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JC Hospitality LLC Appoints Chad Brown as Vice President of Marketing
JC Hospitality, LLC | August 20, 2020
LAS VEGAS –JC Hospitality LLC, owner of Virgin Hotels Las Vegas, part of the Curio Collection by Hilton™, has added Chad Brown as Vice President of Marketing for JC Hospitality LLC to further expand its corporate leadership team. “Chad is a tremendous addition to our executive team. He brings a vast amount of knowledge and industry experience specific to the city of Las Vegas,” said Richard “Boz” Bosworth, President and CEO of JC Hospitality LLC. “He will play a vital role as we work together to open the re-imagined Las Vegas lifestyle casino resort, Virgin Hotels Las Vegas.” Chad Brown brings over 20 years of hospitalit
Las Terrazas Resort Selects GCommerce for Custom Website Design and Development
GCommerce | August 20, 2020
Park City, Utah, August 20th, 2020 - GCommerce, a hospitality digital marketing agency, has partnered with Las Terrazas Resort & Residences to design and develop a custom website for the resort. The property is located on the sandy beaches of Belize’s largest island, Ambergris Caye. The newly improved resort website features the resort’s one-of-a-kind dining and spa experiences as well as activities on the resort and across the island. The goal was to build a website design that captured the resort’s prestigious standing on the island by creating a clean, elegant design. Emphasizing the privacy and seclusion and the many activiti
Your COVID-19 Recovery Plan Should Include These 5 Marketing Strategies
Amadeus Hospitality | August 20, 2020
Hoteliers have reopened their doors to a more competitive market than ever before. Travelers are spoiled for choice as every property (no matter what audience they previously catered to) is looking to win their business and keep revenue on the books. It will take a thoughtful approach to your hotel’s marketing plan to entice weary travelers in the era of COVID-19. With their heightened expectations for cleanliness, service, and a good deal in an uncertain economy, is your marketing strategy positioned to succeed? Here is your new 5 step action plan to marketing during a pandemic. Make decisions based on your market This may seem
IHG Signs With Riteway and Medha Projects to Develop Holiday Inn Resort in India
IHG | August 19, 2020
InterContinental Hotels Group® (IHG), one of world’s leading hotel companies, has signed a management agreement with Riteway and Medha Projects to bring a Holiday Inn Resort to the state of Karnataka. Offering 126 well appointed rooms, Holiday Inn Resort Sakleshpur Western Ghats is expected to open its doors to guests in Q1 2023. Underscoring industry confidence despite challenging times, this is the second signing announced by IHG in India in last three months. Located on the Western Ghats mountain range, in the state of Karnataka, Sakleshpur is in close proximity to Bengaluru, and is a great destination for leisure travellers looki
Accor and sbe Unveil Asia’s First Mondrian Hotel in Asia
Accor | August 19, 2020
SEOUL, South Korea, Aug. 19, 2020 - Accor, a world-leading augmented hospitality group, and sbe, the leading international hospitality group that develops, manages and operates award-winning brands, are pleased to announce the first Mondrian hotel in Asia Pacific. Mondrian Seoul Itaewon, which is being developed in partnership with Yojin Construction & Engineering, marks the fifth property in the Mondrian portfolio. With new hotels slated for Bordeaux and Cannes next year, the Mondrian brand expects to grow its lifestyle hotel portfolio to approximately 15 properties by 2022. Together, Mondrian Seoul Itaewon, Mondrian Bordeaux, and
Reaction to the Recent Florida Fifth District Court of Appeal Disney Yacht & Beach Club Resort Decision
Daniel Lesser | August 19, 2020
By Daniel Lesser The monograph “The Valuation of Hotels and Motels” by Stephen Rushmore, published by the American Institute of Real Estate Appraisers in 1978, posited the first accepted methodology for separating out income attributable to business (“intangible asset”) and income attributable to personal property from the entire income stream of a lodging facility. The procedure, which to this day continues to reflect the thinking and actions of hotel sector market participants, has been termed the “Rushmore Approach” within the property tax arena. On June 19th, 2020, The Florida Fifth District Court of Appeal issued a fl
What Summer Search Data Really Tells Us About Post-Covid Travel
Larry Mogelonsky | August 19, 2020
By Larry Mogelonsky, MBA, P. Eng. (www.hotelmogel.com) Travel behavior in the summer of COVID-19 has been erratic and still has a long way to go until it returns to pre-pandemic levels. However, the search data during this recovery period can offer strong clues as to what customers will want from their hotel experiences in the next normal so that operators can adjust their businesses accordingly. Notably, much has already been said about the recent Google Trends numbers which show that search share in many major Western countries for Airbnb and Booking have both trended disproportionately upward relative to Expedia, Hilton and Marriott
STR: U.S. Hotel Performance for July 2020
STR | August 19, 2020
HENDERSONVILLE, Tennessee—The U.S. hotel industry showed slightly higher performance from the month prior, but at overall low levels during July 2020, according to data from STR. In a year-over-year comparison with July 2019, the industry recorded the following: Occupancy: -36.1% to 47.0% Average daily rate (ADR): -24.8% to US$101.76 Revenue per available room (RevPAR): -52.0% to US$47.84 The absolute occupancy level was the lowest for any June on record in the U.S., but all three key performance metrics were up from June levels. August weekly data shows occupancy just below 50% due to a slow and steady rise in demand that