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Startups
Nezasa wants to make life easier for travel operators, and Electra is designing a plane to take off from a 150-foot runway.
Justin Dawes | 2 months ago
Hotels
Today’s marketing-savvy travelers know greenwashing when they see it. To help them make authentically sustainable choices, hotel brands need to champion and promote hotels in their portfolios that meet the highest international standards for sustainability initiatives.
Global Hotel Alliance + Skift | 5 months ago
Travel Technology
No longer just a “nice to have,” ancillaries have become central to driving revenue for today’s airlines, hotels, cruises, and rail lines. But instead of adding more fees that travelers see as punitive — such as charging extra for carry-on bags — travel companies should focus on creating incredible add-on experiences that travelers are happy to pay for.
Plusgrade + Skift | 7 months ago
Wyndham’s move to terminate its management contracts with an acquired CorePoint has significant implications around where major companies want to focus their resources in a post-pandemic hotel environment.
Cameron Sperance | 2 years ago
No matter the situation, hotel revenue managers need to figure out how to stack the right building blocks to forecast accurately, price with confidence, and maximize profitability. Taking small steps toward a more holistic approach to revenue planning and strategy is a smart — yet realistic — way to make this happen.
IDeaS Revenue Solutions + Skift | 3 years ago
Coronavirus
There is no doubt that these are some of the toughest times for the hotel industry. Hit hard by the Covid-19 pandemic, the industry is on its knees. Recovery will come, but when, and in what shape, is wholly uncertain. Understanding the current situation, and what a recovery might look like, will help the industry to prepare for when that day comes.
Wouter Geerts, Skift Research | 3 years ago
It’s time for travel buyers to abandon the traditional hotel buying process. Instead, they should review their program on an ongoing basis as new developments in data and technology, the influence of leisure travel, fluctuating rates, new supplier pricing strategies and game-changing mergers overhaul the market.
BCD Travel | 6 years ago
The hospitality industry is in dire need to revamp its own image in order to attract more viable candidates and talent into the workforce.
Georgetown University + Skift | 8 years ago
Hotels say they're supportive of graduate education and offer tuition benefits for employees, but not having a head count of how many hold advanced degrees says something about how they actually track professional development. Ultimately, like most other industries, seniority is the biggest factor for climbing the ladder.
Dan Peltier, Skift | 9 years ago
Being an expert on how to navigate a hotel's reservation system or trouble-shooting issues with mobile check-in apps is always a plus, but solving problems of human beings before resolving technology issues is a huge takeaway for hospitality management students.