The Visitors 5: The Return

By Georges Panayotis - President & CEO - MKG Group

A recovery is wafting over Europe's economy, indicators are in the green, the time has come to reinvest. Our European destinations will fully benefit from this recovery. Less unemployment, better revenues, positive growth perspectives, all the ingredients are at hand to boost arrivals in tourism destinations.

AI and Voice Recognition Explored at HITEC Amsterdam

By Sherif Mamdouh - External Communications Manager at EHL

I have had the pleasure of a front row seat at a very special panel discussion. The hospitality industry's top tech executives got together at HITEC Amsterdam today to discuss artificial intelligence (AI) and voice recognition.

Protect your hotel brand from brandjacking

By Patrick Landman - CEO & Founder at Xotels

So how do we deal with this in our Revenue Management strategy?Take a look at the Google Search for this hotel below. Whos is first? Is this what we want as hotels?HOTELS: CHILDREN OF A LESSER GOD?According to a recent study by MarkMonitor, the economic damage of Affiliate Brand Bidding in travel is estimated to be around 2.

Top Ten Communication Trends in Hotel Technology Innovations

By Harvey Norman - Owner at hospitalitytechguru.com

The communication scene has changed to empower everybody to receive the rewards of the latest technologies. In the event that you are not comfortable with these, we won't hold it against you, on the grounds that there are such huge numbers.

Travelers Under 30: What do They Expect from Technology

By Harvey Norman - Owner at hospitalitytechguru.com

The hospitality industry has faced the biggest challenges when it comes to adapting to these requirements millennials have. This generation is a bit more experience focused and they tend to distance themselves from the traditional sand and sea vacation.

GDPR in the EU and UK: AETHOS' 3 Steps for Complying with Employer Responsibilities

GDPR. Four letters of the alphabet that are proving to represent one of the biggest challenges facing businesses in 2018. The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) comes into effect on 25th May across the European Union, including the UK, and impacts any organisation that operates within the EU that processes data of EU citizens wherever they may be in the world.

Millennial Traveler: What do They Anticipate from Innovation?

By Harvey Norman - Owner at hospitalitytechguru.com

The hospitality business has confronted the greatest difficulties with regards to adjusting to these prerequisites millennial have. This generation is more experience centered and they tend to remove themselves from the traditional sand and sea vacation.

The French Hotel Supply Market: Nothing begets nothing!

By Georges Panayotis - President & CEO - MKG Group

While depending on the method - including listed hotels or not, those closed for works, in liquidation, permanently closed or even seasonally closed - figures for the hotel supply may differ... one thing is certain: the long-term trend is indisputable.

The Sharing Economy: In Europe, we made a "Bang" but it wasn't "Big"

By Georges Panayotis - President & CEO - MKG Group

The sharing economy is a generous concept, but it is one with which Latin societies are not very familiar. Latin populations are rather attached to their properties, and have a difficult time sharing them with others.

Airbnb, Booking.com and the Battle for Hearts - and Homes

By Douglas Quinby - Vice President of Research at Phocuswright, Inc.

It's shaping up to become one of travel's great competitive rivalries: Airbnb vs.Booking.com. One has achieved global dominance in online hotel distribution, the other in private accommodation. But as Phocuswright Research has been forecasting for several years, the silos and segments within accommodation are collapsing as travelers increasingly consider and book both.