Skift Blog
MARCH 17, 2023
Skift Take: The Federal Aviation Administration has a budget to maintain, but now is not the moment to dwell on the figures as staffing and safety issues emerge.
Lodging
MARCH 17, 2023
A prominent sign of the era of sustainable lodgings is the success of Soul Community Planet (SCP), a hotelier that prioritizes environmental responsibility, along with wellness and social stewardship. Ken Cruse, co-founder and chief executive officer, and Pam Cruse, co-founder and chief marketing officer, lead the company, which currently owns and operates nine hotels: three in California, three in Oregon, and three in Colorado, Hawaii, and Costa Rica, respectively.
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Hotel Management
MARCH 14, 2023
Wyndham Hotels and Resorts has introduced the Tryp brand to South Australia for the first time with the opening of Tryp by Wyndham Pulteney Street in Adelaide’s CBD. Operated by Resort Management by Wyndham, a division of Wyndham Destinations Asia Pacific, the AU$50 million hotel is the only Tryp by Wyndham branded property in the country at present.
Anthony Cole Training
MARCH 17, 2023
What your salespeople must ‘have’ to be successful at uncovering value. From a sales strategy and process perspective, positioning value not only requires a great VALUE PROPOSITION but also supporting Will to Sell, Sales DNA, and Sales Competencies. Using data from just one of our dozens of community bank clients, this is what we found out about top 25% of the team vs the bottom 25% of the team.
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Skift Blog
MARCH 16, 2023
Skift Take: While some of the tech advances Skift featured over the years may not have lived up to expectations yet, others are poised to play an even bigger role in the travel industry in years to come. Check out this list.
Lodging
MARCH 17, 2023
IHG Hotels & Resorts announced the first destination in the Americas for the reimagined Regent Hotels & Resorts on the beachfront of Santa Monica, California. Poised to open in late 2023, Regent Santa Monica Beach will bring new experiences to the coastline. Regent Santa Monica Beach is set near Santa Monica Pier. Following a transformation, the resort will have both guestrooms and suites along with a beachfront pool deck with multiple pools and a spa […] The post IHG Announces Fir
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Are Morch
MARCH 15, 2023
Promoting your hotel through marketing is key to attracting more guests and increasing your bookings. But, hotel marketing trends come and go. This is in response to emerging technology and changes in consumer behavior. If you are to see enhanced results, you can’t argue about implementing the latest hotel marketing trends in your strategy. Staying […] The post Hotel Marketing: The Latest Trends You Should Know appeared first on Are Morch, Digital Transformation Coach.
Skift Blog
MARCH 16, 2023
Skift Take: Sure, you may have the best tourism products, but what good is a destination if it doesn’t engage with its audience to communicate that?
Hotel Financial Coach Blog
MARCH 12, 2023
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Hotel Management
MARCH 16, 2023
Sydney’s Surry Hills is home to the city’s latest designer boutique hotel, 202 Elizabeth, which opened this week. Targeting adults only (16+) – and their pooches – the lifestyle hotel offers an understated luxury experience in the heart of Surry Hills. The 38-room hotel brings a creative design, a focus on organic products and textures and claims to be one of the most sustainably built hotels in Sydney.
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Are Morch
MARCH 12, 2023
One of the industries with the fastest global growth rates is the luxury hospitality and real estate sector, which provides a premium experience to high-end customers. The market trend is anticipated to increase in 2023 as the world continues to recover from the epidemic, and businesses in the industry must keep up with new developments […] The post Luxury Hospitality and Real Estate Market Trends for 2023 appeared first on Are Morch, Digital Transformation Coach.
Skift Blog
MARCH 17, 2023
Skift Take: Even after the American Society of Travel Advisors weighed in with a plea to delay the removal of 40 percent of airfares from traditional retail channels by eight months, the carrier has confirmed there’ll be no 11th hour reprieve. All the travel industry can do now is brace itself.
Lodging
MARCH 17, 2023
WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH, North Carolina—Dellisart Hospitality announced they are offering a digital media audit to the first twenty-five ownership groups that qualify. “With Google dramatically evolving their algorithm, hoteliers need to evolve their websites to stay relevant to search queries,” said Doug Artusio, chairman and CEO, Dellisart Hospitality.
Hotel Management
MARCH 14, 2023
Ovolo Hotels has revealed the new Laneways By Ovolo offering – an evolution of Ovolo Laneways – in Melbourne’s CBD. The Little Bourke Street property opened to guests last week with reimagined public spaces and rooms by Australian interior designers Luchetti Krelle, as well as an all-new 120-seat food and drink offering Amphlett House. The 42-room hotel takes inspiration from 1980s Italian design and architecture collective Memphis Group, and is a colourful reflection of Melbourne’s vibrant lane
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
Social Hospitality
MARCH 14, 2023
Social media has become a crucial part of any successful marketing strategy, and creating your own branded hashtags can help you stand out in the crowded online world. Branded hashtags allow you to group your content and make it easier for your audience to find and engage with your posts. In this blog post, we’ll show you how to create your own branded hashtags on social media.
Skift Blog
MARCH 16, 2023
Skift Take: Digital transformation requires more than investment in new tools and technologies. By keeping the human dimension of hospitality front and center, hotels can maintain flexibility and better address the unforeseen disruptions that are now commonplace.
Hotel Business
MARCH 14, 2023
Raines , a fully integrated hotel development, management and investment company, has acquired HP Hotels , a full-service, third-party hotel management company, resulting in operational expansion throughout the Southeast and Southwestern U.S. The financial terms of the transaction are not being publicly disclosed. “Assets alone will not get Raines to where it needs to be as a company,” said Grey Raines, managing partner, Raines.
Hotel Management
MARCH 16, 2023
There are just a few days left to snap up Early Bird tickets for the Asia Pacific Hotel Industry Conference and Exhibition (AHICE) – the hotel event where deals get done – and leading hotel architecture and interior design conference, Design Inn Symposium, taking place in Adelaide from May 2-4. As the leading conference for the global hotel industry in Asia-Pacific, AHICE – now in its 14 th year – will once more attract over 1,000 leading owners, investors, hoteliers, executives, and suppliers f
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eHotelier
MARCH 12, 2023
Ever since ChatGPT launched in November 2022, ChatGPT has been trending online. Here is what you need to know to be on top of it.
Skift Blog
MARCH 15, 2023
Skift Take: Most environmental, social and governance (ESG) reports include a company's aspirations to reduce carbon emissions and combat global warming, but at an operational level it seems there's little regard for the impacts of travel.
Revinate
MARCH 17, 2023
Email marketing is a cornerstone of hospitality marketing. Many hoteliers consider email marketing to be a time-consuming effort with different one-time campaigns. But there’s a faster, easier, and more effective way. Step into the life-changing world of email marketing automation. By using automated email marketing campaigns, you can deliver personalized messages to guests, improve engagement, [.
Hotel Management
MARCH 16, 2023
To coincide with International Day of Happiness on March 20, Oaks Hotels, Resorts and Suites has taken a closer look at what makes people happy, including in the guest experience. Oaks Chief Operating Officer, Craig Hooley, spoke to HM about the important elements that contribute to a happy hotel experience. What are the most important elements of the hotel experience that translate to overall guest satisfaction?
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eHotelier
MARCH 14, 2023
The best commercial strategies for hoteliers will help you grow your hotel business. Use these 5 strategies to attract new clients and retain existing ones.
Skift Blog
MARCH 17, 2023
Skift Take: The hotel brands have largely captured market share in the upscale segment and are now expanding their portfolios into the relatively un-penetrated luxury and midscale/premium economy space that offer the greatest opportunity for further branded share gains.
Hotel Business
MARCH 14, 2023
Tech-enabled hotel management company Life House has added two more properties in Mexico to its portfolio of more than 65 independent hotels. The two properties are Faisano Nomadas in Aldea Zama and The Carmen in Playa Del Carmen. With these hotels, the company is now managing five independent hotels in the Mexican state of Quintana Roo. The Carmen is a 37-room hotel in Playa Del Carmen that caters to adult vacations and is located directly on the beach.
Hotel Management
MARCH 16, 2023
2022 was a whirlwind year for La Vie Hotels and Resorts with Managing Director, Craig Bond, saying it was when La Vie “really came into its own”. “People who hadn’t heard of us before, started to take note,” he told HM in the 2023 Industry Leaders Forum. Here, he shares the highlights from a transformative year for the business and points to growth opportunities in 2023. 2022 was a year of extraordinary growth across Australia and South and South-East Asia for La Vie Hotels and Resorts.
Speaker: Brendan Sweeney, VP of Sales at Allego
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eHotelier
MARCH 16, 2023
Hotels are often biased when creating offerings and packages for potential guests because they make decisions based on a hunch or past experiences that are no longer relevant. Let's examine which data a hotel needs to implement a successful guest personalization process.
Skift Blog
MARCH 17, 2023
Skift Take: Morocco saw its tourism revenue surge in 2022, and its government believes further investment in the sector will be the catalyst for another boom — especially with the country poised to grow in popularity with remote workers.
Hotel Business
MARCH 15, 2023
Peachtree Hospitality Management (PHM) has entered into agreements with TEKMAK Development Company , a full-service hospitality development company, to provide third-party management services for a portion of its hotel portfolio. PHM will assume operations of the SpringHill Suites Dallas Rockwall in Rockwall, TX, on Aug. 1, and is slated to manage two under-construction hotels, a dual-branded TownePlace Suites by Marriott and Fairfield by Marriott in Paris, TX, and a TownePlace Suites by Marriot
Hotel Management
MARCH 16, 2023
The brilliant Crowne Plaza Changi Airport has been named World’s Best Airport Hotel for the eight time at the 2023 World Airport Awards this week (Mar 13). Located at Singapore Changi Airport with direct access to all airport terminals and Jewel, Crowne Plaza Changi Airport caters to travellers who will have more reason for a longer stayover, as well as local visitors seeking meeting venues or a relaxing staycation — thanks to the variety of lifestyle offerings available within and around the ho
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