Skift Blog

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Skift Take: The bankruptcy filing comes as the carrier recorded increasingly steep losses post-pandemic.

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Hospitality Net

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Restaurant technology buyers are facing a paradox for 2025 – the need to balance diners’ desire for increasingly innovative, personalized service with market realities including rising costs, smaller workforces, and a dearth of vendor innovation. Fortunately, strategically integrated point-of-sale technology and systems are helping restaurateurs meet these challenges and exceed diner expectations.

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Skift Blog

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Skift Take: Arthur wrote that "We are the first generation in human history to be able to travel to other continents as easily we once took a trolley to the next town." Thanks to him, we could do this without having a ton of money, and hopefully walked away with a better trip because of that.

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Hospitality Net

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Signing of 100-keys hotel will bolster IHG’s luxury and lifestyle portfolio in the country and is in line with the company’s expansion strategy across key leisure destinations in India.

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Advertiser: ZoomInfo

Incorporating generative AI (gen AI) into your sales process can speed up your wins through improved efficiency, personalized customer interactions, and better informed decision- making. Gen AI is a game changer for busy salespeople and can reduce time-consuming tasks, such as customer research, note-taking, and writing emails, and provide insightful data analysis and recommendations.

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Skift Blog

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Skift Take: As Indians increase their travel spending, Australia is betting on love for cricket and sports to attract travelers.

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Hospitality Net

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Markham, Ontario, Nov. 19, 2024 — Today, paying for hotel stays is more secure than ever before thanks to an integration between the coveted All-In-One Cloud or On-Premise Maestro PMS solutions’ embedded payment platform, MezzoPay, and the b4checkin (b4) online payment solution, TransForm. MezzoPay embeds all payments for credit-card processing directly into the hotel PMS, enabling hotels to offer a seamless end-to-end payment experience from booking to check out.

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Hospitality Net

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

St. Regis Hotels & Resorts is proud to announce the debut of The St. Regis Belgrade, marking the brand’s first entry into Serbia. Founded in New York by John Jacob Astor IV more than a century ago, St. Regis celebrates its 120th anniversary this year with this significant addition to its global portfolio. Combining timeless glamour and vanguard spirit with local heritage the property is developed by Eagle Hills, a private investment and real estate development company based in Abu Dhabi and desi

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Skift Blog

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Skift Take: Spirit made headlines Monday morning when it announced it was filing for a Chapter 11 bankruptcy — here’s what you need to know.

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Hospitality Net

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Urban Rest, the innovative leader in flexible alternative accommodations, is excited to announce the opening of the first phase of Urban Rest Hackney, a new serviced apartment property in the vibrant East End of London. This marks an important step in the brand’s rapid growth across the UK and Europe, bringing its signature extended-stay offering to one of London’s most dynamic neighbourhoods.

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Skift Blog

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Skift Take: For MakeMyTrip, the acquisition is a calculated bet on the future of India’s corporate travel market — a bet that could pay off handsomely as the market doubles by 2030.

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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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Hospitality Net

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Audubon International – the environmentally focused non-profit organization offering members numerous certifications and conservation initiatives to protect the areas where we all live, work, and play – announces that The Ritz-Carlton, Denver has attained Green Lodging/Green Hospitality Gold-level Certification for sustainable best practices.

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Skift Blog

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Skift Take: The travel industry in the Middle East has seen enormous changes in recent years, and here are some trends shaping the sector in the region.

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Hospitality Net

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

American Hotel & Lodging Association (AHLA) President & CEO Rosanna Maietta released the following statement today after the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced it would make available another 64,716 H-2B temporary nonagricultural worker visas for fiscal year 2025.

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Skift Blog

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Skift Take: Spark hits the sweet spot for Indians seeking the reliability of branded stays without stretching their budgets. Hilton's plan to open 150 hotels in India might sound ambitious, but a conversion-friendly approach means the company will likely hit that milestone faster than expected.

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Advertiser: ZoomInfo

In today’s ultra-competitive markets, it’s no longer enough to wait for buyers to show obvious signs of interest. Instead, sales teams must be proactive, identifying and acting on nuanced buyer behaviors — often before prospects are fully ready to make a purchase. In this eBook from ZoomInfo & Sell Better, learn 10 actionable ways to use these buyer signals to transform your sales strategy and close deals faster.

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Hospitality Net

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Sustainability continues to be an important consideration for the travel and hospitality industry, as illustrated by the 83% of travelers who highlight the importance of sustainable travel to them.

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Skift Blog

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Skift Take: Indians are combining their love for music with their desire to travel. And they are willing to spend as hotel rates, airfares, and concert ticket prices surge.

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Hospitality Net

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Bristol celebrated its highly anticipated grand opening Thursday morning with Hard Rock’s iconic guitar smash ceremony. When ’Bristol Casino - Future Home of Hard Rock’ opened in July 2022, it was Virginia’s first casino.

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Lodging

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

NORTH BETHESDA, Maryland—Choice Hotels International, Inc. announced two new contracts as part of its Supporting Ownership Access and Representation (SOAR) program, which aims to help empower and support hotel ownership for underrepresented entrepreneurs. The new contracts—a WoodSpring Suites in Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, and a Rodeway Inn in Effingham, Illinois—are part of the 17 SOAR contracts signed year-to-date.

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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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Hospitality Net

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Eight months before the start of Oasis’ sold-out tour, host markets in Europe are already seeing a significant impact on occupancy on the books, according to Forward STAR data from CoStar. CoStar is a leading provider of online real estate marketplaces, information, and analytics in the property markets.

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Lodging

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

In a financial climate once thought to be trending toward lower interest rates, recent market behavior has upended expectations, revealing stubbornly high rates despite the Federal Reserve’s most recent cut. This stall has perplexed economists and business leaders alike, particularly those in interest-sensitive sectors such as hospitality. The hotel sector must brace itself for potential challenges as this financial landscape shifts due to the complex global economic environment and domest

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Hospitality Net

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

With the latest UN Tourism Data showing that the sector is on track to reach 96% recovery of pre-pandemic numbers by the end of the year, the 122nd Session of the Executive Council looked to the future, with investments and innovation high on the agenda. The Session welcomed representatives of 47 countries, including 21 Ministers and Vice-Ministers of Tourism, alongside key strategic partners from the private sector, civil society and international finance.

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Skift Blog

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Skift Take: By cutting through formalities, nurturing local talents, and broadening focus beyond traditional Western markets, these fast-growing regions can unlock new levels of success and innovation.

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Advertiser: ZoomInfo

As prospects define their problem, search for solutions, and even change jobs, they are generating high-value signals that the best go-to-market teams can leverage to close more deals. This is where signal-based selling comes into play. ZoomInfo CEO Henry Schuck recently broke down specific ways to put four key buying signals into action with the experts from 30 Minutes to President’s Club.

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Hospitality Net

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

On the 10-year anniversary of Barcelona’s clampdown on hosting1, Airbnb is calling on the city to rethink its approach to short-term rentals, as new analysis shows its policies are failing to ease housing and overtourism challenges.

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Lodging

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

WASHINGTON—American Hotel & Lodging Association (AHLA) President and CEO Rosanna Maietta released the following statement after the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced it would make available another 64,716 H-2B temporary nonagricultural worker visas for fiscal year 2025. “AHLA applauds DHS for announcing this important, sizable increase in the number of H-2B visas, which will make it easier for small business hoteliers to access the seasonal workers they need,” said Maietta.

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Hospitality Net

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Tripadvisor Group today announced the opening of its new office in Oxford, replacing its previous location in the city with an updated facility to support Tripadvisor’s activity-based work model.

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eHotelier

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

What makes for a great conference? With the MICE travel boom that has occurred since the pandemic subsided, it’s important for all hoteliers to sharpen their groups toolkit heading into 2025 in order to get the most out of this current experiential events boom.

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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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Hospitality Net

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Avalon Hospitality Group (AHG), a trusted name in hotel management for full-service, select-service and resort properties, proudly announces the integration of SalesAndCatering.com’s STS Cloud and ProposalPath by Bluebuzzard across its expansive portfolio. This forward-thinking commitment to cutting-edge group sales technology is set to enhance productivity, elevate client experiences, and foster growth throughout its properties.

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eHotelier

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Four Seasons Resort Punta Mita announced today that the luxury resort in the heart of Mexico’s lush Riviera Nayarit was named as a winner in Good Housekeeping’s 2025 Family Travel Awards.

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Hospitality Net

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Pullman Hotels & Resorts, the flagship premium hotel brand of Accor, has created an innovative concept room to meet the blended needs of today’s travellers. ‘The Transforming Room’ is a high-spec, high-tech space designed to be a place to work, meet, socialise, work-out, relax and sleep. The Transforming Room is the culmination of two years of research on consumer behaviour, business traveller needs and design innovation.

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Hospitality Tech

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

HT recently caught up with President and COO Jim Bitticks and CTO Leon Davoyan to talk about the Dave’s of the Future that includes a robotic arm, kiosks and marketing boards. Plus, a new POS and KDS are being rolled out chainwide.

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Advertiser: ZoomInfo

Sales and marketing leaders have reached a tipping point when it comes to using intent data — and they’re not looking back. More than half of all B2B marketers are already using intent data to increase sales, and Gartner predicts this figure will grow to 70 percent. The reason is clear: intent can provide you with massive amounts of data that reveal sales opportunities earlier than ever before.

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