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The New Corporate Currency: Travel and Workplace Flexibility
Daniel Johnson | August 3, 2021
By Daniel Johnson The path toward leadership is the road less traveled. Not because there aren’t countless individuals eager and well-equipped to walk it, but because it’s a path that cannot be walked alone. Sure, great ideas help. It’s less about the idea and more about the people who bring it to life. In this respect, a crucial part of leadership is not only generating great ideas but bringing great people to the table, and more importantly, inspiring them to stay. But how exactly does a leader do that? What inspires a workplace culture strong enough to sustain an organization against the perils of a highly competitive...
Why the Hospitality “Skills Gap” Has Become a “Skills Chasm” Due to COVID-19
Daniel Johnson | March 31, 2021
By Daniel Johnson Just as you can’t “pour from an empty cup,” hotels can’t provide great service without the help of great staff – hospitality professionals know this to be unequivocally true. Hospitality is, in many ways, defined by its providers. Great hospitality isn’t simply the provision of a singular service; instead, it’s an experience, one that is continuously curated and delivered in a meaningful way via engaged staff, a pristine property, and the best available technological advances. Despite this, hiring has always been a crux of our industry, from technology to management, front desk, and beyond. The pandemic h...
The Outlook for Hospitality, Part 2: How Vendors Are Pivoting to Meet New Industry Demands
Fran Worrall | November 16, 2020
By Fran Worrall In the fall issue of Hospitality Upgrade, we began our four-part series on the outlook for the hospitality industry by asking vendors the following question: What are your thoughts on the future of hotels and the industry in general? Overwhelmingly, respondents were optimistic. Despite the seriousness of the pandemic and its devastating impact on hotels around the globe, most vendors agreed that the industry is resilient and will recover. Some said it would come back even stronger than before. Not surprisingly, most believe that technology will play a key role in the process. In Part 2 of our series, we asked the foll...
The Outlook for Hospitality: Silver Linings in the Midst of Crisis
Fran Worrall | November 2, 2020
Vendors Address The Future of The Industry, Part 1 By Fran Worrall During the past seven months, the hospitality industry has faced the worst crisis in recent history. As COVID-19 has spread around the globe, hotels have been forced to lay off employees, curtail services and in some cases close. At some point, however, the world will regain its equilibrium. Consumers will be eager to travel again. And businesses will want to hold group meetings and conferences. What will the hotel landscape look like? Can anything positive come out of this crisis? We talked with a number of vendors for this multi-part series on the outlook for ho...
Daniel Johnson Appointed Head Chef at Alila Jabal Akhdar
Alila | June 22, 2015
(22nd June) The hottest culinary news in the coolest location is the new appointment of Head Chef Daniel Johnson at Alila Jabal Akhdar. Way over 2,000m above sea level up in the crisp-air of Al Hajar mountain range of Jabal Akhdar, the luxury resort will now offer a tempting array of palate pleasing dishes. Since its opening in May 2014, Alila Jabal Akhdar has rapidly gained repute for the refreshingly healthy and authentic dishes served at the table that are so familiar to its sister outposts peppered across South Asia and Southeast Asia. With fresh produce delivered every day to the resort from local Omani farmers, the international m...
