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| Market Report U.S. |
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| Hotels in the USA recorded a 5.3-percent increase in GOPPAR this month, which was in spite of an uplift in costs, which included a 9.5-percent increase in Labor, according to the latest worldwide poll of full-service hotels from HotStats. Read more |
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| Business Travel Trends |
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| Growth is expected in the coming year but, like the rest of the travel industry, business travel remains in a state of perpetual transition Read more |
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| Blockchain For Hospitality |
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| Old-timers will remember that travel was one of the first industries disrupted by the Internet. Travelocity and Priceline.com were followed by Kayak and other sites that disintermediated airlines, hotels and especially traditional travel agencies. This article focuses on the hospitality but blockchain upstarts are again trying to shake things up. Read more |
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| Hotel Online Distribution |
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| The agreement will see SiteMinder streamline the distribution of Bin Majid properties to online booking channels, as the hotel chain looks to offer more rooms, recreational activities and facilities over the coming months. Read more |
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| Social Media A.I. For Hospitality Industry |
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| A hospitality industry first, CoMMingle AI leverages the power of IBM’s Watson Supercomputer, enabling Lodging Interactive to analyze big data sets across Facebook, Instagram and Twitter through the use of Artificial Intelligence technologies. Read more |
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| Hotel Transaction Atlantic City |
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| Property to be re-branded Ocean Resort Casino Read more |
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| Hotel Transaction Florida |
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| Officials of The Buccini/Pollin Group today announced that it has acquired the 238-room Hilton Melbourne Rialto Place in Melbourne, Fla. PM Hotel Group will operate the hotel. Read more |
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| Hotel Development Pennsylvania |
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| Interstate Hotels & Resorts announces that it has been selected to manage the 349-room Renaissance Philadelphia Airport Hotel, recently acquired by AMENA Hotels LLC. The hotel will immediately undergo a comprehensive renovation. Read more |
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| Urgency Marketing Tactics |
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| Widely-used online marketing techniques designed to unstill a sense of urgency into consumers look set to come under greater scrutiny following a probe by Which?, the UK consumer champion. Read more |
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| Airbnb And The Hotel Industry |
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| Today, Airbnb has already served more than 200 million travelers in more than 65,000 cities around the world. With a supply of more than 3 million listings, Airbnb has more available 'rooms' than any hotel chain in the world. Read more |
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