Boudin, Commercial Sales Manager, and Nicolla Farry, Specification Sales Account Manager, on the rising trend of serviced residences within hospitality… Once home to influential political an

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Riding the Wave: Key Takeaways from Caribbean Hotel Investment Conference And Operations Summit 2024

Hotel News Resource

The 2024 edition of the Caribbean Hotel Investment Conference & Operations Summit (CHICOS) brought over 300 attendees to the Wyndham Grand Barbados Sam Lords Castle All Inclusive Resort for several days of networking and industry insights from key stakeholders in the region. This article provides the major takeaways from this years conference.

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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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Majestic London: Pushing the boundaries of shower design

Hotel Designs

Hotel Designs Majestic London: Pushing the boundaries of shower design Majestic London: Pushing the boundaries of shower design Exhibiting at last month’s HIX event, Majestic London inspired hospitality designers to take their bathroom curation to the next level, with a stand made entirely of custom-made, glass shower designs… While at HIX, and playing with the event’s theme of ‘A Sense of Place’, Majestic London illustrated how a bathroom space can be reimagined as

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Unlocking Growth Potential: How YCS Helped DLS Hotels Simplify and Expand

eZee Absolute

Opening new properties in stunning locations, welcoming more guests, and creating unforgettable experiences as a hotelier, these must be your ultimate aspirations. Yet, you also know the hard truth: the road to expansion isnt easy. The more you grow, the more challenges you encounter, from managing operations across multiple locations to maintaining consistent guest satisfaction.

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Tackling Operational Inefficiency and Staff Turnover in Hotels

Demand Calendar

Many hoteliers need help defining operational efficiency for their property. They recognize that "efficiency" is desirableresulting in fewer errors, less wasted time, and happier guestsbut often find it challenging to measure or identify where to initiate improvements. This lack of clarity leads to a perception gap: although operational efficiency is widely acknowledged, implementing it remains a significant challenge.

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Davidson appoints Brad Barnett, Michael Yousif to corporate team

Hotel Business

Hospitality management company Davidson Hospitality Group has appointed Brad Barnett as SVP, sales, for its lifestyle operating vertical, Pivot , and promoted Michael Yousif to the role of SVP, acquisitions & business development. Its an exciting time to be part of the Davidson family, and we are delighted to continue strategically enhancing our corporate team, said Thom Geshay, CEO/president, Davidson Hospitality Group.

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Foundational ABM Building Blocks

Account-based marketing (ABM) is a key strategy for driving sustainable growth. Today, many B2B companies use ABM teams or technologies to make sales. But getting a program off the ground successfully doesn’t have to be a daunting task. Watch this webinar with Rachael Foster, Director of Account-Based Experience at ZoomInfo, and Dan Dolph, Manager of Account-Based Experience at ZoomInfo.