Meliá aims to create culinary concepts adapted to the characteristics of each of its brands to allow guests to imagine the “taste” of the different brands as if it were an additional brand attribute.
Microsoft and AccorHotels develop Staff Hub mobile staffing app for deskless employees
Staff Hub is a collaborative application that allows hoteliers and their deskless teams to manage their schedules completely on their mobile phones.
BridgeStreet Global Hospitality partners with onefinestay
The distribution agreement brings luxury private home rentals to business travel and relocation segments.
Hard Rock International unites brand with global rights reacquisition
Hard Rock International has completed reacquisition of its global Hotel & Casino rights, uniting the brand under one controlling ownership for the first time in more than three decades.
The Steigenberger Hotel Group rebrands as Deutsche Hospitality
Deutsche Hospitality unites three hotel brands under one unbrella brand: Steigenberger Hotels and Resorts, Jaz in the City, and IntercityHotels.
Cautious optimism for investors in sub-saharan Africa hotel sector
The diverse set of fundamentals in each market is becoming integral to the way in which investors and lenders approach the sector, with a region-wide approach becoming increasingly challenging.
Working towards an industry-wide commitment to tackle modern slavery
The Shiva Foundation has produced an Anti-Trafficking Charter which is currently being piloted at the DoubleTree by Hilton hotel in London.
IHG and NOVUM Hotel Group to develop 20 hotels across Europe
The MDA is the first venture together between both companies.
Modular hotels part of Hilton’s plan to double presence in Africa
Africa’s first modular build hotel, the 280 guest-room Hilton Garden Inn in the Ghanaian capital of Accra, is a concept that Hilton first premiered in 2014 through a partnership with CIMC Modular Building Systems.
US hotel industry remains stagnant
The probability of the hotel industry being in recession has been in a range between 40% to 46% in the last seven months indicating that the industry is in a major slowdown near the borders of the recession.
