The French government employment agency, POLE EMPLOI published results from its annual employment needs survey. The survey report, Besoin de Main d’Oeuvre, or BMO, surveyed employer hiring plans for 2013. The BMO showed a need for more staff in the hospitality and hotel industry. According to the report, French employers plan to increase hiring by … Read More
Hotel revenues in Asia’s gateway cities are subject to global forces, according to one of the newest reports issued by the Cornell Center for Hospitality Research (CHR) at the School of Hotel Administration. A second recently issued report finds that the restaurant industry is embracing social media, but not all restaurants have a clear strategy … Read More
With tough trading conditions expected over the next 18 months, sales strategy has leapt to the top of the hoteliers’ agenda. A UK Based Organization has responded to this by seeking out some of the most successful, tried-and-tested “hotel sales” workshops in sister markets and brought them to the UK to benefit hoteliers. The “Sales … Read More
Cloud computing. Mobile apps. Networked energy-management systems. New technology allows brands and hoteliers opportunities to lower costs and increase bookings, at a time when global economic volatility is challenging the industry’s core growth assumptions. Industry leaders discussed the increasing importance of modern technology to guests and revenue generation. As mobile phones and tablet computers become … Read More
Digital Alchemy and GCommerce today announce that Loren Gray, Director of eCommerce for Ocean Properties, Ltd. & Affiliates (OPL), has been selected to present the keynote address at the second annual Hospitality Marketing Exchange (HME), taking place May 8-9, 2013 at the Sonesta Bayfront Hotel Coconut Grove in Miami. A renowned speaker and hotel industry … Read More
Over the past few decades, there have been many attempts to adopt various technologies for tourism development, but very few have managed to become successful. Most of them are mostly limited to pilot projects or uncompleted prototypes. But one key sector in tourism that has been largely receptive to new technology is the hotel industry, … Read More
Auditel the UK’s leading independent cost management consultancy, have found savings of many thousands of pounds on business costs for the hotel and leisure industry, according to BreakingTravelNews.com. Over the last four years this industry, which is of substantial importance to the UK economy, has faced increasing headwinds. Household disposable income has declined and the … Read More
Hotel executives showed USA Today how the industry is going green inside guest rooms as well as behind the scenes. Energy and water usage for linen cleaning, guest options to not have sheets and towels changed daily, and thermostats with “energy saving” settings are just a few of the ways hotels are taking steps towards … Read More
As published on the Wall Street Journal MarketWatch, Hotel equity investors and lenders are showing a marked increase in investing in the industry based on advanced registration for the Hotel Equity & Lender Perspectives (HELP) Conference set for April 8-9 at the Boston Seaport Hotel. According to conference officials advance registration for the two-day event … Read More
Most visitors now expect to have a Wi-Fi connection available to them, but should hoteliers be expected to provide such access free of charge? It doesn’t take too much searching online, before discovering hotel guests complaining about individual hotels that have decided to levy a charge in these circumstances. It’s clear that the decision on … Read More
