Most of us have, at one point or another, fancied being James Bond. Be it driving fast cars, feeding baddies to sharks or just enjoying the finest in luxury travel at the expense of the taxpayer, there is much to enjoy in being 007. One area where there has been less to embrace in recent […]
Technology: hotels no longer shaken or stirred Read More »
Less than halfway through the first month go 2024 and the sector is already back on its favourite topic; what hospitality is and how the sector can deliver it (*cough* as cheaply as possible). This latest iteration of the debate we all love to indulge in was triggered by a post from Mews CEO Matthijs
Much of the world is having a cost of living crisis at the minute, in various degrees depending on the competency of one’s government and, while some governments are choosing to ignore it, so too are some industries. In this case, hotels – at least their development departments. The drive towards luxury and lifestyle hotels
It’s economy, stupid Read More »
Back in the day – the day being before the pandemic – the likes of OYO and Treebo were very much the hip kids about town. Their domestic market of India had been confusing overseas hotel companies for years, with Whitbread finally giving up and going home in 2016. It was too fragmented, too red
Accor’s second chop at Treebo Read More »
Last week we talked about how bonuses were linked to performance, not suffering, which was very much how shareholders at Whitbread saw it and this week the pay of those in the sector is playing on our minds and the minds of those who want people to work in their properties. Away from the boardroom,
Hospitality begins at work Read More »
IHG announced this week that it had set up a series of webinars designed in lieu of physical owner, investor and developer meetings and European roadshows. The webinars focus on the group’s core brands and, well, you only had to look at M. Macron’s earnest face this week to realise that Europe isn’t going to
Hotels, you’re on mute Read More »
