Crowne Plaza by IHG – one of the world's largest premium hotel brands and a thought-leader in the blended travel space – has released its second white paper: Leading the Charge in Blended Travel.
A sweeping new analysis from Kalibri Labs, the hospitality industry's leading revenue performance intelligence platform, reveals the current impact of federal funding changes and macroeconomic uncertainty on the U.S. hotel industry. The white paper, Navigating Market Turbulence: The Impact of Federal Policy Changes on U.S. Hotel Performance and Demand Outlook, dissects data from more than 35,000 hotels and reveals how federal policy decisions are reverberating through travel segments and regional markets.
The Hotel Budgeting & Forecasting Software Buyer’s Guide equips hoteliers with the knowledge they need to evaluate modern solutions and optimize their budgeting and forecasting processes. Discover the technology, strategies, and features that will help you:
Accor proudly announces the launch of its white paper, Sustainable Expansion of Greek Tourism, an industry report exploring how sustainability can drive long-term growth and resilience in Greece’s tourism sector. In 2024, Greece welcomed a record-breaking over 35 million international visitors, reaffirming its status as one of the world’s top travel destinations.
I contemplated this discussion around women's gatherings as I started to plan the next TIEWN (Travel Industry Executive Women's Network) conference. As I look back on my experiences, some of the wealthiest memories surround my time with women's groups, including TIEWN, which I founded in 2008 due to another global organization closing its doors. It may be my calling, or it is simply my passion. From the early days of Girl Scout pancake breakfasts to an accelerated year-long certificate program at USC taught by female professors to Women in Travel of Los Angeles, it was a subject I felt compelled to support. On further personal reflection, I discovered that support for women goes way back to the early 1900s when the family on my father’s side continually raised recognition and funds for women’s organizations that existed at that time.
Dive into Sabre’s Hospitality Trends 2025 report, where we explore the top trends reshaping the industry, from hyper-personalization to the rise of hotel retailing.
Technology in the hospitality industry is advancing at such a rapid pace that it’s difficult for hoteliers to keep up, let alone know where to focus their efforts. That’s why we’ve done the work for you. The 2025 Hotel Tech Roadmap: Tools and Strategies for Operational Excellence is designed to help hotel owners, operators, and their teams identify the tools and strategies that matter most as we move into a new year.
The 2025 Hotelier’s Planning Calendar is a must-have tool for hotel owners and management teams who want to stay organized, track important operational deadlines, and attend key global hospitality events. Whether you're managing daily operations or planning long-term strategies, this comprehensive calendar provides everything you need to keep your team aligned and on track throughout the year.
When it comes to boosting bookings, hoteliers like you are on the lookout for new opportunities to stand out and capture guest attention. People around the world are familiar with the discounts available on Black Friday, but a newer trend that’s making waves in North America is Travel Tuesday, and it might be time for European players to take note.
How can forecasting help hotels optimize room pricing and sales? How can it improve operational planning? And why is forecasting the secret weapon for exceeding budget targets?
By examining five key areas of hotel operations, this whitepaper serves as a comprehensive roadmap for hoteliers looking to thrive in a data-driven world. It highlights how leveraging data and technology can lead to more efficient processes, better decision-making, and improved profitability.
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Rising costs are outpacing revenue growth across hospitality, forcing innovative hoteliers to adopt data-driven, profit-focused strategies to sustain success. Hotel leaders in every department across the industry are focused on new metrics, benchmarks, and strategies to optimize profitability. By leveraging accurate data and personalized insights, hoteliers across all departments can make informed decisions that drive revenue to the bottom line, ensuring sustainable growth and improved margins.
This free report presents HiJiffy's first-party data on the most common topics of hotel guests’ questions in the summer of 2023, based on over 1.7 million conversations handled by AI in that period. The insights presented in this publication can empower your hotel teams to review and improve information about your hotel and be better prepared for the upcoming peak season of summer 2024.
There’s nothing more painful than putting hours of work into an email strategy that doesn’t deliver a decent return on investment (ROI). That’s why we’ve gathered the top-performing hotel and e-commerce email strategies you can easily implement today.
Travel and expense (T&E) policies are having a heyday as travel managers update their policies to better align with business objectives. The updates have two main impetuses: a resurgence of business travel, as reported in a Mastercard trends article from 2023,1 and predictions of higher spending through 2025, according to a Mastercard survey of business travel managers in 2023.2
In an era of rising operational costs and sustained labor challenges, operational efficiency in hotel back offices has become paramount. Uncover simple steps to automating many aspects of a back office that will improve hotel operations, reduce costs, and decrease your hotel’s environmental footprint.
Choosing the perfect accounting and financial reporting software for your company is a crucial decision that can have a significant impact on your financial management and efficiency now and in the future. When looking at establishing, maintaining, and scaling your company, it is imperative to find and adopt the best hospitality accounting software to fulfill all your unique needs. Having a hospitality-specific solution is ideal to ensure you have the ability to accurately monitor income and expenses, produce and customize financial reports, and manage revenue from a hotelier’s perspective. You also need to consider the best accounting solution suited to the number of properties you currently have in your portfolio, as well as software that can scale with you as you grow. In the grand scheme of things, there is a lot to consider as you do your due diligence, but it doesn’t have to be stressful when following this process.
The travel and tourism industry represents one of the most important sectors in the economy. It is a highly competitive sector that relies on customer engagement and service that exceeds customer expectations. The most successful organizations find themselves trying to acquire their target guest time, not just their discretionary spend. This research highlights trends in the industry, customer behavior, and other emerging issues; it demonstrates how trends in the customer reservation system in the travel and tourism sector benefit from maintaining an efficient and knowledgeable contact center and customer engagement platform.