Our Hospitality team was delighted to attend this year’s HITEC event in Dallas. It’s always a great chance to connect with peers, prospects, and partners. It’s also a vibrant environment in which to get a great sense of hospitality industry trends in hotels, and where technology and emerging guest expectations are taking us in this new era.
Published today (Wednesday, 6 October), the Cvent 2021 Planner Sourcing Report: Europe Edition reveals 8 in 10 (80%) event planners across the UK and Europe are currently sourcing in-person events. Of those planners, 81% are sourcing for events to take place in 2021, and 63% are sourcing for events to take place in 2022.
After months of endless zoom meetings that have kept people fixed to their screens, the yearning for social reconnection, face to face interactions and shared experiences has never been stronger.
HITEC is just around the corner, happening in Dallas next week, in person for the first time since 2019. It may be a bit too late to organize a field trip, but that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t be following the trades and all the news that emerges from this landmark event.
"OTAs should educate hoteliers on the long-term benefits of improving their guest stay experiences vs burning time, capital and energy on trying to out-perform OTAs in online bookings. To put it simply, OTAs are perfect for a first-time visitor to your hotel destination."
From 9 to 11 March 2022 live on the stage of the acclaimed eTravel World segment, the focus will be on how to deal with the long-term fallout of the pandemic. For this reason, ITB Berlin is now inviting papers on the key topic of Travel Technology & Sustainability.
With nearly 2,000 registered, the Lodging Conference brought together members of the hospitality industry to discuss the recovery, challenges, and successes of the industry to date. The highlights of the event from those that attended from HVS are summarized here.
The Hospitality Industry Technology Exposition and Conference (HITEC®) was back this week after 25 months off. Running September 27-30 in Dallas, Texas USA. Produced by Hospitality Financial and Technology Professionals (HFTP®), HITEC® showcases the industry's latest innovations and provides a top-notch education program for attendees.
"Metasearch certainly sits in the grey area between marketing and revenue management. It is one of our fastest growing media channels, not surprising when you consider how influential it has become as a major source of reservations in the last few years."
The Resort and Residential Hospitality Forum (R&R) is Europe’s only resort-focused investment conference and the 2021 edition is taking place at the Tivoli Marina Vilamoura Resort on 25-27 October 2021.
INTELITY®, the provider of the travel industry’s most comprehensive guest engagement and staff management platform, announced today at HITEC Dallas a new integrationhttps://intelity.com/blog/cloud-based-systems/with Nuvola, hospitality’s leading cloud-based hotel optimization platform.
We are delighted to announce that TigerTMS iPortal has won the "Guest Experience of Tomorrow" Award at the Hotel360 exhibition, held at Excel London between 28th and 29th September, 2021.
