With cash flow a constant issue, you will always have to pick and choose which sustainability and energy efficiency technologies to authorize and which ones aren’t worth the price tag. Here are tips to follow when getting underway with an energy savings plan.
Industry Icons: Danny Pecorelli
The spotlight shines on the 2014 Hotelier of the Year, Danny Pecorelli.
Technology in food and beverage: Executive chefs playing catch up
The majority of chefs would like to spend more time creating, cooking, developing, innovating and working with their teams, but the financial and managerial pressures of running a professional kitchen often push them into areas where they do not always feel comfortable.
Hotels as antidepressants
Here’s how hoteliers can get an edge over short term apartment rental platforms using endocrinology to change the level of hormones in guests’ bloodstreams thereby influencing their moods.
Hotel loyalty programmes: What may and may not work
Hotels should consider developing customer loyalty programmes that balance both economic and social rewards to establish “sustainable relationships” with their customers.
Hotel technology: the case for integrated, cloud-hosted solutions
The right tech system can improve efficiency by saving resources and driving productivity, which delivers the added bonus of giving the staff more time to attend to guest needs.
Online education: The future of an industry
Increased popularity of online higher education brings opportunities for hospitality industry leaders to complete an online degree in order to step up in their career while they continue to work.
Hotel insurance: two professionals you need and why you need them
You should have a designated adjuster and a coverage attorney on your side to get the best result when dealing with complex claims on hotel and resort properties with lots of moving parts.
Three key business, technology and hotel marketing trends set to impact the industry
Hotel metrics like occupancy levels, RevPar and ADR values are lining up to break previous records and the forecast for the year is healthy. Three key business, technology and hotel marketing trends set to impact the industry.
What would Churchill advise for your hotel?
Revisiting some of Churchill’s most famous quotes, let’s try to think of how they could be repurposed as a rally cry for our current hospitality industry.
