EHL Advisory Services
Hotel Industry Performance: EHL’s Pulse-Taker Reveals 5 Pain Points
Jochen de Peuter | November 3, 2020
By Jochen de Peuter The year 2020 will be marked in history, surely for the travel and hotel industry. Most hotels suffer from a sudden disruption due to COVID-19 crisis and the consequent travel regulations. Still during these days of crisis, hotel performance and business continuity varies significantly from one hotel to another. What makes a hotel more vulnerable than another? We try to find the answers in this article. EHL Advisory Services has developed an online Hotel Pulse-Taker tool that allows hoteliers to evaluate and benchmark the long-term sustainability of their hotel business based on a multi-dimensional questionnaire. A...
The Impact of Cleaning Protocols on the Hospitality Industry
Pierre Verbeke | July 30, 2020
By Pierre Verbeke Big hotel names such as Hilton, Marriott, Accor and Kempinsky have issued new initiatives concerning hotel cleaning and hygiene. While they are bringing safety and peace of mind to customers and staff alike, they also are also giving the impression of putting forward short-term answers to the COVID-19 problem. How will Covid-19 measures affect your hotel experience? Be ready to perform a lot more pre-arrival and arrival activities on your own devises. Contactless will be favored and the use of apps intensified. App functions already in use today include: Opening your room door Replacing the TV remote control ...
Coronavirus: Hotel Real Estate in a Turbulent Macro-Economic Environment
Jochen de Peuter | April 14, 2020
By Jochen de Peuter Would you invest your money and time in a hotel project? Once more, the world is hit by a crisis, a pandemic this time, which affects all world economies. Many industries are suffering in particular the hotel industry. What is the problem of hotels and hotel real estate in times of Covid19 virus? Hotels are a capital-intensive business and require a lot of capital to build, buy, maintain, operate or renovate. In particular, a luxury hotel project on a favourable location, such as big city centres or top tourist destinations, require a big wallet. Secondly, any new hotel project or hotel renovation consume a lot of ti...
