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Opinion Article

January 29, 2021

Cultivating Excellence: Building Brands With Banyan Tree

"Brand building or icon creation is a long and laborious exercise that requires consistency and continuity - that is particularly important for the niche players, whether Banyan Tree in an unchosen space or Singapore in the world stage, because it allows the brand owner to punch above his weight to have an influence larger than an enterprise would have due to its size." - Ho Kwon Ping, Asking Why.

By Kimberly Yoong, Assistant Vice President, Hotel Financing, Aareal Bank AG

Opinion Article

January 18, 2021

The Alila journey: In conversation with co-founder Mark Edleson

Alila - meaning 'surprise' in Sanskrit - was founded in 2001 on the back of personalized hospitality, private spaces and bespoke journeys. Today, Alila is one of the most well-known luxury brands in Asia and has 16 hotels globally, each in unique locations across 6 countries. In a webinar with EHL, Co-Founder Mark Edleson shared with us the story of how the brand came to be - beginning from his ardour for the Southeast Asian region, to his adventures scouring for new hotel sites with Aman - and how the Alila brand has risen to the prominence it enjoys today.

By Kimberly Yoong, Assistant Vice President, Hotel Financing, Aareal Bank AG

Opinion Article

January 5, 2021

Is contemporary hospitality outdated?

Traveling and providing services to travelers is what gives to a big percentage of the world's population a colorful tone to their reality. Including myself.

By Katerina Garefou, Operations Manager, The Alfred Hotel Amsterdam, The Alfred Hotel

Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Opinion Article

November 13, 2020

Ergonomic Design and Lean Management in the Hospitality Industry in India

With an increasing focus on wellness, hotel and restaurant interiors have become more than just an aesthetic appeal. The curation of a well-designed space enhances the purpose for which it was intended. As a result, ergonomics will play a key role in hospitality projects enclosing multi-purpose spaces ranging from guest rooms to conference halls to bars and restaurants. It is critical to get the correct layout to amplify the customer experience, using empathetic design to map out a guest's journey from room to room with seamless efficiency.

By Ritvika Sethi, Senior Manager – Consulting & Valuation, with HVS South Asia, HVS

Opinion Article

October 19, 2020

Four Interior Design Trends for the Post-Pandemic Hotel

Once the greenlight was given, all businesses looked to reopen as quickly as possible after the lockdown. This has resulted in countless slapdash efforts for achieving the minimum of viral safety compliance, with most structural upgrades meant as only temporary installations and most of them particularly garish at that. As is becoming increasingly apparent, though, COVID-19 is here to stay and thus so too are the new measures that have been put in place.

By Larry Mogelonsky and Adam Mogelonsky

Opinion Article

September 28, 2020

The Hotel of Tomorrow® Project - Five Big Ideas and the Trends That Drove Them

When we restarted The Hotel of Tomorrow® Project back in June, we didn't know where the project would ultimately lead us, but we were eager to start solving the new design and operational challenges facing our industry. These new complexities meant that we needed to both widen our view and the types of contributors to our think tank: technologists, University researchers, operators, investors, brands, associations, manufacturers and consultants.

By Ron Swidler and Maxwell Luthy

Opinion Article

September 28, 2020

HVS Monday Musings: Luxury Boutique Hotels – A Growing Concept In India

Luxury boutique hotels and resorts, a widely prevalent concept globally, is still at a nascent stage in India, with very few brands and properties. The increasing desire for experiential travel, by not only the millennials but across different cohorts often looking for unique and exclusive stays, has led to the growing popularity of this concept in the country. So, what are luxury boutique hotels and resorts?

By Dipti Mohan and Akash Datta

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Opinion Article

September 17, 2020

Boutiques May Be Adapting Faster Than Other Hotel Sectors, But Still Hurting

The theme of the Boutique Lifestyle Leaders Association's (BLLA) upcoming Boutique Lifestyle Digital Summit is "Dare to Adapt" and there are some compelling arguments as to why the boutique space may be able to adapt to the current economic crisis faster than other sectors in the hotel industry.

By Guy Maisnik and Jim Butler

Opinion Article

September 16, 2020

LVMH – Crisis at Tiffany’s

We live in extraordinary times. The planned $16.6 billion acquisition of Tiffany & Co by LVMH*, signed last November, is in on the verge of collapsing. While the adverse impact of the COVID crisis on global luxury sales can explain LVMH's desire to withdraw from its largest acquisition ever, the reason provided to terminate the agreement is leaving most of us baffled.

By Stéphane Haddad, Academic Director Graduate School & Senior Lecturer, EHL

Opinion Article

September 4, 2020

Four Compelling Reasons You Should Choose Boutique Hotels

Travel is fuel for our souls. It introduces us to completely different landscapes, cultures, cuisines, and experiences. Travel can help connect us to ourselves on a deeper, more intimate level. Even though the pandemic has limited travel, people want to get back out into the world.

By Frances Kiradjian, Founder/CEO, BLLA

Opinion Article

August 5, 2020

How Works Of Art Impact Hospitality Spaces

A look into the role of art in hospitality spaces and its beneficial impact on customers, employees and company identity.

By Nicole Hinrichs, Associate Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship, EHL

Opinion Article

July 27, 2020

Post-Pandemic Healthy Hotels and Resorts

As we find ourselves halfway through the year 2020, you must admit the days are often filled with a multitude of emotions that range from frustration and apprehension, to optimism with moments of joy, and then right back to frustration in the form of panic and concern. Beginning full force in March we experienced the rapid onset of the COVID-19 novel corona-virus, putting a major dent in the world-wide economy and mostly stopping the hospitality industry.

By Tim Lemons, President/CEO, L2 Studios, Inc.

Opinion Article

July 21, 2020

How To Wring The Digital Ecosystem During These Testing Times For Luxury Hospitality

Luxury hospitality has been at the brunt of this pandemic due to closures and unavoidable overheads. As the world is moving towards recovery, the industry also is evolving and trying to thrive by adapting to changing consumer behaviour.

By Rasika Iyer, Business Manager, Paid Media – Performics India, Performics India

Opinion Article

July 20, 2020

Preparing the Year Ahead for Post-COVID Hotel Luxury

As hoteliers work tirelessly to reopen their properties in an uncertain world and with many new Covid policies that must be implemented, who has the time to look ahead at what will be required for the rest of the calendar year and into 2021?

By Larry Mogelonsky and Adam Mogelonsky

Opinion Article

July 16, 2020

Planning the Aftermath of Post-COVID Hotel Luxury

The challenges facing hotels in the post-COVID environment are massive. Old planning guidelines are irrelevant. For hotels in the luxury segment, where close contact with guests was almost literally mandated, it will be particularly pressing to find new ways to meet these time-honored standards.

By Larry Mogelonsky and Adam Mogelonsky

Opinion Article

June 29, 2020

21st Century Healthy Hotels and Resorts

The rapid onset of the novel coronavirus and resulting COVID- 19 has stopped the world-wide economy, thus adversely affecting business and industry at large. Specifically, the hospitality industry has been hard hit as the vast majority of hotel and leisure properties have been forced to close to slow the widespread advance of this virus and limit the death and pain left in its wake. It significantly affects the consumers' confidence in travel due to concerns over individual health. This reduced confidence will likely influence hotel occupancy for many months and years into the future.

By Tim Lemons, President/CEO, L2 Studios, Inc.

Opinion Article

June 16, 2020

Retail And Hospitality Convergence

Hospitality retail was once little more than a lobby corner shop and some display windows. But in recent years, hotels have started to see the marketing and revenue potential retail presents. When it launched in 2006, the Hoxton Hotel London's front desk, which doubles as a retail counter, was a pioneer. Since then, brands like 25hours and W Hotels have gone to great lengths to integrate retail into their value proposition.

By Youri Sawerschel, Founder & Chief Creative Officer, Creative Supply

Opinion Article

May 26, 2020

COVID-19 and the Ensuing Design Changes to Hospitality Spaces

An interview with Monika Moser, Regional Managing Director at Wilson Associates, specialists in innovating hospitality architecture and design for luxury and boutique brands. Monika also featured as guest speaker in last month's EHL webinar "The Impact of COVID-19 on Hotel Real Estate", where her views on the inevitable changes to the future look of hospitality design shed a practical light on what hotels and restaurants post COVID-19 should be bearing in mind, along with the even more important theme of shifting values of their future customers.

By Beatrice Venturini, Hospitality Insights content editor, EHL

Opinion Article

May 20, 2020

The Meaning Of Space For Luxury Hotels & Hospitality: Part 1

Given the current coronavirus outbreak, physical space has become increasingly critical, whether in the context of social distancing or simply the lack of it. As we look to the future, our consideration of physical space and how we feel about it as a guest, but also how hotel brands can provide it, is likely to become increasingly important. In this article, I will examine physical space and its relevance to luxury hospitality that goes beyond being simply a response to the current situation.

By Suzanne Godfrey, Consultant and lecturer in luxury and luxury hospitality, Suzanne Q Solutions

Opinion Article

May 14, 2020

Industry Dematerialisation

Every hotel outlet is now being disrupted by a digital equivalent. That’s not necessarily a bad thing for hoteliers. What services can hotels offer that digital upstarts can't?

By Youri Sawerschel, Founder & Chief Creative Officer, Creative Supply

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