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Country Inn & Suites by Radisson Opens in Pierre, South Dakota
Country Inn & Suites by Radisson | October 28, 2020
Minneapolis - October 28, 2020 - Country Inn & Suites by Radisson, a leading upper midscale hotel brand, today announced the opening of Country Inn & Suites by Radisson, Pierre, SD at 110 E. Sioux Avenue, Pierre, South Dakota. Located approximately 40 miles north of Interstate-90 via state Highway 83 and just a 10-minute drive from Pierre Regional Airport (PIR), the hotel is a standout lodging option for guests visiting South Dakota’s capital city by plane or car. Prior to opening, the property underwent an extensive renovation to feature the brand's latest design. Updates were made to the front desk, corridor and meeting rooms, a...
Circa Resort & Casino Implements the InvoTech Uniform System for Contactless Uniform Distribution and Inventory Management
InvoTech Systems | October 28, 2020
InvoTech Uniform System Establishes Efficient Operations and Total Control with RFID Technology at Circa Resort & Casino in Las Vegas LOS ANGELES, CA – October 28th, 2020 InvoTech Systems Inc. announced the recent implementation of its Uniform System at Circa Resort & Casino. InvoTech Systems is the leading provider of advanced Linen Management, Laundry and Uniform Systems that integrate the latest RFID technology to increase profitability for hotels, resorts, casino operators, sports arenas, convention centers, theme parks and production plants. The InvoTech System installed at Circa Resort & Casino manages the uniform inven...
If You’ve Got It, FLAUNT IT!
Vizergy Digital Marketing | October 28, 2020
Creative ways to invite locals to your hotel October 28, 2020 By Jen Cialfi We often forget some of our favorite aspects of our vacations – the colorful food, the view from the pool, the calming ambiance of the spa. Those activities and moments during your stay are made possible by the amenities offered to you by the hotel. Your unique on-site amenities can help make the guest experience memorable. We’ve talked a lot about putting heads back in beds, so let’s look at some other ways to generate interest and business at your hotel by using what you already have. Work with Your Space Work life has changed. The days you spe...
Royal Mansour Looks Beyond Pandemic to Long-Term Gains by Implementing IDeaS Revenue Solutions
IDeaS | October 28, 2020
Member of Leading Hotels of the World selects IDeaS G3 RMS solution as part of business development strategy LONDON—Oct. 28, 2020—Morocco’s boutique luxury hotel, Royal Mansour, owned by King Mohamed VI, selected IDeaS over several competitors as part of its business strategy. With plans to implement IDeaS G3 Revenue Management System (RMS) in five hotels throughout 2021 and 2022, the Mansour Group looks beyond the pandemic to further its long-term gains. Centralised forecasting – With no previous RMS in place, the move from the use of spreadsheets to automation and centralised forecasting technology was at the top of the list...
Golden Nugget Leverages Knowland to Prospect for New Business
Knowland | October 28, 2020
Iconic Vegas hotel and casino turns to industry leader for intelligence-driven search and analytics to save time, gain competitive edge and increase revenue ARLINGTON, Va. — Oct. 28, 2020—Knowland, the leader in group hospitality analytics for hotels, convention and visitor bureaus, conference centers and other meeting venues, announced today that Las Vegas hotel and casino, the Golden Nugget, has leveraged Knowland’s historical database of actualized events to amplify its group sales and prioritize leads. The Golden Nugget, an iconic landmark casino and hotel, is located in the heart of the Vegas action, boasting 37,000 square fe...
Sojern Adds Metasearch to Multichannel Digital Marketing Platform Led by New Head of Product
Sojern | October 28, 2020
SAN FRANCISCO – October 28, 2020 – Sojern, a leading provider of digital marketing solutions for travel, today announced the addition of metasearch to its multichannel digital marketing platform designed for hotels, attractions and destinations. Now travel marketers can access all major digital marketing channels from a single provider: metasearch, display, native, video, connected TV, search, and social. For more than a decade Sojern has built tools to help customers drive more direct bookings to their websites. Underpinned by proprietary data science and machine learning technology, Sojern’s Traveler Platform leverages travel data so...
Hyatt Regency Aruba Resort Spa and Casino Appoints Denise Florio as Director of Sales, Marketing and Events
Hyatt Regency Aruba Resort Spa & Casino | October 27, 2020
PALM BEACH, Aruba (October 27, 2020) – Hyatt Regency Aruba Resort Spa and Casino is pleased to announce the appointment of Denise Florio as Director of Sales, Marketing and Events. Throughout her 16-year career, Florio has worked with several Hyatt properties as well as helped develop hundreds of sales professionals. The resort has been one of Florio’s family vacation destinations for over a decade and her familiarity and love of the property are evident in her enthusiasm in taking on this new role. Florio brings her expertise and knowledge of the northeast market to oversee the sales and events teams, and assist in improving overall r...
U.S. Hotel Profit Stuck in Neutral; Rest of World Switches Gears
HotStats | October 27, 2020
Bouncing back to profitability is proving a Sisyphean task for U.S. hotels. The rest of the world is having a slightly easier path. For the seventh consecutive month, U.S. hotels in September remained in negative gross operating profit per available room territory and at $-9.19, it was a 34% regression from the month prior and a 109.6% year-over-year decrease, according to new data from HotStats. September and into October are typically strong months for U.S. hotels, but the data show that YOY comparison is becoming less and less reliable as the pandemic soldiers on. Dwindling profit appears to be a function of unrelenting expenses, ...
Japan Regional Markets: Recovery Leaders
STR | October 27, 2020
As entry restrictions for international travelers in Japan remain in place, new trends in hotel performance have emerged. Recent data suggests a distinct preference for regional destinations, helped in part by the Japanese government’s “Go to Travel” campaign to promote domestic travel and help boost local businesses. But while regional markets are leading the recovery in the country, levels remain well below pre-pandemic levels with full recovery not expected for years. Regional markets: Where does recovery stand? As we’ve seen in other markets around the globe, regional markets in Japan are leading the recovery as key cities l...
Hersha Hospitality’s Independent Collection Partners With Duetto
Duetto | October 27, 2020
Leading hospitality investment firm selects Duetto's Revenue Strategy Platform for its collection of luxury and lifestyle hotels. San Francisco, October 27, 2020 — Hersha Hospitality Management (HHM) has deployed Duetto's Revenue Strategy Platform across its entire Independent Collection, a growing portfolio of boutique, lifestyle, and luxury hotels across the United States. HHM is one of the fastest-growing management, investment, and development firms in the hospitality sector, with 135 hotels and more than $1 billion in managed revenues. The "Independent Collection," which represents its luxury and lifestyle division, has 20 p...
EOS Investors Acquires Viceroy L’Ermitage Beverly Hills
EOS | October 27, 2020
NEW YORK, Oct. 27, 2020 - EOS Investors LLC ("EOS"), a privately held real estate investment firm, today announced its acquisition of Viceroy L'Ermitage Beverly Hills, a 116-suite luxury hotel located in Beverly Hills, California, one of the most prominent residential, commercial, and travel destinations in the world. "We are excited for the opportunity to expand the EOS portfolio with a world-class property in an unparalleled luxury hotel destination such as Beverly Hills," said Jonathan Wang, President of EOS Investors. "In a market that boasts one of the largest concentrations of Forbes Five Star properties in the world, Viceroy L'Ermi...
EHL Launches European Hotel Transaction Price Index
René-Ojas Woltering | October 27, 2020
By Dr René-Ojas Woltering EHL’s Real Estate, Finance & Economics Institute presents the first edition of the European Hotel Transaction Price Index. This project aims to contribute to increased transparency in the European hotel industry by publishing the index on an annual basis. This first edition of the index is based on a total of 1247 hotel transactions across Europe between 2007 and 2019. In 2019, European hotel transactions prices increased by 7.7% vs. the prior year on the back of a record transaction volume of EUR 25.6 bn. For the first time, the index clearly surpassed its previous peak from 2007. While the 2019 version o...
Avison Young Announces Weekly Open Forum Results
Avison Young | October 27, 2020
ATLANTA – October 27, 2020 – Two weeks ago, Avison Young Hospitality Group launched a weekly virtual forum for every Monday at 2pm eastern time running through the end of the year. The main focus of the 45-minute virtual forum is to answer live questions from the participants who are private and public hotel investors, lenders, owners and operators. The hotel investment world has changed since COVID and we want to be a resource to the marketplace. Keith Thompson said, “This forum is not a sales pitch for our company. It is simply a resource. With hundreds already registered for each Monday, the questions and answers seem to be driven...
Amadeus Is Breaking Data Silos With the First Integrated E-Commerce Platform for Hoteliers
Amadeus | October 27, 2020
The Amadeus Integrated Booking Suite is the first technology bundle to offer a complete e-commerce experience across reservations, guest management, and web, allowing hoteliers to acquire, convert, and retain guests. As the future of hospitality moves steadily towards personalization and guest loyalty, it remains a challenge for hoteliers to capture and apply the full value of guest data in an actionable way across disparate systems. During the COVID-19 pandemic it has become even more important to be able to easily leverage data to drive booking and loyalty and ultimately increase revenue. To benefit both hoteliers and guests, Amadeus is ...
Holiday Inn Express Opens Its First Airport Hotel in Australia
IHG | October 27, 2020
IHG Hotels & Resort’s® (IHG) fastest growing hotel brand, Holiday Inn Express, has today opened its first airport hotel in Australia: Holiday Inn Express Sydney Airport. Opened in partnership with Pro-invest Group, the new-build hotel is located on the doorstep of Sydney’s domestic airport terminal and minutes away from the international terminal, making it an ideal home to welcome the increasing number of Trans-Tasman and domestic arrivals, as travelers start to step out and explore. The 247-room, 8-storey hotel is inspired by the jet-setting ambiance of the local surrounds, featuring aeronautically-themed motifs throughout the h...
At the End of Q3 2020, the Dallas Market Leads the United States Hotel Construction Pipeline
Lodging Econometrics | October 27, 2020
October 27, 2020 – PORTSMOUTH, NH - In the recent report released by Lodging Econometrics (LE), at the close of the third quarter of 2020, the top five U.S. markets with the largest total hotel construction pipelines are Dallas with 154 projects/18,592 rooms; followed by Los Angeles with 150 projects/25,188 rooms; New York City with 144 projects/25,147 rooms; Atlanta with 134 projects/18,670 rooms; and Houston with 109 projects/11,384 rooms. These top five markets account for 15% of the rooms in the total U.S. pipeline. Twenty of the Top 50 markets in the U.S. have more than 50 projects in their hotel construction pipelines. There are...
TraknProtect Adds New LTE Gateways to Platform
TraknProtect | October 27, 2020
Solution Bypasses Hotel’s Wi-Fi to Communicate Directly With the TraknProtect Cloud Chicago, Illinois, October 27, 2020 – TraknProtect, a pioneer of location-based technology purpose-built for the hotel industry and a leading employee safety button provider for several major hotel brands, has unveiled powerful new technology to the TraknProtect Platform that delivers the capability to have LTE Gateways connect via a private network to communicate directly with the TraknProtect Cloud. The TraknProtect Platform currently works when a safety button is activated, the safety button emits a BLE beacon signal that the TraknProtect BLE-Wi-Fi ...
Radisson’s Country Inn & Suites and Park Inn Albany Locations Partner With Hotel Internet Services to Adopt Latest in Guest Wi-Fi Technolog
Hotel Internet Services, Inc. | October 27, 2020
Georgia-based hotels prioritize ability to meet guest demands for high-speed internet access by leveraging expertise of industry’s leading network provider. ALBANY, Ga. — October 27, 2020 — Hotel Internet Services (HIS), a full-service provider of internet services and solutions for the hospitality industry, has been credited with significantly enhancing the quality and speed of guest Wi-Fi services at both the Country Inn & Suites by Radisson, Albany, and Park Inn by Radisson, Albany. Located in Albany, Georgia, the two Radisson-branded properties are now able to benefit from the implementation of advanced network technology cap...
Virdee Launches First End-to-End Contactless Check-in Solution for Hotels and Multifamily Properties
Virdee | October 27, 2020
Virdee Concierge, an API-first platform, provides a virtual reception experience to enable seamless customer arrivals - reducing costs and boosting profitability for building owners AUSTIN, Texas – Oct. 27, 2020 - Virdee, a SaaS company serving the lodging and commercial real estate industries, launched Virdee Concierge today to provide a virtual reception experience for its clients’ tenants, guests, leasing prospects and vendors. Using an API-first approach, Virdee has developed a best-in-class, end-to-end product for ID verification, payment collection, access control and remote support. Hotels, apartment buildings and other institu...
Hospitality Ventures Management Group (HVMG) Outperforms Industry Through Rapid Execution of Plan as Pandemic Quickly Spread
Hospitality Ventures Management Group | October 26, 2020
Company Shares Strategies Leading to Significant Outperformance for Stronger GOPPAR Results and GOP Percentage ATLANTA, October 26, 2020—Hospitality Ventures Management Group (HVMG), an Atlanta-based, private hotel investment, ownership and management company, today shared key elements of its strategy that led to significant industry outperformance in multiple metrics, according to STR data around expenses and operating margins. For the three-month period June through August 2020, HVMG delivered substantially greater GOPPAR (Gross Operating Profit Per Available Room) and GOP percentage than the industry and continues to outperform indu...
Aparium Plans February 2021 Opening of Daxton Hotel in Birmingham, Michigan
Aparium Hotel Group | October 26, 2020
BIRMINGHAM, Mich. (Oct. 26, 2020) - When Daxton Hotel opens its doors February 2021 in Birmingham, Michigan, located just 30 minutes north of Detroit, it will become a magnet for cultured locals and modern travelers alike. A vibrant city, Birmingham has long been tied to luxury with its high-end shopping, dynamic art scene, and exquisite dining. Daxton Hotel is the first hotel by local entrepreneur Mark Mitchell and the latest hotel to launch by Aparium Hotel Group, which will be the poshest property in its award-winning portfolio to date. The 151 room Daxton will bring a modern vision of Birmingham luxury incorporating some of the finest art...
The U.S. Hotel Construction Pipeline Is Down Slightly in Q3 2020 but Remains Robust
Lodging Econometrics (LE) | October 26, 2020
October 26, 2020 – PORTSMOUTH, NH – According to the latest U.S. Hotel Construction Pipeline Trend Report by Lodging Econometrics (LE), the total U.S. hotel construction pipeline, at the end of Q3 2020, stands at 5,282 projects/655,026 rooms, down 7% by projects and 6% by rooms, year-over-year (YOY). As expected, the hotel construction pipeline is off more substantially in Q3 '20 as compared to Q2 '20. This is due largely in part to an acceleration of new hotel openings in Q2 '20 as a result of a cyclical high number of projects under construction in Q1 '20 that were delayed and later opened in Q2 '20. Secondly, new project announcements ...
Donohoe Hospitality Opens Canopy by Hilton Baltimore Harbor Point
Donohoe Hospitality | October 26, 2020
BALTIMORE - Today, Canopy by Hilton, Hilton’s lifestyle hotel brand, announces the opening of its first Baltimore location at 1215 Wills Street. Located at Wills Wharf in the heart of the Harbor Point neighborhood, Canopy by Hilton Baltimore Harbor Point has recruited local experts to cultivate an authentic Charm City experience for travelers and locals alike. Each guestroom offers floor-to-ceiling views of the city’s skyline and waterfront, as well as convenient access to a range of unique cultural attractions around the Inner Harbor, Fells Point and Harbor East neighborhoods. Canopy will deliver Hilton CleanStay, a program that provi...
Aimbridge Hospitality Announces Leadership Team Expansion
Aimbridge Hospitality | October 26, 2020
[Plano, TX] (October 26, 2020) – Aimbridge Hospitality, the leading, global, third-party hotel management company, has promoted Simon Mendy and Ben Perelmuter to Executive Vice Presidents of Operations, where they will report directly to Global President Mike Deitemeyer. The two are vertical experts in two of Aimbridge Hospitality’s largest and fastest-growing segments, with Mendy the authority on the Extended Stay sector and Perelmuter deeply knowledgeable in the Select Service product category. Simon Mendy joined Aimbridge Hospitality in 2018 as Senior Vice President of Operations, bringing with him 20 years of hospitality management e...
