Lodging

JUNE 14, 2023

As we continue to notice a rise in blended travel models such as remote work, “bleisure” travel, and full-time nomads, hotel brands will need to rethink everything to cater to these travelers. With nearly 81 percent of business travelers extending their time to include leisure travel actvities and many remote workers taking the chance to work from other destinations for “workcations,” hotels will need to follow the trends set by these categories of travelers and […] The post Shift in Strat

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Skift Blog

JUNE 14, 2023

Skift Take: Google faces a tougher hill to climb than Booking, although the European Commission's statement of objections puts Booking's Etraveli acquisition in doubt.

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Hospitality Net

JUNE 14, 2023

Hotelogix, a globally leading cloud-based hospitality technology provider, will organise Hotel Tech Drive on 20 June in Phuket, Thailand. It will take place at Ramada Plaza by Wyndham Chao Fah Hotel. Hosted jointly with other hospitality solutions providers, Carmen Software and BookingWhizz, it will bring together industry leaders, experts, and innovators to showcase the benefits of cloud technology and full stack solutions for hotels.

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Skift Blog

JUNE 14, 2023

Skift Take: If Congress doesn't allocate money to the assistant secretary for travel and tourism office, it's in effect rendering the position useless to the industry.

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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

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Hospitality Net

JUNE 14, 2023

Shiji, the global hospitality technology innovator, has introduced anew mobile ordering solution called Shiji Digital Dine, aimed at improving operational efficiency and enhancing the guest dining experience in the Hospitality F&B industry, by supporting direct ordering and connectivity with the hotels’ POS.

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Skift Blog

JUNE 14, 2023

Skift Take: In a world where connectivity is king, hotels face an ever-evolving landscape of guest expectations. As the industry adopts cloud-based solutions to meet these growing demands, new standards are being set for the connected hotel of tomorrow.

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Skift Blog

JUNE 14, 2023

Skift Take: The U.S. got a big boost from the vaccine rule drop for international inbound travelers. This won't fill the hole left by Chinese tourists.

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Hospitality Net

JUNE 14, 2023

IHG Hotels & Resorts (IHG), one of the world’s leading hotel companies, today announced the opening of two new hotels in British Columbia – Holiday Inn Express & Suites Courtenay – Comox and Holiday Inn Victoria – Elk Lake – offering modern accommodations with all the amenities to meet the needs of today’s traveler to those traveling to Comox Valley and Victoria on Vancouver Island.

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Skift Blog

JUNE 14, 2023

Skift Take: Introducing the Skift Ideas Podcast, a bi-weekly podcast featuring candid conversations on the innovations and ideas powering the future of travel.

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Hospitality Net

JUNE 14, 2023

HotelRunner, the leading travel and hospitality technologies platform, has launched HotelRunner Review Center, an innovative solution that will fundamentally change the way properties manage their online reputation and form the building blocks of technological transformation fueled by artificial intelligence.

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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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Skift Blog

JUNE 14, 2023

Skift Take: Revenge travel has been one of the dominant trends globally post-pandemic, irrespective of seasons. While that continues to play out, understanding where flight search volumes are highest for any given destination is crucial for all players involved in the travel ecosystem.

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Hospitality Net

JUNE 14, 2023

IDeaS, a SAS company, the world’s leading provider of hospitality revenue management software and services, has announced that Garden Hotel Suzhou has deployed IDeaS’ Revenue Management System (RMS) with significant success, increasing RevPAR over the period January to May 2023 by more than 30 percent of pre-COVID levels. As part of the initial phase of the project, IDeaS Consulting worked with relevant hotel staff to build a revenue culture within the hotel.

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Skift Blog

JUNE 14, 2023

Skift Take: This might be the summer of travel, but the economic uncertainty still has consumers choosing value above anything else.

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Hospitality Net

JUNE 14, 2023

Having a fast website is crucial for the success of any business. 53% of mobile users will abandon a website if it takes more than three seconds to load (Google), which is 76% higher than if the site loads in les than 3 seconds.

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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.

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Anthony Cole Training

JUNE 14, 2023

Regardless of the current state of affairs, GREAT organizations go through a constant assessment of where they are. They look at lagging metrics, leading metrics, and success metrics. They consider that data to help them identify the answer to these three questions.

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Hospitality Net

JUNE 14, 2023

I just heard an excellent motivational speaker, Antonio Neves, and one of his messages was called The Last 30 Days. He talked about visiting a marriage counselor with his wife, where they were asked to consider the question: Looking back over the last 30 days, if you asked your spouse to marry you again, would they say yes?

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Lodging

JUNE 14, 2023

ATLANTA—Hotel Equities (HE) announced the addition of the Wyndham Moline on John Deere Commons in Moline, Illinois, to its management portfolio. The 163-room hotel is located on the Mississippi River and grows HE’s portfolio of properties in the Midwest. The hotel is owned by Moline Hotel, LLC. “We are excited to welcome the Wyndham Moline into our family,” said Al Smith, president of hotel operations.

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Hospitality Net

JUNE 14, 2023

The newly built Holiday Inn Express & Suites Courtenay - Comox features 93 spacious contemporary rooms, an indoor pool, fitness centre, guest laundry and meeting space. With each stay, guests can enjoy a brand staple - complimentary breakfast with a variety of fresh, hot items to choose from. Located just northeast of downtown Courtenay, the hotel provides easy access to the Comox Valley Airport and Canadian Forces Base.

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Lodging

JUNE 14, 2023

BEVERLY HILLS, California—Continuing the momentum from its most recent acquisition in November 2022, Kirkwood Collection announced it has acquired three historic properties in Palm Springs: La Serena Villas, Del Marcos Hotel, and The Three Fifty Hotel. The addition of the hotels expands Kirkwood Collection’s Greater Palm Springs portfolio to five properties and brings the Kirkwood Collection portfolio to ten hotels and properties throughout California.

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Hospitality Net

JUNE 14, 2023

An article published by Phocuswright suggested that the evolution DID/SSI, Decentralized Identifiers and Self Sovereign Identity, would transform a fragmented travel experiences market during the next decade. GenAI (Generative AI – Generative Pre-trained Transformers powered by ChatGPT) will accelerate that evolution. The firms, platforms and applications that support those developments have the potential to serve all the aspects of service experience creation and execution from dreaming, planni

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Skift Blog

JUNE 14, 2023

Skift Take: The Shangri-La concept has always had a fantasy streak. But a new marketing video cleverly connects real-world experiences at its luxury hotels with a conjured haven of imaginary delights.

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Hospitality Net

JUNE 14, 2023

Leading hotel Point of Sale system vendor, Xn Global Systems Inc. is delighted to announce the forthcoming launch of xnPOS BI, a powerful F&B analytics BI platform, at HITEC Toronto. xnPOS BI provides detailed F&B departmental insights, crunched from the rich transaction data collected by xnPOS. It is available for use by both hotel groups and independent hotels.

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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.

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Skift Blog

JUNE 14, 2023

Skift Take: Today's edition of Skift's daily podcast looks closer at hotel CEO pay, profiting from China's travel boom, and the tricky business of private clubs and hotels.

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Hospitality Net

JUNE 14, 2023

Minor Hotels, a hotel owner, operator and investor, currently with a portfolio of 530 hotels and resorts in 56 countries across Asia Pacific, the Middle East, Europe, the Americas, Africa and the Indian Ocean, announces the expansion of its luxury Anantara brand in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia with its upcoming debut in Trojena, the unique year-round mountain destination in NEOM.

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Lodging

JUNE 14, 2023

ROCKVILLE, Maryland—Choice Hotels International, Inc. continues its growth in the extended-stay segment with the groundbreaking of the Everhome Suites Glendale. The property is being developed by HighSide Companies with six Everhome Suites hotels currently completed or under construction, and additional projects in the due diligence phase. “We’re excited to stand alongside HighSide Companies breaking ground on another Everhome Suites hotel as the brand continues its national expansio

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Hospitality Net

JUNE 14, 2023

What does it mean to live well and to enjoy oneself while still making responsible choices? Who are the people wringing the infinite bounties of creation from their patches of the earth and empowering their communities in the process? After years of unending global challenges, what are we collectively seeking? These questions and more are at the core of the new issue of Directions, the Design Hotels’ magazine.

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Lodging

JUNE 14, 2023

BOSTON, Massachusetts—Toast, a digital technology platform built for restaurants, announced an agreement with Marriott International, Inc. to make its Toast for Hotel Restaurants technology available to food and beverage outlets within Marriott’s select-service hotels in the United States and Canada. Toast for Hotel Restaurants is designed to meet the needs of hotel restaurant operators and offers integrations with hotel property management systems, helping leverage technology for the hospitalit

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Hospitality Net

JUNE 14, 2023

The Holiday Inn Victoria - Elk Lake features 71 fully renovated rooms (with plans to add 64 guest rooms in the near future), an outdoor swimming pool, fitness and meetings space; plus boasts the locally known, The Lakes Restaurant and Bar - serving breakfast, lunch, and dinner daily, including a daily happy hour with lite bites and libations. Located in Saanich, the hotel is centrally located between Victoria International Airport (YYJ) and the bustling Victoria downtown area.

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Skift Blog

JUNE 14, 2023

Skift Take: Today's edition of Skift's daily podcast looks closer at why the U.S. needs Chinese tourists, how short-term rentals may perform this summer, and why the new U.S. tourism department can't do anything.

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Hospitality Net

JUNE 14, 2023

Feeling insecure is an all-too-common part of life. In a world that expects us to strive endlessly for perfection with no room for mistakes, remaining secure in one’s self and one’s achievements can be difficult. But what happens when those feelings of insecurity become constant, even when an individual is successful?

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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.

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