Skift Blog
AUGUST 1, 2024
Skift Take: Saudi Arabia has published a 245-page report on why it should host the 2034 FIFA World Cup, giving actual deadlines and timelines for projects for the first time.
Anthony Cole Training
AUGUST 1, 2024
To compete in any marketplace, especially the competitive arena of financial services, advisors, producers, lenders, and relationship managers must have a strategy for success. The top 7% of salespeople, the elite producers, certainly follow a sales strategy and can articulate what they do consistently to find and develop client relationships. There are many ways to differentiate and compete but there are 3 key areas to developing a competitive sales strategy.
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Skift Blog
AUGUST 1, 2024
Skift Take: Wizz Air joins a growing list of airlines to report a steep drop in profits for the last quarter. It remains to be seen if this is a benign correction or the start of something more significant.
Lodging
AUGUST 1, 2024
According to the recent Q2 2024 United States Construction Pipeline Trend Report from Lodging Econometrics (LE), at the close of the quarter, the five markets with the largest hotel construction pipelines were led by Dallas with 189 projects, just four projects shy of its record-high at the end of Q4 2023 and a new record-high 22,392 rooms. Atlanta followed with a record-high 159 projects/18,522 rooms, then the Inland Empire with a record-high 124 projects/12,569 rooms, […] The post Lodgin
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!
Skift Blog
AUGUST 1, 2024
Skift Take: If the market imperative is for a company to grow, grow, grow, investors may be impatient about the pace at Booking Holdings.
Hospitality Net
AUGUST 1, 2024
IHG Hotels & Resorts (IHG), one of the world’s leading hospitality companies, announces the return of InterContinental Hotels & Resorts - the world’s first and largest international luxury hotel brand - to the Philippines in a franchise agreement with Hann Philippines Inc., an emerging leader in the local luxury integrated resort (IR) sector with its Hann Resorts brand.
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Hotel Management
AUGUST 1, 2024
In HM ‘s 2024-2045 Hotel Development Outlook, Marriott International Vice President of Hotel Development ANZP, Richard Crawford, points to signs that activity is set to reignite over the next 18 months. As a NASDAQ-listed company, Marriott International’s shareholders demand growth, and we are certainly upholding our end of the bargain in Australia.
Skift Blog
AUGUST 1, 2024
Skift Take: With 'transformational' changes to its business model announced earlier this week, Spirit will be hoping that these numbers are the start of a long-term shift for the troubled airline.
Hospitality Net
AUGUST 1, 2024
“Come for the sights, stay for the bites.” “Count the memories, not the calories.” Those were two of the snappier soundbites from the stage in Cebu on 26 June. Although both elicited laughs from an audience of 500 tourism officials, travel operators and culinary professionals, the tone of the inaugural UN Tourism Regional Forum on Gastronomy Tourism for Asia Pacific was businesslike.
Skift Blog
AUGUST 1, 2024
Skift Take: Several factors are playing in India's favor as a tourism source market: its population, emerging younger generation, and competition leading to reduced travel costs.
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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
AUGUST 1, 2024
Virgin Hotels London-Shoreditch, the newest hotel from the luxury lifestyle hospitality brand, has officially opened today and is poised to bring an unparalleled blend of heartfelt service, innovation, and personalised experiences to one of London’s most dynamic and eclectic neighbourhoods.
Skift Blog
AUGUST 1, 2024
Skift Take: Curiocity, a South-African company that offers both tours and activities as well as hotel and hostel stays, had to pivot post-pandemic. The switch reveals a new focus on domestic travel and Afro-tourism, driving a shift in its business model.
Hospitality Net
AUGUST 1, 2024
Featuring the city’s first contemporary ryokan experience on its own dedicated floor, Four Seasons Hotel Osaka welcomes local and regional guests and international travellers to discover why this fascinating city is rapidly increasing in popularity on the world stage.
Skift Blog
AUGUST 1, 2024
Skift Take: IAG is once again scrapping its plans to acquire Air Europa after it seemed likely that regulators would reject the deal.
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
AUGUST 1, 2024
A new learning experience from The Ritz-Carlton Leadership Center, Leading Employee Excellence, identifies the behaviors of example-setting leadership that powerfully and passionately inspire a culture of excellence, announced Amanda Joiner, Global Vice President of the consulting and advisory firm. The global organization leverages the legendary Gold Standards of The Ritz-Carlton to help companies create exceptional customer and employee experiences and drive competitive advantage.
Hotel Management
AUGUST 1, 2024
Karl Marshall joins InterContinental Melbourne The Rialto InterContinental Melbourne The Rialto has welcomed experienced hotelier Karl Marshall as its new General Manager. A New Zealand native with over 20 years of experience in luxury five-star hotels, Marshall’s career journey has taken him from Australia to Tanzania, South Africa, UAE, and Oman. As a result, he has developed unique expertise in strategic and operational hotel leadership, working with diverse and multicultural teams worldwide.
Hospitality Net
AUGUST 1, 2024
I’ve often wondered how many hotels Dubai, Abu Dhabi or Saudi Arabia can sustain. Despite decades of experience in the hospitality sector, I am not sure. And I can’t be the only one.
Lodging
AUGUST 1, 2024
NORTH BETHESDA, Maryland—Choice Hotels International, Inc. opened four Cambria Hotels across the United States. The newly opened properties, located in Niagara Falls, New York; Rehoboth, Deleware; North Conway, New Hampshire; and Denver, Colorado, join a collection of more than 70 open Cambria Hotels located around the country and an upscale portfolio of eight brands, including Radisson Blu, the Ascend Hotel Collection, Radisson, Radisson Individuals, and Radisson RED.
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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
AUGUST 1, 2024
Anthony Capuano, President and Chief Executive Officer, said, “Marriott reported strong second quarter results, with net rooms up 6 percent year over year and worldwide RevPAR[1] growth of nearly 5 percent, as consumers continued to prioritize travel. International RevPAR increased more than 7 percent, with Asia Pacific excluding China leading the way, posting an impressive 13 percent RevPAR increase from the year-ago quarter.
Lodging
AUGUST 1, 2024
WASHINGTON—American Hotel & Lodging Association (AHLA) Interim President and CEO Kevin Carey released the following statement after the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, & Transportation approved the Hotel Fees Transparency Act, which would create a nationwide standard for lodging cost transparency. The bill now awaits a full Senate vote.
Hospitality Net
AUGUST 1, 2024
Let’s play a game. We can call it Lousy Service Versus Good Service, or a better title I came up with: The Dark Side Versus the Shep Side.
Lodging
AUGUST 1, 2024
Marriott International, Inc. reported second quarter 2024 results. Highlights include: Anthony Capuano, president and CEO, said, “Marriott reported strong second quarter results, with net rooms up 6 percent year over year and worldwide RevPAR growth of nearly 5 percent, as consumers continued to prioritize travel. International RevPAR increased more than 7 percent, with Asia Pacific excluding China leading the way, posting an impressive 13 percent RevPAR increase from the year-ago quarter.
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
AUGUST 1, 2024
Bringing industrial-chic design and vibrant communal spaces, the hotel welcomes guests in the heart of downtown Chongqing
Lodging
AUGUST 1, 2024
NEWTON, Massachusettes—Sonesta International Hotels Corporation announced the execution of 19 franchise agreements during the second quarter of 2024 spanning six of the company’s 13 brands. “These signed franchise agreements executed in Q2 bolster our presence in certain key markets and represent the introduction of several new owners to Sonesta,” said Keith Pierce, Sonesta’s EVP and president of franchise and development.
Hospitality Net
AUGUST 1, 2024
Otelier, a leading provider of back office automation and business intelligence tools and a member of Oracle PartnerNetwork (OPN), today announced that three Otelier solutions – DigiAudit, TruePlan and IntelliSight – are available on Oracle Cloud Marketplace and can be deployed on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) and integrated with OPERA Cloud via the Oracle Hospitality Integration Platform (OHIP).
Skift Blog
AUGUST 1, 2024
Skift Take: Today's podcast looks at Marriott's optimism in the face of challenge, the next step in junk fee legislation, and the ongoing strength of Norwegian Cruise spending.
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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
AUGUST 1, 2024
Singapore, 02/August/2024: Hotelogix, a globally leading cloud-based hospitality technology provider, said that Ramnee Hotel in Scotland has adopted its Hotel Property Management System (Hotel PMS) to automate and streamline daily operations efficiently.
Hotel Management
AUGUST 1, 2024
The Ascott Limited introduced its first The Crest Collection hotel in Asia Pacific last year with the opening of a 336-room Singapore hotel in October 2023. Formerly the Riverside Hotel Robertson Quay, the hotel was rebranded as The Robertson House by The Crest Collection following a phased renovation from March 2023. A celebration of Singapore’s rich history, Robertson House has been conceptualised by an in-house design and technical services team, who crafted a narrative that remembers the pas
Hospitality Net
AUGUST 1, 2024
A robust sales distribution strategy is indispensable for hotels striving to maximise revenue and drive direct bookings. By leveraging a diverse array of channels, hotels can amplify their visibility, target high-value guests, mitigate the impact of seasonality, and foster direct booking growth.
Hotel Management
AUGUST 1, 2024
IHG Hotels and Resorts is advancing its efforts to combat food insecurity on a global level through a new multi-year partnership with NGO Action Against Hunger. IHG will help support and fund Action Against Hunger’s nutrition programmes, which been preventing, detecting and treating hunger across East Africa, Central Africa, West Africa, Asia, the Americas, Middle East and Europe for decades, with a specific focus on screening initiatives designed to spot early signs of malnutrition in children
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