Europe’s underappreciated superpower
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Europe’s underappreciated superpower

While Europe’s policymakers and opinion leaders obsess over semiconductors and clean tech, another economic engine is humming along with far less fanfare – and far greater local impact. In its forecast for the five-year period from 2024 to 2029, Oxf...

Peter Lochbihler
Peter Lochbihler
Global Director Public Affairs, Booking.com
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Peter Lochbihler
by Peter Lochbihler
18 September 2025Booking.comInnovation
Europe’s underappreciated superpower
Hospitality Meets Real Estate: The Future of Working
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Hospitality Meets Real Estate: The Future of Working

In 2005, as part of the founding team of citizenM, I watched the concept of social lobbies come alive. Communal spaces where people felt connected, serviced, and productive. It was the first time I saw hospitality’s transformative power to embed its...

David Turnbull
David Turnbull
Hospitality Entrepreneur , Founding Partner at Techtalk.travel
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David Turnbull
by David Turnbull
4 June 2025ATworldInnovation
Hospitality Meets Real Estate: The Future of Working
FHT Paris 2025: Streamlined Behind the Scenes, Exceptional Up Front
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FHT Paris 2025: Streamlined Behind the Scenes, Exceptional Up Front

The French hospitality industry is at a crossroads. Between stricter regulations, rising operational costs, and increasing guest demands, hotels across France are under pressure to evolve. At FHT Paris 2025, industry leaders gathered to explore how ...

Amber Ward
Amber Ward
Marketing Assistant at Shiji Group
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Amber Ward
by Amber Ward
6 May 2025ShijiInnovation
FHT Paris 2025: Streamlined Behind the Scenes, Exceptional Up Front
Europe’s Competitive Core: Empowering Small and Large Businesses Alike
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Europe’s Competitive Core: Empowering Small and Large Businesses Alike

The word competitiveness is emerging as a theme for the new European Commission, a guiding principle for economic development, and an alarm bell to spur political leaders across Europe’s capitals to action. It is right, and the report by Mario Dragh...

Peter Lochbihler
Peter Lochbihler
Global Director Public Affairs, Booking.com
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Peter Lochbihler
by Peter Lochbihler
11 November 2024Booking.comInnovation
Europe’s Competitive Core: Empowering Small and Large Businesses Alike
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The hospitality market in EECA demonstrates its interest in Cloud solutions

If you look at the boom in new hotels in Central Asia and the South Caucasus that has taken place in the past twelve months, 2022 begins to look auspicious. Take the Accor group as an example which, following a series of strategic signings, has grow...

Vladimir Efimov
Vladimir Efimov
Regional Managing Director Eastern Europe, Central Asia at HRS Hospitality & Retail Systems
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Vladimir Efimov
by Vladimir Efimov
28 February 2023HRS Hospitality & Retail SystemsInnovation
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