Fri.Jun 09, 2023

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The Case for Expedia Narrowing the Profit Gap With Booking Holdings

Skift Blog

Skift Take: In some ways, Expedia Group's potential narrowing of the take rate gap with Booking Holdings has a lot to do with Booking's strategic decisions — pushing more into the U.S. and expanding its lower-margin flights business.

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Student portrait - from army leadership to hospitality excellence

Hospitality Net

Emilien Dombele’s journey at EHL has exceeded his expectations with its international atmosphere and strong sense of community. With a diverse background and work experience in banking and the Swiss army, Emilien wanted to challenge himself and explore his passion for managing people. Emilien has formed deep connections with his fellow students, creating a vibrant student portrait that celebrates diversity and fosters personal growth.

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Champions League Final Will Bring Thousands to Istanbul. It’s Worth More Than Just the Game.

Skift Blog

Skift Take: When a city bids for a chance to host a major event, it's always about more than the event itself. Istanbul has leveraged the attention to grow as a destination and add thousands of hotels over the last two decades.

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Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Ottawa Celebrates Groundbreaking

Hospitality Net

Construction has officially started on Ottawa’s newest tourism and entertainment destination, the future Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Ottawa. A groundbreaking ceremony, with guests using Hard Rock’s legendary guitar-handled shovels, was held on June 6 at the Rideau Carleton Casino, Future Hard Rock where it will host the new state-of-the-art facility.

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How to Stay Competitive in the Evolving State of Martech

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

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FAA’s Interim Head Is Polly Trottenberg

Skift Blog

Skift Take: Polly Trottenberg has her work cut out for her running the FAA, with the agency having faced a spate of safety-related issues this year.

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Green Ambassadors plant new forest: 25hours Hotels put the year 2023 under the topic of sustainability

Hospitality Net

By the end of 2024, all 25hours Hotels are to receive a sustainability certification from an external institute. The course for this has been set since 2022 with various initiatives. For example, the hotel group cooperates with tree planting projects to contribute to the preservation of global biodiversity and to invest saved resources sensibly. New concepts in the food and beverage sector are aimed at increasing regional and organic offerings.

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UNWTO’s Middle East Members Meet in Jordan

Hospitality Net

The 49th meeting of the UNWTO Regional Commission for the Middle East brought high-level delegations from 12 countries together at the Dead Sea, in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, to assess the current state of tourism in the region and advance shared plans for its future.

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Hopper’s ‘Rise in Travel’ Comes Without Playing the Search Engine Marketing Game

Skift Blog

Skift Take: Unlike Booking and Expedia, which continue to spend to acquire customers from Google – not dare bite the hand that feeds them – Hopper doesn’t list on any search platform. It gets more of its customers through direct channels.

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U.S. hotel commentary - April 2023

Hospitality Net

U.S. hotel demand declined year over year for the first time since February 2021, which if you recall, was the last month with a pre-pandemic comparable the prior year. Specifically, April 2023 demand was down 1.2% from last year, leaving occupancy at 64.4%.

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People Traveling to the U.S. Spent More Than Americans Who Traveled Abroad

Skift Blog

Skift Take: Americans are spending a record amount on their travel, and international inbound travel spend finally surpassed it—that's good news for the U.S. travel industry.

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Diving into Diversity: Decoding the Foundations of Inclusion in Hospitality Talent Acquisition

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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Greyfinch Chatham Inn, Unveils Details of Its Property-Wide Renovation

Hospitality Net

Greyfinch Chatham Inn - the nautical seaside oasis located in the charming small town of Chatham, Massachusetts - is pleased to unveil its property-wide renovation. Formerly known as the Chatham Highlander Village Inn, Greyfinch Chatham Inn has debuted with a new name; four new room categories designed for travelers of all sizes; enhanced and fenced-in outdoor spaces, perfect for families with small children and friends looking for an intimate setting; a private pool as an alternative to the bea

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Airline CEOs Downplay Recession Concerns

Skift Blog

Skift Take: Today's edition of Skift's daily podcast looks closer at airline CEO confidence, Iceland’s music tourism, and U.S. visa delays for Indian travelers.

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The Laguna Resort & Spa, a Luxury Collection Resort & Spa, Nusa Dua, Bali Completes Full Scale Renovations

Hospitality Net

This July, The Laguna, a Luxury Collection Resort & Spa, Nusa Dua, Bali will complete its transformational journey, following over a year of renovations to its rooms, restaurants and other facilities.

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Booking Holdings’ Acquisition of Etraveli Now Subject to Full-Scale EU Antitrust Probe

Skift Blog

Skift Take: It's hard to see how Booking's pending acquisition of flight-oriented Etraveli Group would materially hurt the European hotel industry. After all, Booking.com is already Etraveli's partner for hotels.

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ABM Evolution: How Top Marketers Are Using Account-Based Strategies

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.

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Lindner Properties Joining World of Hyatt in Phases Beginning in June 2023

Hospitality Net

Hyatt Hotels Corporation (NYSE: H) today announced that as part of Hyatt’s strategic collaboration with German hospitality company Lindner Hotels AG, properties of the brands ‘Lindner Hotels & Resorts’ and ‘me and all hotels’ are joining World of Hyatt as part of the JdV by Hyatt collection and will become fully bookable on hyatt.com throughout June 2023.

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STR: U.S. Hotel Performance Decreases in Alignment With Memorial Day

Lodging

HENDERSONVILLE, Tennessee—As expected with the Memorial Day holiday, U.S. hotel performance decreased from the previous week, according to STR’s latest data through June 3, 2023. U.S. Hotel Performance May 28-June 3, 2023 Percentage change from comparable week in 2022:Occupancy: 61.6 percent (down 2.3 percent)ADR: $150.28 (up 1.3 percent)RevPAR: $92.55 (down 1.0 percent) Among the Top 25 Markets, Las Vegas saw the highest year-over-year occupancy lift (up 9.5 percent to 73.5 percent).

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Hyatt Announces Plans for First Hyatt Vivid Property to open in 2024

Hospitality Net

Hyatt Hotels Corporation (NYSE: H) announced today that a Hyatt affiliate has entered into a management agreement with Grupo Murano for Hyatt Vivid Grand Island, an adults-only resort and Dreams Grand Island, a family-friendly 616-room luxury resort. Both properties are expected to open in Cancun, Mexico in early 2024 within the Inclusive Collection, part of World of Hyatt.

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A New Tech Reality for Hotel Asset Managers: Diversify, Streamline, and Automate

Lodging

Earlier this month, I had the opportunity to participate in a lively panel discussion and exchange with many active asset managers in European hospitality at the Hotel Asset Managers Association’s annual meeting at the International Hotel Investment Forum (IHIF) conference in Berlin. These discussions are always interesting—I was struck by how engaged asset managers have become in the progress of technology and innovation and the extent to which they see it as critical to performance […] T

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A Buyer’s Guide to Future-Proofing Your Restaurant Tech Stack

The race to 100% digital is on. With the restaurant industry still in the early innings of its digital transformation, brands need an airtight strategy when it comes to building out their tech stack. Download the buyer’s guide to learn where to prioritize your efforts and get the most out of every investment.

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The Hospitality Show Announces New Speakers, Programming, Parties, Tours, and App

Hospitality Net

The American Hotel & Lodging Association (AHLA) and Questex announced today a new list of high-value speakers and impactful programming for The Hospitality Show (The Show). The Show is a bold, new hospitality operations and technology event to be held June 27-29 at The Venetian Resort Las Vegas.

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Omni Scottsdale Resort & Spa at Montelucia Announces Upcoming Renovation

Lodging

SCOTTSDALE, Arizona—Omni Scottsdale Resort & Spa at Montelucia is proud to announce the upcoming renovation of its guestrooms and meeting spaces. The resort’s transformation draws inspiration from architecture and the surrounding landscape. The phased renovation will begin with the resort’s 293 guestrooms and 38 luxury suites. The re-imagination includes new entry door finishes, secured with RFID, lighting and drapery, paint palettes, furniture including sofas, coffee tables, desks and chair

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Reduced New U.S. Hotel Supply in the Coming Years

Hospitality Net

What a difference a year makes – in the 2022 edition of Trends® in the Hotel Industry, we wrote that major markets were still attracting developers and that new supply growth among the nation’s 65 major markets was expected to record an annual gain of 1.7%, which is above the long-run average of 1.5%. However, over the past year, the market conditions have changed with rising construction costs, rising financing costs, less financing options caused by the recent turmoil in the banking industry,

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TPG Hotels Enters Next Phase of Evolution With Perelmuter as President/COO

Lodging

Moving into the next phase of its evolution following last year’s merger with Marshall Hotels & Resorts, TPG Hotels & Resorts recently tapped industry veteran Ben Perelmuter to oversee day-to-day operations of the company as president and COO. Perelmuter—whose experience includes nearly 30 years of hospitality leadership, most recently serving as division president at Aimbridge Hospitality—took over the new post in March.

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ABM Success Recipe: Mastering the Crawl, Walk, Run Approach

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.

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Magnuson Hotels promotes Laura White to Director of Revenue Management

Hospitality Net

Magnuson Hotels is pleased to announce the promotion of Laura White to the position of Director of Revenue Managament. Previously serving as Client Services Director, White is now responsible for overseeing the revenue strategy implementation for the group’s portfolio.

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India’s SpiceJet Will Add 10 Boeing 737s Starting in September

Skift Blog

Skift Take: Between resurrecting some of the planes that it grounded and these new Boeing 737s, Spicejet is gearing up to meet passenger demand.

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The price of Bordeaux 2022: What you need to know before you buy

Hospitality Net

Bordeaux is back in the news with the 2022 vintage said to be the best this century. But is it really that good? And, above all, should you buy these wines and at what price? Let’s find out.

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The Power of Experiential Marketing: Engaging Customers in Memorable Ways

Social Hospitality

In the digital age where consumers are constantly bombarded with ads, brands face the challenge of capturing attention and creating meaningful connections. Traditional marketing methods aren’t as effective as they once were. That’s where experiential marketing comes into play, offering a refreshing and immersive approach that engages customers in unforgettable ways.

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Beyond The Meeting Room: Luxury Magazine Resource

Escape into a world of luxury and dive into the future of tech, fun takes on the American pastime, and many inspirational individuals. With engaging reports on fashion, food, travel, finance, sports, and more, download now and enjoy the read!

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Zien Group Debuts Its First Hotel Under New Brand

Hospitality Net

Zien Group, the parent corporate company of Eden Hotels has unveiled its first hotel under an all-new brand of independent hotels with the debut of Jan Luyken Amsterdam: a boutique townhouse hotel in the heart of Amsterdam.

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The Power of Experiential Marketing: Engaging Customers in Memorable Ways

Social Hospitality

In the digital age where consumers are constantly bombarded with ads, brands face the challenge of capturing attention and creating meaningful connections. Traditional marketing methods aren’t as effective as they once were. That’s where experiential marketing comes into play, offering a refreshing and immersive approach that engages customers in unforgettable ways.

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82-key Martinhal Residences and Martinhal Lisbon Oriente opens in Lisbon, Portugal

Hospitality Net

Martinhal Resorts has announced the opening of Martinhal Residences and Martinhal Lisbon Oriente. Now open, the luxury riverside hotel and residences located in Lisbon’s contemporary Park of Nations neighborhood, marks an important new chapter for the Martinhal brand, which is already renowned for its collection of family hotels and resorts in Portugal’s top destinations across Lisbon and the Algarve.

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Skift Short-Term Rental Summit Video: The Last-Minute Booking Opportunity for Property Managers 

Skift Blog

Skift Take: In this video from the Skift Short-Term Rental Summit, we hear about why it’s important for property managers with large portfolios to diversify their distribution strategies and channel partners to take advantage of a surge in last-minute bookings.

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How Intent Data Helps Marketers Convert A-List Accounts

One of the biggest challenges for any B2B marketer is understanding your prospects’ next move — who is most likely to buy and when. Without these insights, marketing campaigns can feel more like guesswork, with high investment and little return. We’re here to tell you there’s a better way. By tracking buyers’ digital footprints and online activity, such as website visits, product reviews, and spikes in content consumption, you can engage prospects with a message that really resonates.