Hotelogix

OCTOBER 11, 2024

Hopper is a trusted platform for booking hotels with a solid reputation in the travel industry. Though it started with flight bookings, its move into hotel reservations has been widely appreciated. Hopper’s predictive pricing feature helps travelers find the best rates, using AI to track price changes and recommend the right time to book. With over eighty million downloads and partnerships with travel brands across the globe, Hopper has become one of the top choices for hoteliers and trav

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 11, 2024

Navigating the bustling world of the restaurant industry comes with its own set of challenges, and one critical area that often flies under the radar is worker classification. Understanding whether your staff are employees or independent contractors isn’t just about following the rules—it’s key to maintaining a fair, compliant and smoothly running establishment.

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Hospitality Net

OCTOBER 11, 2024

As the curtains closed on the World Travel & Tourism Council’s (WTTC) 2024 Global Summit in Perth, Western Australia, the global tourism body announced the Italian capital of Rome as the host city for the 2025 WTTC Global Summit.

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Hotel Owner

OCTOBER 11, 2024

Parade House in the historic centre of Trowbridge, Wiltshire, has been brought to market for a guide freehold price of £950k. Located just 20 minutes from Regency Bath and with transport routes to London and Bristol, the Grade I-listed Parade House was built in around 1720 for the wealthy cloth merchant Robert Houlton and is one of the town’s “finest and most iconic” buildings.

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Driven by a diverse and exciting ecosystem of passionate, ambitious, and often young entrepreneurs, the Food & Beverage (F&B) sector is a highly competitive environment full of immense challenges and exciting opportunities. Expert Market’s 2024 industry report, sponsored by Toast, is informed by a survey of 522 U.S. food and beverage professionals, from restaurant owners to food service managers, providing insights into the real-time challenges and opportunities within the industry.

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Hospitality Net

OCTOBER 11, 2024

With the global tourism sector shifting towards greater sustainability, the meetings at the Organization’s Madrid headquarters advanced work around effective governance and harmonized measurement and monitoring.

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Hospitality Net

OCTOBER 11, 2024

Hotel Equities (HE) and Beechwood Pinnacle announced the opening of the AC Hotel Kansas City Downtown. Located in the historic Rialto Building at 906 Grand Boulevard, the highly anticipated hotel brings a blend of sophistication, luxury, and rich history to the heart of downtown Kansas City. The 239-guest room hotel is co-owned and developed by Beechwood Pinnacle and Hotel Equities serves as the operator.

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Hotel Owner

OCTOBER 11, 2024

The Savoy has announced the appointment of Rob Van Eyck as its new hotel manager from early January 2025. Van Eyck brings a depth of “operational luxury understanding to the helm, including invaluable knowledge of large-scale refurbishments”. He currently holds the position of hotel manager at Rocco Forte’s The Balmoral in Edinburgh, where he has overseen curating “memorable” guest experiences, whilst maintaining the property’s rich heritage.

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Hospitality Net

OCTOBER 11, 2024

Asher Adams, Autograph Collection, an adaptive reuse project that will transform the 1908 Union Pacific Depot into a sophisticated and glamorous 225-room hotel, will open on October 31, 2024. Alongside the restoration of the historic railroad passenger station, Asher Adams will include a new eight-story guestroom tower, signature charcoal-inspired New American restaurant, market and coffee shop, three distinct bars, state-of-the-art fitness center, and five meeting and event spaces that feature

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Hotel Owner

OCTOBER 11, 2024

Locate in Kent has launched a new campaign looking to attract more hotel operators and investors to the county. The campaign stated that this is to meet rising visitor demand for mid-range and luxury accommodation county-wide. It comes alongside the emergence of strategic mixed-use development sites such as Otterpool Park, near Folkestone. Key locations in this campaign include Whitstable and neighbouring Herne Bay as well as Canterbury.

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Managing HR tasks like payroll, compliance, and employee data can overwhelm small businesses. That’s where a Human Capital Management (HCM) solution comes in. Our eBook, Why Every Small Business Needs an HCM Solution: A Comprehensive Guide , shows how an HCM system automates tedious processes, ensuring your business stays compliant and efficient. You’ll learn how to simplify payroll, eliminate costly errors, and empower your employees with self-service tools.

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Hospitality Net

OCTOBER 11, 2024

To support residents who have been displaced from their homes or forced to evacuate by Hurricanes Helene and Milton, Airbnb.org is working with the Florida United Methodist Conference (FLUMC), United Way, Global Empowerment Mission (GEM), and 211 contact centers in Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia to offer free, temporary housing.

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Hotel Owner

OCTOBER 11, 2024

Luxury Family Hotels has appointed Kasia Elliott as general manager of Fowey Hall. Elliott, who was previously deputy general manager at Woolley Grange in Bath, will take up her first general manager position at Luxury Family Hotels’ flagship property in Cornwall. Her career at Luxury Family Hotels spans over eight years, having taken up her first position as supervisor in 2016 at Woolley Grange.

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Hospitality Net

OCTOBER 11, 2024

LONDON - Leading travel marketplace Skyscanner, is today publishing a new report exploring the latest trends in global travel. Titled Skyscanner Horizons: 2024/5 spending, planning and destination insights, the report unpacks and explores a combination of consumer survey and proprietary search data to provide a unique view of how travellers are thinking about their plans for the next 12 months.

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Hotel Owner

OCTOBER 11, 2024

Daish’s Holidays, an independent family-owned UK coach holiday group, has announced the acquisition of a new property on the seafront of Weston-Super-Mare. The Sandringham Hotel, based in Victoria Square, has been purchased for an undisclosed sum and now joins the company’s portfolio of hotels across England and Wales. The purchase of this 92-bed hotel is a strategic investment and marks a “significant milestone” in the company’s 45-year history.

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Speaker: Joe Sharpe and James Carlson

Payroll optimization can be one of the most time-consuming and complex factors of small business management. Yet, organizations that crack the code on streamlining employee compensation often discover innovative avenues for growth. With the right strategies in place, outsourcing and streamlining payroll processes can result in substantial time and resource savings.

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Hospitality Net

OCTOBER 11, 2024

Coming out of a high-inflation, high-interest-rate environment, which negatively impacted hotel transactions in Europe in 2023, transaction activity increased to the highest levels since 2019 in the first half of 2024. Reaching €10.6 billion, the total volume transacted increased by 123% year-on-year, already reaching the total volume for the whole of 2023.

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Hotel Management Network

OCTOBER 11, 2024

Rotana has partnered with Abu Dhabi Hospitality Academy - Les Roches to address the skills shortage in the UAE's hospitality industry. The post Rotana and Abu Dhabi Academy partner to nurture UAE talent appeared first on Hotel Management Network.

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Hospitality Net

OCTOBER 11, 2024

At an impressive €10.6 billion, European hotel transaction volumes increased by 123% in the first half of 2024 compared to the same period in 2023, according to our latest European Hotel Transactions survey.

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Hotel Management Network

OCTOBER 11, 2024

The Hotels Network launches Loyalty Lite. Tool can integrate with a hotel's existing CRM or function, to accommodate various hotel types. The post The Hotels Network introduces Loyalty Lite for hotels appeared first on Hotel Management Network.

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Speaker: Igli Laci, Strategic Finance Leader

In today’s competitive market, pricing is more than just a number — it’s the cornerstone of profitability. The right pricing strategy ensures that you capture the true value of your offering, paving the way for sustainable growth and long-term success. Join Igli Laci, Strategic Finance Leader, in this exclusive session where he will explore how a well-crafted pricing approach balances customer perception with business objectives, creating a powerful tool for securing both competitive advantage a

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Hospitality Net

OCTOBER 11, 2024

Recently, I had the opportunity to sit down with César Pérez, Director of Quality and Sustainability at Vincci Hotels, for another episode of the Shiji Insights podcast. Our conversation touched on several critical themes in hospitality today—hyper-personalization, employee satisfaction, sustainability, and the role of technology. It made me reflect on how the industry is evolving and, importantly, what remains unchanged: the significance of the human connection.

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Hotel Management Network

OCTOBER 11, 2024

SalesAndCatering.com and Cloudbeds announce integration. Integration is expected to help transform hotel group sales and event operations. The post SalesAndCatering.com and Cloudbeds announce integration appeared first on Hotel Management Network.

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Serviced Apartments

OCTOBER 11, 2024

Reading Time: < 1 minute Australia: Construction is underway at the $40 million mixed-use Quest Bairnsdale on Dalmahoy Street, with a projected opening date in summer 2025. The three-storey Quest Bairnsdale will feature a total of 60 rooms, with half of these set aside for studios. Additional room categories include 24 one-bedroom units with two providing accessible features, and six two-bedroom apartments.

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Fast Casual

OCTOBER 11, 2024

A session at #QSRNext will look into current and future menu trends that can take your menu from ho-hum to a humdinger.

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Running a restaurant involves juggling numerous tasks, but payroll and HR shouldn’t add to the stress. Our guide, "A Buyer’s Guide to Payroll & HCM Services," is tailored for the restaurant industry to help you choose the best provider. Efficient payroll services ensure timely, accurate payments, crucial for maintaining staff morale. Compliance support helps navigate labor laws and avoid costly fines.

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Hospitality Net

OCTOBER 11, 2024

Passengers screaming on airplanes and causing them to land, mad men throwing food at the drive-thru, ladies storming around stores and shouting about their rights. Who hasn’t seen a story like this recently? These types of incidents are a daily occurrence, and they often seem unavoidable, but are they really? Sure, customers can be a handful and sometimes their dissatisfaction can lead to epic blowouts.

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Hospitality Net

OCTOBER 11, 2024

Swiss Life and B&B acquire 22 hotels in France from Grape Hospitality, Alchemy Step Hotel Group acquires FLI Group, Art-Invest acquires four B&B Hotels in Germany from Covivio, Nrep acquires Clarion Hotel Stockholm from Aspelin-Ramm, Extendam and Vicartem acquire the Atlas Hotel Brussels in Belgium, SCPI Comète acquires the AZ Orus Factory Hotel in Zaragoza, Spain.

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