Between myth and experience: Monte Carlo’s grand hotels as narrators of European luxury

Talking about luxury in Monte Carlo involves more than just listing iconic hotels or mentioning astronomical rates. Over more than a century, the Principality has developed a very particular way of understanding hospitality: a precise blend of tradi...

Xavier Reinaldo Virgili

Academic Researcher

Xavier Reinaldo Virgili

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Twenty-five years of gradual transformation, the "legacy of hospitality"

Undoubtedly one of the oldest commercial activities in the world, hospitality has constantly reinvented itself, sometimes simply by returning to its roots. During its expansion phase, it initially relied on new standardised concepts, seeking to resp...

Vanguélis Panayotis

CEO MKG Consulting & Hospitality ON / MRICS

Hospitality ON

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Awards and Accolades

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The Russians

When heads of state come to visit your hotel they usually make a bit of a show. The Russians are no exception; they even bring their own warship, the KGB and a wad of cash!

David Lund

The Hotel Financial Coach

David Lund

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Sense of Place and Luxury Group Experiences with Canaves Collection in Santorini

Santorini possesses one of the most irrefutably incredible landscapes in the world. From its soaring cliffs overlooking the calm azure Aegean Sea to the white, red, and black sand beaches formed by eons of volcanic activity, Thera, the island’s offi...

Adam Mogelonsky

Partner at Hotel Mogel Consulting Ltd.

Hotel Mogel Consulting Limited

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Passalacqua as the World’s Best Hotel and Hospitality’s True Soul

What does it take to be recognized as the best hotel in the world? With the latest estimates putting it at around 187,000 properties worldwide, winning this distinction is, statistically speaking, more prestigious than the Academy Awards or nearly a...

Adam Mogelonsky

Partner at Hotel Mogel Consulting Ltd.

Hotel Mogel Consulting Limited

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The Centennial at The Mayflower Hotel Means Every Hotelier Is a Historian

The hallmarks of hospitality are great service, comfortable lodgings, delectable cuisine, fancy spas and a sense of place. But look a little deeper and you’ll see that what distinguishes the very best hotels in the world is the irreplaceable role th...

Adam Mogelonsky

Partner at Hotel Mogel Consulting Ltd.

Hotel Mogel Consulting Limited

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Preserving a Palazzo and Pioneering Its Future with Six Senses Rome GM Francesca Tozzi

At the luxury and ultraluxury levels, what we see throughout the world is not just lavish amenities and impeccable service, but a dedication by the brands, developers, owners and onsite teams to steward the local community, cherishing its past while...

Adam Mogelonsky

Partner at Hotel Mogel Consulting Ltd.

Hotel Mogel Consulting Limited

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What if Alvin Toffler Ran a Hotel?

In his groundbreaking book, The Third Wave, Alvin Toffler painted a vivid portrait of a world in metamorphosis—a civilization shedding the rigidity of industrialism to embrace the fluid, fast-paced rhythm of the Information Age. He envisioned a soci...

Bonnie Knutson

Professor in The School of Hospitality Business in the Broad College of Business at Michigan State University

Michigan State

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Chatbots, Robotics & AI

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The Hotel Company of the Future (What Happens When You Ditch the Three-Legged Stool)

Imagine a hotel company that doesn’t rely on a Frankenstein-esque business model cobbled together from a franchise, a management company, and a brand – each with their own agenda, their own KPIs, and absolutely zero alignment. Imagine instead a slee...

Ira Vouk

Hospitality Technology and Revenue Management consultant

Ira Vouk Hospitality 2.0 Consulting

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Hotels of the Past: A Horror Story (Also Known as ’Why Is Everything So Broken?’)

Once upon a time in a land not so far away, hotel companies became victims of their own business model. The infamous three-legged stool — owner, operator, brand — seemed stable enough until you realized all three legs were trying to walk in opposite...

Ira Vouk

Hospitality Technology and Revenue Management consultant

Ira Vouk Hospitality 2.0 Consulting

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