Reviving the Spirit of Innovation in the Hospitality Industry

Olivier Harnisch | July 12, 2018

By Olivier Harnisch The hospitality sector is one of the world's most dynamic industries. Yet over the past decades it has lost much of its innovative edge, given the advances in technology that are fast-transforming the way we live and work. There are new models in the business, no doubt, but in pure-play hospitality, there is a definite need to look at how technology can be better and more effectively integrated. In the 1950s and 1960s, hotels stood out for the 'modern' conveniences they offered – from design to technology incorporation, hotel rooms had an advantage over private homes with the provision of amenities such as colo...