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A New Look at the Direct-Booking Game for Hotel Chains / Jochen Ehrhardt
A quality assurance analysis of luxury hotel groups websites reveals attempts to increase direct bookings fell short by failing to deliver on the basics in both the OTA’s area of weakness (content with substance) as well as strengths (a user-friendly logic that was easy to understand and thus navigate for a great booking experience).
 
“Maestro PMS Analytics BI Tool Gives Us the Ability to Target the Right Market with the Right Product at the Right Time”
Easy to Use Dashboards Show Room Nights, Revenues, ADR, RevPAR, Pace of Pick-up and Other Data Drivers for Simplified Forecast and Marketing Planning
 
IDeaS Director and Hospitality Leader Audrey Murante Joins HEDNA Board of Directors
Murante draws upon 30 years of hotel experience to help organization improve the future of hotel distribution
 
The Employee Benefit Hotel Businesses Can’t Afford Not to Offer / Andrew Hazelton and Matt Peterson
Robust compensation and benefits packages certainly help meet candidates’ conditions of satisfaction, but these are not enough anymore for retention in the absence of one specific benefit – namely, a company culture devoted to “employee engagement.”
 
HVS Market Pulse: Southeastern U.S. Hotel Markets Poised for Strong 2019 / Rodney G. Clough
Overall, the pulse of each area within the Southeast region was positive, with some expecting some softening in occupancy this year, which mirrors our overall national sentiment. ADR growth should keep overall RevPAR change in the positive column.
 
Hotelogix Launches Unified Marketplace Platform for Hotels with 75+ Integrations
Hotelogix Marketplace lists 75+ integrations across hospitality technology categories, including Channel Manager, Reputation Management Systems, Booking Engine, Revenue Management Systems, Accounting Systems, Loyalty Program, Point of Sale, Business Analytics, EPBX, Email and Keycards.
 
Hotelogix and POSist Announce Integration to Serve Enterprise-Grade Hotels Globally
This partnership aims to help hoteliers with in-house restaurant management through automation, and by offering them granular insights about their F&B business through real-time reporting and detailed analytics.
 
Different Travelers Want Different Things - So How Do You Know What Hotel Technology You Need? / David Millili
Many retail brands embrace generational marketing these days, breaking down their demographics and online/social media campaigns by what they know about baby boomers, Gen X, millennials, and the up-and-coming Gen Z generation, those born in the mid-1990s. But for experiential products, like hotels,
 
How Luxury Hospitality Brand AKA Standardizes Operations Across 10 of Their Properties
AKA management recognizes a deep impact not only on staff communication, but also on resident engagement and satisfaction. With today’s technological norms, guests appreciate the ability to have quick and simple interactions via text as opposed to phone calls or emails.





Travel Trends Index: Domestic and International Travel Weather the Shutdown Turbulence
However, growth trend projected to falter as other key fundamentals fade
 
International Society of Hotel Associations Celebrates Member Anniversaries in the United States
State and Local Hotel Lodging Groups Mark 80 to 145 Years of Service
 
Apple Hospitality REIT Acquires Hampton Inn & Suites by Hilton Downtown St. Paul $31.7 million, or Approximately $198,000 Per Key
Apple Hospitality acquired the Hotel from a subsidiary of Vista Host
 
sbe and Accor Launch New Luxury Global Lifestyle Hotel Brand – The House Of Originals
New Brand focuses around the Establishment of a Community for its Guests and Creating a Global Network of Properties
 
UBM Development AG and IHG Sign Agreement for First voco™ Hotel in the Netherlands
Located in The Hague, the former bank building will be very carefully renovated with more than 200 exquisite rooms and suites and is slated to open in 2020
 
Standard Hotels and Bunkhouse Group Share Global Pipeline Growth for Fifteen New Hotel Projects
The first European property, The Standard, London opens this Spring in Kings Cross
 
Developed in Partnership with Hawkeye Hotels and HOS Management, TRYP by Wyndham Savannah Opens
It joins the expanding list of up-and-coming travel destinations for the brand, including a recent opening in Newark, N.J. and an upcoming opening this spring in Pittsburgh, Penn.
 
The Omni Homestead Resort Names John Hess as New Director of Sales and Marketing
In addition to the appointment of John Hess, Severin Nunn has been promoted to director of food and beverage and John Ferguson was promoted to executive chef.

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