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Is the Connected Trip the Next Big Thing?
Max Starkov | November 1, 2024
By Max Starkov, Hospitality & Online Travel Tech Consultant Booking has been working for five years to add air, experiences, car rental and other travel components, which in their view provides a better experience for travelers and better returns for the company. How promising is the connected trip concept? First of all, this concept is not new. For 175 years traditional tour operators have offered “connected trips” in the form of tour packages, and in the last 60 years - beach and ski vacations with charter flights. Booking.com’s main rival - Expedia - has been pushing the so called “connected trip” (a trip that includ...
HVS Key Takeaways: 2017 NYU International Hospitality Industry Investment Conference
Chris Fernandes | June 13, 2017
By Chris Fernandes Manhattan's Marriott Marquis once again welcomed the most prominent leaders in the hospitality industry for the 2017 NYU International Hospitality Industry Investment Conference, held June 5 and 6. Over the two-day event, industry experts gathered to share their opinions on a wide variety of ownership, management, branding, lending, and economic topics. Despite uncertainties in today's global political and economic climates, the overall tone remains one of cautious optimism. A Call to Action No time was wasted skirting around discussion of the current White House administration, with conference chairman Jonathan M. Ti...
NYU School of Professional Studies to Launch New Certificate Program in Conference Center Management
NYU School of Professional Studies | November 6, 2014
NEW YORK, November 10, 2014 – Conference centers today represent a distinct, highly complex segment of the global meetings industry, and today's managers face unique challenges that require appropriate skills and training. To help address the needs of this growing hospitality and tourism sector, the NYU School of Professional Studies Tisch Center for Hospitality and Tourism (sps.nyu.edu) will launch a new Certificate in International Conference Center Management this spring, one of the first noncredit certificate programs that specifically focus on international conference center management. Developed in consultation with the Internat...
