Skift Blog
JANUARY 9, 2024
Skift Take: Dubai has tried and failed to set up its darling hotels in global hubs. But things are different now: The city has boomed since the pandemic, and investors overseas are now reading its success story. Introducing "Brand Dubai," coming to a city near you.
Hotel Management
JANUARY 9, 2024
Radisson Hotel Group (RHG) recently outlined ambitious development plans across the South East Asia and Pacific region (SEAP), which will see its upper upscale hotel brands Radisson Red and Radisson Blu, as well as luxury lifestyle brand Radisson Collection, expand to key capital cities and primary tourist destinations across the Phillipines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Vietnam.
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Skift Blog
JANUARY 9, 2024
Skift Take: Given the further delay in inspections of the Boeing 737 Max 9, it’s increasingly unlikely that the aircraft will be able to return to service mid-week.
Hospitality Net
JANUARY 9, 2024
Hilton (NYSE: HLT) today announced LivSmart Studios by Hilton as the official name of its new studio apartment-style, extended-stay hotel brand. Created for the long-stay guest who never stopped traveling, even throughout the pandemic, LivSmart Studios has received tremendous interest from owners and developers in just six months and currently boasts more than 350 deals in various stages of negotiation.
Speaker: Brendan Sweeney, VP of Sales & Devyn Blume, Sr. Account Executive
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Skift Blog
JANUARY 9, 2024
Skift Take: Gone are the days when luxury meant high-end lotions and beauty treatments. Hotels are embracing "extreme wellness," which marries sleep, performance, and nutrition.
Hospitality Net
JANUARY 9, 2024
The Ascott Limited (Ascott), a lodging business unit wholly owned by CapitaLand Investment (CLI) and CapitaLand Wellness Fund (C-WELL), have jointly acquired a freehold lodging property in Singapore. Ascott and C-WELL each holds a 50% stake in the lodging property.
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Hospitality Net
JANUARY 9, 2024
Building on the success of the brand in the region, the 110-key new-build hotel will open its doors in 2024, offering a world-class hospitality experience to guests visiting the city.
Skift Blog
JANUARY 9, 2024
Skift Take: Amid the loneliness crisis, people are looking to the travel industry to help them meet new people and build lasting connections.
Hospitality Net
JANUARY 9, 2024
(SAN DIEGO) January 9, 2024 — For the sixth consecutive year, Cloudbeds has been recognized as one of the industry’s top technology providers by Hotel Tech Report, solidifying its legacy as a leading platform powering more reservations and happier guests for lodging businesses worldwide. The 2024 HotelTechAwards honors Cloudbeds with 5 total awards: Best Hotel Management Software, Property Management System Finalist, Channel Manager Finalist, Top 10 People’s Choice, and Overall 10 Best Places to
Skift Blog
JANUARY 9, 2024
Skift Take: We predicted the new brand would be named Livsmart based on trademark filings. Our next prediction is that there will be rapid uptake of this brand given trends in the extended-stay market.
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
JANUARY 9, 2024
There’s been a lot of buzz over the past few years about the explosion of big data. And that explosion has created a new world of data-driven hospitality, where the convergence of hotel marketer data, analytics, and guest expectations for personalized communications and service are redefining the way hotels connect with their guests. Read on to discover five pivotal reasons why data is now the heartbeat of modern hotels.
Skift Blog
JANUARY 9, 2024
Skift Take: Boeing CEO David Calhoun acknowledged the fallout from the Alaska Airlines jet that suddenly lost a door plug mid-air during a company-wide meeting on Tuesday.
Hospitality Net
JANUARY 9, 2024
The SureStay by Best Western San Francisco Marina District has opened its doors in San Francisco California, and invites travelers to experience one of the newest hotel brands in the industry - SureStay® Hotels, comprised of four distinctive brands offering traditional and longer stay travelers’ comfort and value while away from home.
Skift Blog
JANUARY 9, 2024
Skift Take: We predicted the new brand would be named Livsmart based on trademark filings. Our next prediction is that there will be rapid uptake of this brand given trends in the extended-stay market.
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
JANUARY 9, 2024
Data analytics can play a crucial role in identifying potential group sales opportunities for hotels. By analyzing large volumes of data, such as customer preferences, booking patterns, competitors, and market trends, hotels can gain valuable insights into the demand for group bookings. In fact, hotels that use data analytics strategies have seen a 20% increase in group sales and reduced their group sales acquisition costs by 25%.
Skift Blog
JANUARY 9, 2024
Skift Take: Organizational shifts prompted by AI are already happening. It’s only a matter of time before it leads to job cuts.
Hospitality Net
JANUARY 9, 2024
After significant internal and portfolio growth in 2022, leading hospitality management company Charlestowne Hotels once again celebrates a successful year bookended by exciting expansion, numerous accolades for its properties and executives, and advances in its corporate structure and technology.
Skift Blog
JANUARY 9, 2024
Skift Take: With this latest order, Boeing has lost further ground to Airbus in the all-important long-haul market.
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
JANUARY 9, 2024
Choice Hotels International, Inc. (NYSE: CHH) launched its newest multichannel national marketing campaign, "A Stay for Any You." The largest in Choice Hotels’ history, the campaign stars actor and writer Keegan-Michael Key in national TV and streaming TV ads and social media content. The campaign highlights some of the many reasons people travel and how with a diverse portfolio of 22 hotel brands — ranging from full-service upper upscale and upscale properties to midscale, extended stay and eco
Skift Blog
JANUARY 9, 2024
Skift Take: In the age of social media shaping travel trends, the decision to include globetrotters and content creators to address travel challenges could resonate with a significant audience.
Hospitality Net
JANUARY 9, 2024
In an era where the confluence of business acumen and spiritual awareness is often seen as a paradox, Andrew Miele, CEO of Nomade People, emerges as a visionary, seamlessly blending these realms. His journey in the hospitality industry, evolving from a modest start at a Holiday Inn in Ontario to becoming a trendsetter in wellness tourism, encapsulates more than just career growth—it symbolizes a radical shift in the hospitality paradigm.
Skift Blog
JANUARY 9, 2024
Skift Take: Planes, engines, pilots: There's a shortage of just about everything and it's going to hold back the aviation industry.
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
JANUARY 9, 2024
Lighthouse (formerly OTA Insight), the leading commercial platform for the travel & hospitality industry, today announces that for the fourth consecutive year it has been recognized as the industry leader in the following categories:
Skift Blog
JANUARY 9, 2024
Skift Take: The Middle East’s lofty tourism goals mean a re-think in accommodations. Luxury hotels won’t be enough.
Hospitality Net
JANUARY 9, 2024
India’s leading hospitality company, Indian Hotels Company (IHCL) today announced the successful completion of nine pioneering pilot projects in collaboration with IFC’s TechEmerge Sustainable Cooling Innovation Program, within a short span of 18 months. This underscores the company’s unwavering commitment to fostering environmentally responsible practices to bring efficient, climate-smart, cost-effective cooling solutions to India’s hospitality sector.
Skift Blog
JANUARY 9, 2024
Skift Take: Consolidation is coming to all aspects of the short-term rental sector.
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
JANUARY 9, 2024
ORLANDO, FLORIDA and DALLAS, TEXAS – JANUARY 9, 2024 - ROOMDEX, the sole provider of attribute-based upselling for hotels, has announced a strategic partnership with DerbySoft.
Skift Blog
JANUARY 9, 2024
Skift Take: With U.S. business travel demand expected to finally approach pre-pandemic levels in 2024, Puerto Rico is showcasing its rich history, emerging cultural caché, and cutting-edge technological investments to attract a new generation of meeting and event planners.
Hospitality Net
JANUARY 9, 2024
The year-in-review of hotel media, what was top of mind and who stole the headlines. The annual review is back, in a year of come-back things have shifted a lot. It is clear that what hoteliers have been reading was back to the usual concerns, trends, OTAs and more. A big thank you to hospitality.today and hospitalitynet.com for providing data on the most read articles on their websites.
Lodging
JANUARY 9, 2024
ORLANDO, Florida—Auro Hotels announced the newest addition to its portfolio: the Courtyard by Marriott Orlando Airport. This property acquisition adds to its base in the Orlando market, bringing the total to eight properties and 1,521 rooms. With ownership and operation in the Orlando Airport submarket since 1995, Auro is positioned to leverage its sales and revenue management teams to drive market share and operating efficiency.
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