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Five Essentials For Present Day Hotel Operations
Antoine Berberi | April 16, 2021
By Antoine Berberi It has been one year since the historical COVID-19 pandemic made its debut, affecting the entire population and economies around the world. It is evident that out of all the industries negatively affected by this economic tsunami, the hospitality industry has been, and will most likely remain, the most impacted and the slowest to recover. Those of us who have been in the industry for several decades will admit that our industry was already in need of a major shift in order to face a "new world of hospitality" that was slowly emerging. Dramatic events such as a global pandemic tend to accelerate change and bring about ...
4 Ways to Use Big Data to Enhance Guest Service and Maximize Hotel Revenue
Manon Campbell | March 15, 2021
By Manon Campbell The world's most valuable resource is no longer oil. It's data. Smartphones and the internet have made data the currency of our times. Nearly every activity, whether it's going for a run or watching TV, creates a digital trace to be tracked and analyzed. Data's influence on the hospitality industry is nothing new. But hoteliers still are grappling with the concept of big data, referring to the large volume of data that inundates businesses on a day-to-day basis. After all, it's not the amount of data that's important; it's what you do with it that matters. Tapping the power of big data can yield significant di...
The Top 8 Travel Trends That Hotels Need to Act On to Capture Demand in 2021
Dori Stein | December 15, 2020
By Dori Stein - Chief Executive Officer, Fornova The travel and hospitality industry has shown its mettle during 2020 - rising to the challenges that Covid-19 has thrown at it and doing everything it can to survive. It's not been without its casualties. Now, with the prospect of a vaccine, hotels have to be on the front foot to win whatever demand is out there and secure heads in beds. When the vaccine becomes widely available, we expect the leisure market to return more quickly than business travel which will lag considerably. There are eight key trends that I believe we will see during 2021. Consumers will be more price-consc...
HFTP Launches New F&B Bytes Site, an Addition to Its Online News Portfolio
HFTP | June 5, 2018
A daily, online news source for professionals working in the food and beverage industry Hospitality Financial and Technology Professionals (HFTP®) continues to build on its online news series with the addition of its F&B Bytes website. Powered by Hsyndicate, an electronic media-hub based in The Netherlands, F&B Bytes is an aggregated content destination where users will find the latest food and beverage news all in one place. Recognized as a global educator in the hospitality industry, HFTP now offers hospitality professionals online news resources specific to technology, clubs, finance, GDPR, F&B and its association at ...
