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How Hotels Can Embrace the Technological Age with Sugar Beach IT Director Shearvon Devenish

Larry Mogelonsky

Like the Chief Technology Officer (CTO), their budgets have increased, aiding them to implement new technology to replace services that were previously done manually by staff despite the size of the hotel brand. Finally, the budget. How have you seen the role of IT Director and CTO change over the past decade?

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Industry execs discuss trends for 2023

Hotel Business

A lot of things that we’re doing now as we build budgets, we’re building them for the things that we know we can affect—the things we see today. “And that really focuses the procurement on what really drives value, all of the non-value-added products and services, you either eliminate, automate or outsource.

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Key Disruptions Rocking the Restaurant Franchise Space

Modern Restaurant Management

Specialized industry lead generation and business development portals have long been the connector between franchisors seeking to engage with potential franchisees, and they are dying on the vine—and rightfully so. Industry Portals Are Perishing. Although consumers may not be aware, portals can be doing them a disservice.

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Industry execs discuss trends carrying over into ’23

Hotel Business

A lot of things that we’re doing now as we build budgets, we’re building them for the things that we know we can affect—the things we see today. “And that really focuses the procurement on what really drives value, all of the non-value-added products and services, you either eliminate, automate or outsource.

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Hotel Equities CDO Joe Reardon talks strategic partnerships

Hotel Business

It was budgeting time around October, and I went by the boardroom and there’s four different companies working on budgets together. One of the immediate benefits is through our industry-best procurement program where we can push savings out to our partners. I remember going back to the second or third one we did.

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How to create a business plan for a hotel

Les Roches

Specify whethe­r it will be a boutique guesthouse­ or budget lodgings and mention your target custome­r base. Skills needed to plan a hotel business To create­ effective busine­ss plans, there are se­veral essential skills you will need to develop. Will you be catering to tourists or local busine­sses?