What are Hotel Property Developers?
Property Developers; Hotel Developer Responsibilities
By Gregory Autin, Managing director of AUTIN&Co (AUTIN GmbH), SEEDIS
Explainer Articles
What is Hotel Development?
Property development is the development of real estate. The property development life cycle starts with the launch of a development project and ends with project exit and usually the sale of the property by the developer.
By Gregory Autin, Managing director of AUTIN&Co (AUTIN GmbH), SEEDIS
GDS, CRS & Distribution in Hospitality - A historic perspective
In this livestreaming event FunnelTV discovered the evolution of distribution starting from GDS and Online Travel up to the various innovations that are increasingly emerging in the current scenario such as Distribution 2.0.
By Simone Puorto, Head of Emerging Trends and Strategic Innovation, Hospitality Net
What is Data Science in Hospitality
In many aspects, I am offering a better product and value for my customers, but I am not seeing any increase in results. How can I stand out from my competitors? - This is one question I have frequently been asked by fellow travel and hospitality industry professionals, from destination managers to hoteliers or service providers. One might delve into the variety of factors that can influence the lagging performance of travel organizations (and there are many), but I have come to realize that simply rephrasing the initial ask, helps shift an operator's mindset to focus on the richness they have at hand, rather than on their shortcomings. The question then becomes:
By Alessandro Inversini, Professor in Marketing, EHL
What is the 'New' Thomas Cook
The 'old' Thomas Cook Group PLC was a British global travel group, founded in 1841. The group was the second largest vertically-integrated tour operator in the world after TUI. The group operated in three separate segments: a tour operator, an airline and a travel agency network.
By Max Starkov, Hospitality & travel technologist and digital strategist, Hospitality Net
What are Bed Banks?
Bed banks have been active players in hotel distribution for over 20 years now. They are not a new business model, but a simple online technology version of the traditional wholesalers of hotel accommodations that have existed for decades before that. Bed banks are specialized B2B platforms that contract supply from hotels and accommodations providers (typically in long-haul international vacation destinations) and make it available to travel sellers that aggregate travel demand from a variety of sources (traditional travel agents, small and midsize tour operators, some low cost airlines.) Example will be a beach resort in Thailand being offered by a bed bank to retail travel agencies in London.
By Max Starkov, Hospitality & travel technologist and digital strategist, Hospitality Net