By Steve DiGioia: What happens when your employees post unflattering, incorrect or downright damaging messages to their friends or "followers"?
Mobile learning for hospitality workers can boost language proficiency
By Rozana Sani: Language fluency, particularly English, is becoming more important for all levels of hospitality workers. With most having limited time to study, mobile learning apps offer a self-paced solution.
Leisure hotel bookings in January far exceeded volumes from last several years
Online leisure hotel bookings in January achieved double-digit growth over nearly every year back to 2007 globally, with the exception of 2013.
Swiss-Belhotel chats to guests online in real-time
The hotel's new 'Live Chat' feature enables fast access to comprehensive information about the facilities and services of each Swiss-Belhotel International property.
Let your trainees rise to the task
By Tim Millett: Give your trainees challenging opportunities – the investment in developing young hoteliers can have a big ROI pay-off.
Approaches to attract Gen Y
By Alexandra Ramirez: Whatever you call them – Millennials, Gen Y, or 'younger folks entering the workforce' – this demographic represents the fastest growing segment of travellers, and you'll need to attract them to grow your business.
Future hoteliers embrace computer-based training
Traditional face-to-face training will never be obsolete, but tomorrow's hospitality employees are highly likely to gain knowledge and skills, at least in some part, through computer-based training.
How to avoid death-by-email
By Andrew Angus: If the pressure of trying to keep up with email 24/7 has you spinning in circles, try these 9 strategies for dealing with technostress.
Throwback Thursday: Hotels where celeb journeys ended
By famoushotesl.org: The horror of a hotelier is the customer who has arrived to depart, intentionally or not. Still, guests dying is a part of hotel life, and when a celebrity dies, there is a certain infamy that will stay with the venue.
Text service offers response guarantee within 4 minutes
Here's another example of a hotel using communication technology to improve guest service.


