Innovation

Carmit Bar-On, a partner at Israeli law firm Meitar Liquornik Geva Leshem Tal, is set to speak on the “Getting a Deal Done” panel during the Israel Hotel Investment Summit in Tel Aviv this week. The Summit is presented by Questex, parent company of Hotel Management magazine. Bar-On heads the …

InvoTech Systems is the leading provider of advanced Linen Management, Laundry and Uniform Systems that integrate the latest RFID technology to increase profitability for hotels, resorts, casino operators, sports arenas, convention centers and theme parks. The InvoTech System installed at Desert Diamond Casino West Valley manages the Uniform inventory for …

STR’s October 2019 hotel pipeline data showed 434 projects accounting for 119,991 rooms in construction in the Middle East and 135 projects and 24,939 rooms in construction in Africa. The Middle East total represented a 5.7% year-over-year decrease in the number of rooms in the final phase of the development …

U.S. airlines carried an estimated 78.1 million system-wide (domestic and international) scheduled service passengers in October 2019, seasonally-adjusted, reaching a new seasonally-adjusted all-time high, according to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics’ (BTS) first estimate, up 0.9% from the September second estimate. BTS estimated 68.5 million domestic passengers, which was also …

For the hotel and lodging industry, providing ongoing employee training on preventing sexual harassment, discrimination and other workplace misconduct is a cornerstone of creating a safe, positive environment for staff and guests. Organizations that prioritize training and other initiatives to strengthen workplace culture can benefit from improvements in recruitment and …

Let’s take a glimpse inside the mind of a modern event planner. On any given day, they’re likely consumed with thoughts of budgets, guest lists, event size, space requirements, locations, venue options, amenity requirements, contracts, confirmations and, of course, steadily shrinking timelines. Cue the check-lists that never end, and clients’ …

Following the deaths of five people in a shooting incident at an Airbnb rental in California, CEO Brian Chesky said the platform was “banning party houses.” The group, which was due to go public in 2020, said it would create a dedicated rapid-response team and that it “must do better.” …

Marriott International has signed agreements with Thai integrated lifestyle real estate group Asset World Corp. to bring three of its brands to Thailand.  Under the agreements, AWC is expected to open a 248-room Courtyard by Marriott in Phuket late next year, as well as both a 900-room Marriott Marquis hotel and …

STR’s hotel pipeline data for Europe showed 1,620 projects accounting for 205,383 rooms in construction as of October 2019. This represented a 44.3% year-over-year increase in the number of rooms in the final phase of the development pipeline. A majority of the region’s rooms in construction are in three segments. …

STR’s hotel pipeline data for the Asia Pacific region showed 2,039 projects accounting for 450,231 rooms in construction as of October 2019. This represented a 20.7% year-over-year increase in the number of rooms in the final phase of the development pipeline. A majority of the region’s rooms in construction are …