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Using Labor Data to Minimize Costs and Turnover
While the pent-up demand from 2022’s travel recovery has now normalized, hotels are still mired by inflationary wages and high…
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Zero-Cost Guest Experience Enhancements for 2023
Mere weeks in 2023, the year is already offering up quite a few question marks as to where to allocate…
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Power Of Pipelines
BITAC Development Panel Highlights Challenges With Ground-Up Deals In ‘22
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What Else to Do with QRs in 2023
Take a moment to think back to what you thought about quick ready (QR) barcodes before the pandemic hit. More…
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Conversational AI Exemplifies the New Era of Hotel Operations
Heading into this past summer’s travel recovery surge, every hotelier knew that labor shortages would be something to contend with,…
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Aiming Higher
Aimbridge Hospitality continues its focus on acquiring top talent on the heels of its recent restructuring this time adding a…
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Schulze Aims to Achieve Top 100 Status
Even billionaires have bucket lists. Richard M. Schulze, founder of retail giant Best Buy, wants the International Course at his…
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The Dependency Ratio and Ongoing Hotel Labor Challenges
By 2050, one-third of the population will be over the age of 65 in most of Western Europe, Japan, South…
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A Look at the Transition to CEO
Alex Tisch smiled at the analogy of his impending move from president of Loews Hotels & Co., to CEO, replacing…
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Niche Growth
Third-party Operator Twenty-Four Seven Adds To Portfolio, Executive Ranks
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Diversity Driven
Women Of AAHOA Discuss Challenges, Opportunities Ahead For Larger Industry Presence
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Owner’s Outlook
AAHOA Members Underscore Top Issues For Hoteliers During BITAC Panel
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C-Level Changes
A trio of brands have recently announced C-level changes that figure to dramatically impact the direction of the companies heading…
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Positive Growth
The lodging industry recovery continues to gain momentum incrementally with many experts expressing optimism going forward. The latest indicator of…
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Empowering Women
A pair of major lodging industry associations, AAHOA (Asian-American Hotel Owners Association) and AH&LA (American Hotel & Lodging Association, continue…
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Change At The Top
A pair of hotel management companies, OTO Development and Twin Bridges Hospitality, tapped new leaders yesterday to help bring their…
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String Of Acquisitions
While the hotel acquisition market has cooled a bit in recent months, there has been an uptick in activity within…
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Four Macro Factors That May Erode Midscale Hotels
The travel recovery this summer is at full throttle, but to keep the gravy train going hotels have to look…
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Leading The Way
Based on system-wide results that outpaced the overall industry, as well as positive growth projections for hospitality in the months…
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Travel Trending Up
U.S. Travel Association President/CEO Roger Dow insisted that hospitality is poised for a full recovery citing the historic resilience of…
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Executive Shuffle
A pair of major operators—Aimbridge Hospitality and Hospitality Ventures Management Group (HVMG)—bolstered their executive ranks earlier this week with senior-level…
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Gaining Momentum
Earlier this week Choice Hotels International became the latest major brand company to report its 1Q results for 2022 and…
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Back To Basics On Sustainability
Sustainability continues to take on an increasingly important role within the lodging industry as more companies and associations recognize the…
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Sharing A Success Story
It’s well documented that labor remains a huge challenge for the lodging industry in the wake of the pandemic and…
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Family-First Approach
For hotel companies investing in your people has never been more critical than it is today amid the well-chronicled labor…