Hotel Management

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Hotels across Melbourne and Sydney are feeling the star power of global music icon Taylor Swift as fans flock from all over to attend the sold-out Eras Tour concerts, taking place over the next two weekends. Accor Pacific Chief Operating Officer PME, Adrian Williams, told HM there has been an unprecedented level of interest in Accor hotels and its loyalty programme ALL – Accor Live Limitless since the concerts were first announced – and not just in these two cities.

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Skift Blog

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Skift Take: Google is a key pillar in destination marketing. So it's interesting that Ireland tapped one of the tech giant's execs to be the new leader of its tourism strategy.

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Lodging

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

In 2023, rising international travel and nationwide workforce restoration resulted in a boost for the hospitality industry. Despite these positive strides, the landscape is not without challenges, as inflation and various economic hurdles have prompted travelers to curtail their discretionary spending. In response to these evolving dynamics, hotels are poised to continue their adoption of cloud technology and AI innovations that aim to enhance the guest experience throughout the rest of 2024.

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Hospitality Net

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Offering an accessible, high quality and comfortable accommodation experience in more than 1260 locations around the world, ibis launches the first "Charlie’s Corner" restaurant concept in Türkiye with ’ibis İstanbul Şişli’.

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Hotel Management

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

EVT Hotels and Resorts has signed a deal with Invictus Developments to manage The Old Clare Hotel in Chippendale and Harbour Rocks Hotel in Sydney, under a new brand to be launched within the Independent Collection by EVT (ICbE) later this year. Announcing the partnership exclusively to HM , EVT revealed that there are plans to extend the partnership further, with experienced hospitality leader and former QT Canberra GM, Joel Gordon, appointed to oversee the multi-hotel collection as Group Gener

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Skift Blog

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Skift Take: This new event will bring together visionaries, CTOs, CIOs, and leaders driving change within travel to discuss how AI will unlock new value for consumers in travel and to showcase the work leaders are doing to create that future.

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Hospitality Net

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Hampton Inn & Suites Jackson proudly announces the completion of its extensive renovation project, ushering in a new chapter of modern comfort for guests. With meticulous attention to detail and a commitment to exceeding expectations, the newly transformed hotel, conveniently located off I-40, promises an unparalleled experience for visitors to Jackson, TN, and beyond.

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Hotel Management

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

The Sebel Sydney Martin Place has completed a multi-million-dollar refurbishment, revealing a boutique-style experience that brings together heritage and cosmopolitan elements. A partnership between Accor and Salter Brothers, the 86-room hotel on Philip Street has been transformed with a fresh interior by Stack Studio, centred around style, comfort and convenience.

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Skift Blog

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Skift Take: No, Brian Chesky isn't necessarily talking about launching flights on Airbnb when he refers to becoming a "cross-vertical company." Google Flights, relax.

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Lodging

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

You can’t succeed and thrive for 35 years and multiple generations without learning to pivot and adapt to change, and Raines has certainly done that. But for the longtime hospitality company, there has been one constant, and that is putting people first. It’s that philosophy that has been a core tenet of the integrated Florence, South Carolina-based development, management, and investment company and has helped it steadily expand its portfolio of Southeastern properties.

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Hospitality Net

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Marking the Thompson Hotels brand’s fourth property in Texas, the highly anticipated luxury lifestyle hotel is now open and welcoming guests to Houston’s historic Fourth Ward.

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Hotel Management

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

EVT is bringing its budget lifestyle brand Lylo to Australian shores with the launch of a property in Brisbane’s Fortitude Valley this April. Following the opening of three locations in New Zealand – in Auckland, Christchurch, and Queenstown – Lylo’s Queensland property will showcase its design-led, social accommodation experience to cost-conscious travellers in Australia.

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Skift Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Skift Take: Some hosts left Airbnb during the early part of the pandemic because they lost their incomes and were angry about refund policies. Airbnb's host and listing' numbers show it has turned a corner for now.

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Lodging

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

As a college student, Expotel Hospitality President and Chief Development Officer Michael Nixon was considering different careers—medicine, law, and especially, espionage—while working summers at a hotel. Describing his journey from his college days, he told LODGING, “I had majored in the Russian language and minored in international affairs, with thoughts of joining the CIA or the NSA, that is, until I factored in the starting salary.

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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

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Hotel technology remains an investment priority this year, with a nod to solutions that help drive guest and employee loyalty. According to the 2024 Lodging Technology Study, 100% of survey respondents (hotel professionals representing more than 10,000 properties worldwide, including luxury, upscale, midscale, and economy brands) say their IT budgets will increase or hold steady this year.

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Hotel Management

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Crystalbrook Collection is set to expand into the South Australia market following the signing of a AU$130 million new-build hotel in Adelaide’s CBD with local property developer, Samaras Group. The 200-room Crystalbrook Sam, slated to open in 2026, will be located at 15 Halifax Street, in the heart of the CBD, and is intended to serve as a “highly unique, upscale hospitality” offering.

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Skift Blog

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Skift Take: If you work for an online travel agency and suggested it open brick-and-mortar stores to bring customers online, you would get very quizzical looks, at the least. Let's see if it works in Argentina and Brazil for Despegar/Decolar.

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Lodging

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Hotel companies sometimes hire independent entities—persons or firms—to provide certain guest services. In most such cases, the laws of agency are in play: the hotel is the principal that empowers someone else (an agent) to act on its behalf and controls the methods used by the agent to carry out delegated tasks. Whether expressed through contract or implied through actions, the principal’s relationship to the agent creates a fiduciary relationship between the parties that requires the […]

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Hospitality Net

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

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Hotel Management

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Lunar New Year has failed to lure high numbers of visitors from China to Australia with the Australian Tourism Export Council (ATEC) reporting a slower than expected recovery. In what is traditionally a peak period for visitation, forward bookings and revenues are significantly down, compared to 2019 levels, while length of stay remains steady, according to ATEC’s recent member survey.

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Skift Blog

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Skift Take: A potential buyer could decide to break up Tripadvisor's parts, including Viator, TheFork, and metasearch, under the theory that the parts are worth more than the whole.

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Lodging

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

MILWAUKEE—Marcus Hotels & Resorts announced that it has reached an agreement to jointly acquire the Loews Minneapolis Hotel with Hempel Real Estate and Robinson Park Investments. The terms of the agreement were not disclosed and are subject to the satisfaction of certain standard closing conditions. Upon closing, Marcus Hotels & Resorts will assume hotel management, which will be rebranded under another major global hotel system.

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Hospitality Net

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Visionary real estate developer Peter Freed of Freed Developments announces first-ever Freed Hotel and Residences tower located at Adelaide and Duncan, just west of University. This $800M skyscraper will bring both Katsuya by Sam Nazarian’s Disruptive Group by sbe and artwork by renowned Japanese artist Takashi Murakami to Toronto. Designed by Chicago-based tall building experts Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture, renowned for the next world’s tallest and most luxurious skyscraper Jeddah To

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Hotel Management

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Sofitel Sydney Wentworth is set to introduce a four-venue food and beverage offering, in partnership with House Made Hospitality, that aims to raise the standard of hotel dining. Featuring two restaurants and two bars, offering a variety of unique experiences, the new culinary experience aims to draw the “Our ambition is to set a new standard for Australia’s hotel dining scene by offering a world-class variety of venues all located in the one luxury destination,” said Sofitel Sydney Wentworth Ge

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Skift Blog

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Skift Take: Destinations worldwide are increasingly introducing tourist taxes to generate revenue, and we explain why those fees are becoming more common.

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Lodging

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

To make their guests “feel at home,” hotels have had to continually update the entertainment offerings in their guestrooms to match the amenities purchased for home use. Radios were first introduced at the Boston Park Plaza Hotel in 1927, followed by the offering of televisions at the Roosevelt Hilton in New York City in 1947. In the 1960s, hotels and motels began to proudly promote the advent of color televisions, and during the 1970s, hotels […] The post Beyond the TV: Hotel In-Room Ente

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Hospitality Net

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

SRM Group, a Group is known for its formidable foray into the multi-vertical enterprise, has made its presence in the fields of Education, Healthcare, Cement Industry, Media, Hospitality, and Transport across the country, today announced the signing of Ramada by Wyndham Chennai, Potheri under a franchise agreement with Wyndham Hotels & Resorts.

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Hotel Management

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Canberra property group Doma is set to introduce its third Little National property this April with the opening of a 181-room hotel in Newcastle. Located at 44 Honeysuckle Drive, within Newcastle’s waterfront commercial and entertainment precinct, the hotel is located a short walk from the city’s Transport Interchange. “We’re thrilled to be bringing a Little National Hotel to Newcastle,” said Doma Managing Director, Jure Domazet.

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Skift Blog

FEBRUARY 10, 2024

Skift Take: Multiple travel startups raised nearly half of a billion dollars a couple of weeks ago. It's a bigger group again this week, but they're all smaller numbers this time.

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Anthony Cole Training

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Most organizations and sales managers think of accountability or performance management as “micro-managing.” Jim Collins has been quoted as saying “There is no such thing as 'micro-managing.' There is either managing or not managing.” There is a lot that a manager must bring to the table to be effective at setting standards and gaining accountability with their team.

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