There was a time when the hotel sector introduced the world to the wonder of electricity, the marvel of room service, the novelty of the ice machine. Does it have the power to inspire love and loyalty again? Or will it be marginalised as a relic?
VRMA announces inaugural Vacation Rental Week, to Launch in 2020
The Vacation Rental Management Association announces that the first annual Vacation Rental Week will kick off in March 2020, with the goal of recognizing and promoting the value and benefits of the vacation rental industry.
Tax Office action on unregulated accommodation
Australian Tax Office announced that it is strengthening its enforcement measures for short term rental accommodation.
Regulation catches up with Innovation – The case of short-term rentals
The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) has published the first systematic overview of how both national governments and local authorities are addressing and managing new business models in the accommodation industry.
Sharing economy adaptation via the ‘hometel’
Hoteliers are finding ways to creatively meet Airbnb and other alternate lodging providers head on without compromising their core products. Here’s how one brand is tackling the challenge.
Hotel design is an arms race
To win the war against competition from the sharing economy, your hotel will require a thorough remodeling of every guest-facing space in your property to deploy new features that give customers what they want.
Hotel Industry Buyers Invest in Marketing Technology and Loyalty Programmes in Response to the Growth of the Sharing Economy
Loyalty programmes in response to the sharing economy.
2017 travel trends and industry opportunities
The pace of innovation across every industry and every company is astounding today, from natural language processing and data sciences to artificial intelligence and virtual reality. How exactly these mega trends are going to affect our industry, and hoteliers specifically, remains to be seen, but we do know that tomorrow will look very different from today.
2016 in Review: Food & Beverage and Sharing Economy
View the best and most informative eHotelier articles from the year of 2016 on Food & Beverage and the Sharing Economy
2016 see sharp rise in buyers using sharing economy suppliers
The use of sharing economy providers by corporate travel buyers has risen 250% in the last 12 months, according to new Business Travel Show research.
