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Unlocking business potential: Building the right tech architecture in hospitality - HITEC Europe Preview

By Stuart Pallister - Contributor to Hospitality Net

Hoteliers are missing out on business opportunities as they fail to gather guest data properly. Michael Levie, Chief Operations Officer at citizenM Hotels and member of the HITEC Europe Advisory Council, says that given the rapid pace of business today, consumers are "not going to wait for us".

Opinion 8 MarchHospitality NetProperty TechnologyGuestroom TechnologyBig DataChatbots, Robotics & AI

Data protection rules, one year on: Anticipating a second wave - HITEC Europe Preview

By Stuart Pallister - Contributor to Hospitality Net

Over the past year, many of us have been bombarded with emails from companies virtually begging us to allow them to keep our personal details on file.That was due to the introduction of new regulations in Europe which imposed -- in theory at least -- substantial penalties on any firm breaching the rules.

Opinion 4 MarchHospitality NetProperty TechnologyLegalCRM & LoyaltyGeneral Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

Chinese travellers: why they're the guests French hotels can't afford to ignore

By Antoine Aubrun - Country Manager - France, SiteMinder

The list is endless. Indeed, a lot is said about the Chinese traveller market, perhaps so much so that those of us who operate within the hospitality and travel scene have become somewhat indifferent to the value those travellers now bring to our economies.

Opinion28 FebruarySiteMinderSydneyFranceRevenue ManagementTravel TechnologyOnline Travel Agencies (OTA)

European Hotel Transaction Levels Down In 2018 Although Investor Interest Remains Strong

By Alexandre Rey - Analyst, London By Nicolas Auer - Analyst at HVS Hodges Ward Elliott

European hotel transaction volumes reached EUR18.6 billion in 2018, a decrease of 14% on the previous year, but still the fifth highest level recorded, according to our annual European Hotel Transactions report.

Opinion28 FebruaryHVSReal Estate & InvestmentMarkets & Performance

Unlocking business potential: Building the right tech architecture in hospitality - HITEC Europe Preview

By Stuart Pallister

Opinion 8 March

European Hotel Rooms See Strong Growth In Value With Gains Across Most Cities

By Sophie Perret - Director at the HVS London office. By

Hotel values across Europe registered another strong year in 2018, showing 3% growth and reaching new highs, according to our annual European Hotel Valuation Index (HVI).Although more modest growth than that of 2017 at 4%, 2018 saw recovery for many cities as well as a levelling off in values for some markets, which had previously been depressed compared with the European average.

Opinion26 FebruaryHVSMarkets & Performance

INTERVIEW: Hotel Investment Trends in Europe

By Stuart Pallister - Head of Academic Editorial Content at Ecole hoteliere de Lausanne

If you're thinking of investing in the hotel sector in Europe where should you be looking to put your money? Patrik Hug, Senior Consultant, Advisory & Valuation Services at Christie & Co based in Munich, Germany, says much depends on how risk averse the potential investor is.

Opinion25 FebruaryEHLReal Estate & Investment

Putting The Customer At The Centre

By Sarah McCay Tams - Director of Content, EMEA at Duetto

This week's Opportunity 2019 conference provided plenty of food for thought for the UK's revenue management community, as industry professionals, hoteliers, students and solutions providers came together to discuss 'Revenue Management and the Connected Customer.

Opinion18 FebruaryDuettoLondonUnited KingdomRevenue ManagementEvents & Conferences

In Search of Hotel Excellence: Hotel Lugano Dante

By Larry Mogelonsky - Owner of Hotel Mogel Consulting Limited and the founder of LMA Communications Inc.

Upon visiting for a day, Carlo Fontana, one of the owners of the Hotel Lugano Dante, was determined to make my wife and I, like all other guests, feel both comfortable and welcome. As he remarks, "The Swiss are the ultimate hoteliers; it's in our DNA!" Through such renowned institutions as the Lausanne Hotel School (EHL), this reputation is all-but-globally accepted.

Opinion14 FebruaryHotel Mogel Consulting LimitedLuganoSwitzerlandLodging Industry

Every cloud has a silver lining... but for whom?

By Georges Panayotis - President & Founder of MKG Group & Hospitality ON

Fostering, supervising, regulating, preserving the common heritage... these are the main missions of governments and agencies that must take them to heart. Create, develop, design, innovate, know your market, benchmark.

Opinion13 FebruaryHospitality ON

Hotel guests deserve fair transparency

By Jan Lundborg - Chief Commercial Optimization Officer, Scandic

Scandic Hotels is working with a large number of contracted B2B leisure partners which account for less than 10% of our business. We are happy to see that the Nordic countries are receiving increasing amounts of attention from leisure travelers in general, both intra-Nordic & internationally, and suppliers packaging tours into the Nordics contribute significantly to that development.

Opinion18 JanuaryScandic Online Travel Agencies (OTA)Digital Marketing