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Managing Capacity Constraints in a COVID-19 World
Dan Skodol | May 20, 2020
By Dan Skodol As hotels around the world gradually reopen following closures brought about by the COVID-19 crisis, they face the daunting challenge of balancing the need to bring guests back with the importance of keeping them safe and healthy. Hotels that reopen typically must adhere to strict guidelines around social distancing, cleanliness and sanitation, and reduced capacity across rooms and outlets. At the same time, competition among hotels for the returning business threatens to put downward pressure on rates. All of this translates into increased costs, thinner margins, and a slew of other financial and operational risks.
Asia Pacific’s Hotel Construction Pipeline, Excluding China, Continues to Expand in the First Quarter of 2020*
Lodging Econometrics | May 20, 2020
May 20, 2020 – PORTSMOUTH, NH – According to the recent report from analysts at Lodging Econometrics (LE), Asia Pacific’s total construction pipeline, excluding China, expanded to 1,905 projects/404,903 rooms, up 6% and 5% respectively, year-over-year (YOY). The region currently has 977 projects under construction with 222,497 rooms. There are 409 projects with 79,610 rooms scheduled to start construction in the next 12 months, and a record-high 519 projects/102,796 rooms in the early planning stage. In addition, during the first quarter of 2020, the Asia Pacific region excluding China saw 83 new hotels accounting for 15,263 rooms
Hotel Industry on Brink of Collapse Releases Roadmap to Recovery
AHLA | May 20, 2020
WASHINGTON D.C. (May 20, 2020) – With new data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) showing staggering job loss to the hospitality and leisure industry, the American Hotel & Lodging Association today released a “Roadmap to Recovery,” calling on Congress to prioritize relief for hotel workers and small businesses in the next stimulus package. The April Jobs Report showed the hospitality and leisure industry was the hardest hit, losing 7.7 million jobs—nearly as many jobs as the next four sectors combined. (Click here to read AHLA’s letter to Congress.) AHLA is urging Congress to provide immediate assistance in these fo
Hotels Urged to Clean Linens Daily, Handle With Extra Precautions
TRSA | May 20, 2020
ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 20, 2020--State and local officials are TRSA’s initial targets in its latest campaign to control COVID-19’s spread by promoting responsible linen, uniform and facility services practices. Governors, mayors and city managers have been urged by TRSA to guide hoteliers to clean all textiles daily and handle their linen under OSHA universal precautions, among other tactics to ensure guest safety and confidence. These guidelines were sent to the National Association of Governors, U.S. Conference of Mayors and International City/County Management Association. All are expected to play a role in writing safety guidance doc
New Meliá Koh Samui Welcomes Phatsalawadee Pimpila as Director of Sales and Marketing
Meliá Hotels & Resorts | May 20, 2020
KOH SAMUI, Thailand (May 20, 2020) – A talented hospitality professional with two decades of diverse experience in sales and marketing and a passion for building strong business relationships has been named five-star Meliá Koh Samui’s director of sales and marketing. Thai national Phatsalawadee Pimpila’s appointment to the new 159-room and 41-suite luxury resort on Koh Samui’s north-eastern coastline in the Gulf of Thailand, comes after she previously worked as director of sales for Kanda Residences, another five-star hotel situated on Koh Samui island. Ms Pimpila has also worked as the managing and sales director for O-Pa Tele
Travel-Related Unemployment Hits 51% Just Ahead of Memorial Day
The U.S. Travel Association | May 20, 2020
WASHINGTON (May 20, 2020)—More than half of the 15.8 million travel-related jobs in the U.S. have disappeared since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic—driving an unemployment number (51%) that is more than twice the 25% rate the country as a whole experienced at the worst of the Great Depression, according to data released Tuesday by the U.S. Travel Association. Prepared for U.S. Travel by the research firm Tourism Economics, the painful jobs figures arrive just days before the Memorial Day holiday weekend—the unofficial start of the summer travel season, for which many travel businesses would have typically prepared with a round
React Mobile Vying for HTNG’s 2020 TechOvation Award
React Mobile | May 20, 2020
The leading provider of employee panic buttons for hotels is one of 10 semi-finalists looking to be named the ‘most innovative hotel technology of the year’ Seattle, May 20, 2020 — As an HTNG 2020 TechOvation Award Semi-Finalist, React Mobile will present its best-in-class safety platform tomorrow to a panel of judges looking to name hospitality’s “most innovative technology of the year.” The global leader of panic button solutions for hotels is vying against nine other technology companies in the second round of this annual competition. Judges will select the top three finalists and online audience interaction will choose the
The Return to Profitability – Old Sales Strategies Will Not Work
SalesAndCatering.com, LLC | May 20, 2020
Post-CV-19 Hospitality Sales is Not About ‘Social Distancing’ MOUNT PLEASANT, SC, May 20, 2020 – Hotel business will be different in the post-CV world. Corporate account players will change. Execs and meeting planners you did business with might be gone; furloughed, or let go. In their place are new hires and managers doing multiple jobs. They will be unfamiliar with their predecessor’s relationships and the events their company cancelled in March. Their group’s meeting decisions will be based on value and their own criteria; not on a past relationship or what their predecessor planned. Now is the time to pick up the phone and me