Sun.Nov 12, 2023

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The impact of holiday posts on B2B hospitality companies: LinkedIn marketing insights

eHotelier

The impact of holiday posts on B2B hospitality companies: LinkedIn marketing insights - Insights - Insights Unless you have something unique or can use engaging photographs of people to boost interaction, here's why it might be best to refrain.

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Sydney’s Maybe Sammy ranked #1 in Top 500 Bars list

Hospitality Magazine

Sydney’s Maybe Sammy has been named as the world’s most influential bar by taking out the #1 spot in the Top 500 Bars 2023 awards. The announcement came from the Top 500 Bars 2023 awards evening in Paris, where Maybe Sammy Venue Manager Sarah Proietti and Bar Manager Hunter Gregory collected the award. Maybe Sammy came top of the list, followed by New York’s Double Chicken Please; Barcelona’s Paradiso; Paris’ Little Red Door; and Singapore’s Jigger & Pony.

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How to generate 8 must-have hotel reports with a cloud property management system

Hotelogix

Call them hotel reports or hotel management system reports, they help you gain insights on your hotel business so that you can make data-driven decisions. However, without a hotel property management system, it would be next to impossible to extract those reports manually. So, in this case, it is highly advisable to adopt a smart cloud-based hotel property management system that would help with hundreds of accurate reports on every aspect of your hotel operations.

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Oborozuki announces new head chef and Japanese-French menu

Hospitality Magazine

Sydney’s Oborozuki has appointed Daeun Kang as head chef and has announced a new Japanese-French fusion a la carte menu. The restaurant will still offer its signature Japanese teppanyaki offering, but alongside the Japanese-French three- or four-course a la carte menu. Kang comes from a notable hospitality resume here in Sydney, most recently at Aria where she went from chef de patrie to senior sous chef for the venue.

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Less Stress, More Success: Accounting Best Practices & Processes for 2025

Speaker: Duke Heninger, Partner and Fractional CFO at Ampleo & Creator of CFO System

Are you ready to elevate your accounting processes for 2025? 🚀 Join us for an exclusive webinar led by Duke Heninger, a seasoned fractional CFO and CPA passionate about transforming back-office operations for finance teams. This session will cover critical best practices and process improvements tailored specifically for accounting professionals.

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How To Get Corporate Guests For Your Hotel

Hotelogix

Business travel has always been an important source of revenue within the hospitality industry and it continues to grow each year. Annually, there are more than 462 million domestic business trips in the United States alone and this number is expected to rise to around 500 million by 2022. Globally, business travel is expected to grow to an estimated $1.6 trillion by 2020.

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Unmasking the faces of fraud to protect your data

SAS

Stu Bradley discusses the importance of education, diligence and analytics in the fight against fraud.

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Extended Stay America opens newest premier suites property in San Marcos

eHotelier

Extended Stay America®, the leading mid-priced extended stay hotel brand family in the United States with more than 700 hotels, announced today the opening of the Extended Stay Premier Suites – San Diego – San Marcos, located in San Marcos, California.

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Safemark Named Official Distributor of Indel B Minibars Across US and Canada

Hospitality Net

Safemark, the dominant provider of electronic safes to the global hospitality industry, is pleased to announce an exclusive partnership with Indel B to distribute their line of award-winning minibars in the US and Canada.

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The Jewel of Waikiki welcomes Hospitality Veterans to Hotel and Restaurant Teams

eHotelier

ESPACIO, The Jewel of Waikiki, today announced the appointment of two industry veterans as General Manager and Food and Beverage Manager. Gerald Glennon has been named General Manager of ESPACIO The Jewel of Waikiki and Wes Zane has joined as Food and Beverage Manager, ushering in a new era of world-class service and hospitality at the boutique hotel and Mugen, its award-winning fine dining restaurant.

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Food & Beverage Industry Report 2024

Driven by a diverse and exciting ecosystem of passionate, ambitious, and often young entrepreneurs, the Food & Beverage (F&B) sector is a highly competitive environment full of immense challenges and exciting opportunities. Expert Market’s 2024 industry report, sponsored by Toast, is informed by a survey of 522 U.S. food and beverage professionals, from restaurant owners to food service managers, providing insights into the real-time challenges and opportunities within the industry.

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Torrens University and TFE Hotels Nurture Future Hotel Leaders

Hospitality Net

In an alliance designed to retain and nurture top talent in hospitality, Torrens University Australia, and long-time partner, TFE Hotels, have launched a custom short-course portal, giving TFE team members the ability to earn micro-qualifications as they complete their university coursework. In turn, Torrens University hospitality students will have access to real-world internships across TFE’s 48-strong Australian hotel network, which includes the only Australian entry in the World’s 50 Best Ho

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Mayssam Abdulkhalek appointed Resort Executive Wellness Chef at Zulal Wellness Resort by Chiva-Som in Al Ruwais

eHotelier

Zulal Wellness Resort by Chiva-Som has announced the appointment of Mayssam Abdulkhalek as the new Resort Executive Wellness Chef. With more than a decade of culinary experience in the luxury wellness space, Chef Mayssam aims to further enhance the significant wellness cuisine offering at the resort.

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Whitebridge APAC Hotels Monitor, Issue 10

Hospitality Net

Talk about global headwinds. Economies are stalling around the world, inflation and interest rates remain stubbornly high, and as if that were not enough, we now have another major conflict to think about. Within APAC, the key influencer is China. As the BBC recently put it: ‘When the US sneezes, the rest of the world catches a cold. But what happens when China is unwell?

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Luxury travel enters the DIGITAL ERA with Essentialist’s NEW Innovative Travel Concierge

eHotelier

Essentialist, the sophisticated members-only travel service specializing in bespoke trips around the globe with the highest level of personalization, unveils its latest technology with the launch of a new smartphone app for members. Unlocking the extraordinary promise of being able to deliver uniquely customized trips with unheard-of turnaround times thanks to a unique combination of technology and exclusive content and data.

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Why Every Small Business Needs an HCM Solution: A Comprehensive Guide

Managing HR tasks like payroll, compliance, and employee data can overwhelm small businesses. That’s where a Human Capital Management (HCM) solution comes in. Our eBook, Why Every Small Business Needs an HCM Solution: A Comprehensive Guide , shows how an HCM system automates tedious processes, ensuring your business stays compliant and efficient. You’ll learn how to simplify payroll, eliminate costly errors, and empower your employees with self-service tools.

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Hotel Construction Pipeline Growth in Asia Pacific, Excluding China, Remains Steady at Q3 Close

Hospitality Net

In the recently released Hotel Construction Pipeline Trend Report from Lodging Econometrics (LE), Asia Pacific’s total construction pipeline, excluding China, continued to show steady year-over-year (YOY) growth to end the third quarter of 2023 at 1,929 projects/398,199 rooms, up 3% by projects YOY.

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Tourism’s importance for growth highlighted in world economic outlook report

eHotelier

Tourism has again been identified as a key driver of economic recovery and growth in a new report by the International Monetary Fund (IMF). With UNWTO data pointing to a return to 95% of pre-pandemic tourist numbers by the end of the year in the best-case scenario, the IMF report outlines the positive impact the sector’s rapid recovery will have on certain economies worldwide.

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How Generative AI Maximizes the Direct Channel with Tata Crocombe

Hospitality Net

The public debut of ChatGPT in late 2022 and the subsequent hype cycle throughout the first half of 2023 certainly spurred a lot of thought from hoteliers about to use these large language models (LLMs) to improve the hotel business on multiple fronts – the onsite experience, BOH efficiencies, recruitment and, for today’s case, getting guests to book direct in lieu of third-party channels.

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Kuala Lumpur’s MOV Hotel sees a 60% boost in revenue with STAAH

STAAH

Learn how this boutique city hotel maximised occupancy and revenue while enhancing guest experience as it reopened after Covid. Inspired by what moves you, MOV Hotel is a boutique hotel situated in the heart of Kuala Lumpur that centres its services and amenities around the comfort and aspirations of business and leisure travellers. Strategically located in between Jalan Alor – Kuala Lumpur’s most famous hawker food street, and Changkat, Bukit Bintang’s most popular after-hours F&B and enter

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Best Practices to Streamline Compensation Management: A Foundation for Growth

Speaker: Joe Sharpe and James Carlson

Payroll optimization can be one of the most time-consuming and complex factors of small business management. Yet, organizations that crack the code on streamlining employee compensation often discover innovative avenues for growth. With the right strategies in place, outsourcing and streamlining payroll processes can result in substantial time and resource savings.

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Build intelligent operations and let data drive direct bookings

Hospitality Net

In this week’s episode of the Hotel Moment podcast, Karen Stephens, Revinate CRO, and Patrick Norton, VP of Sales and Marketing at Brittain Resorts & Hotels, discuss how building guest profiles is a journey — a journey hoteliers need to take if they want to reduce their reliance on OTAs and stay competitive. Norton also champions data-driven tech stacks, explaining why they not only prevent hoteliers from falling behind the competition but serve to support a more productive staff.

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RELAIS – 1

Mary Gostelow

There were a couple of speeches last night at the opening party of the annual meeting of Relais & Châteaux in Copenhagen, main venue VILLA COPENHAGEN. It was a large group, just over 500 total, and, pre-opening party, there were informal words from Michael Caines at a Pommery-sponsored cocktail for the UK and Ireland delegates. There was a speech later at the general hygge welcome cocktail: Relais President Laurent Gardinier spoke, above, and then he enticed Pommery owner Nathalie Vranken o

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RSF Hong Kong 2023: Total Profitability and Open Pricing

Duetto Cloud

Revenue Strategy Forum (RSF) Hong Hong took place on September 22 at the Mira Hong Kong. The event saw a coming together of hoteliers, leading industry experts, and technology innovators to discuss the power of Total Profitability and Open Pricing.

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GO IT – GIRLAHEAD

Mary Gostelow

Today, Sunday 12th November, a 3.15 a.m. wake up (alarm and phone, just to make sure). Why, you ask? A 6.15 a.m. car was coming and, being Sunday, it was face-mask and weigh-in time, shower and extended exercise, breakfast and read yesterday’s Financial Times. Unusually the last did not take long. The main Life & Arts story was Cricket @ La Modi, great title and great reading for lovers of the willow bats but not for Girlahead. ‘Lunch’ guest was Michel Roux Jr, nothing prof

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Pricing for Profit: How to Set, Negotiate, and Succeed

Speaker: Igli Laci, Strategic Finance Leader

In today’s competitive market, pricing is more than just a number — it’s the cornerstone of profitability. The right pricing strategy ensures that you capture the true value of your offering, paving the way for sustainable growth and long-term success. Join Igli Laci, Strategic Finance Leader, in this exclusive session where he will explore how a well-crafted pricing approach balances customer perception with business objectives, creating a powerful tool for securing both competitive advantage a

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Irongate and Hilton Announce the Future Debut of W?kea Waikiki Beach, LXR Hotels & Resorts

Hospitality Net

Today, Irongate, a lifestyle-driven real estate firm, and global hospitality leader Hilton (NYSE: HLT) proudly announce plans for a monumental transformation of one of Hawaii’s most revered properties. The Trump International Hotel, Waikiki, will be reborn as Wākea Waikiki Beach under the expert management of LXR Hotels & Resorts officially taking place February 2024.

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