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Thursday September 17, 2020
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HOTEL BUSINESS REVIEW
Best Practices in Hotel Management & Operations
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Valet Services: Know the Risks
By John Welty, President, SUITELIFE Underwriting Managers, Ryan Specialty Group
For some guests, the presence of a valet at the front door of a hotel is as expected as a bed in a guest room. And for hoteliers, implementing such a program may not seem to require much investment or planning. What they must keep in mind, however, is that valet programs don't come without risks, particularly in the wake of COVID-19.
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SEPTEMBER FOCUS
Hotel Group Meetings: Demand vs. Supply
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Navigating a New World of In-Person Meetings with Virtual Benefits
By Allison Kinsley, Chief Meeting Architect, Kinsley Meetings
We are taking time to optimistically and critically rethink our meetings, including challenging their essential components, what may be dispensable, and what we've been missing. A meeting planner and small business owner shares her experience on COVID's effects on the planning community, why government needs to pay attention to letting meetings take place, how to get people back to in-person events, and why the pandemic is good for the planning industry.
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The Anticipated Rise in Human Trafficking Lawsuits Targeting the Hotel Industry
By Emily Adams, Associate, Weinberg Wheeler Hudgins Gunn & Dial
Civil suits against hotel and motel chains for allegedly benefiting financially from human trafficking are on the rise across the country. On February 5, 2020, the December 2019 request for 38 human trafficking lawsuits pending in 12 states to be consolidated into one federal case was denied. As a result, lawsuits against hotel and motel entity defendants alleging violations of the Trafficking and Violence Protection Reauthorization Act will proceed in a minimum of 12 district courts in the coming months.
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HOTEL NEWSWIRE
Daily Industry News Updates
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COVID-19 UPDATE: Hotel Newswire is providing free news distribution and coverage for the Hotel Industry. CLICK HERE
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DAILY HEADLINES - Thursday Sep 17, 2020
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ARCHIVES
More from our online Library Archives...
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How to Use Data to Impact Your Bottom Line: Crucial Tips for Revenue Management
By Gino Engels, Co-Founder, OTA Insight
Revenue managers face a daily melange of ingredients to analyze, digest and base decisions on. Advances in Big Data and tools to make sense of it are making life a little easier. But, amid this data-overload, losing sight of the bigger picture - exactly how these metrics are impacting on your bottom line - is an ever-present risk. In what will be a refresher course for some readers and a set of new ideas for others, we present our crucial data tips for profitable revenue management, from KPIs to supply and demand factors, and technology to better visualisation.
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Brand Disruptors, the New Normal
By Trish Donnally, Public Relations Manager, Perkins Eastman
The hospitality industry is experiencing a sea change, thanks to several brand disruptors at work. Think about the sharing economy, leading fashion designers entering the hospitality arena to extend their brands, including Karl Lagerfeld, the emergence of "boutique hostels," Airbnb and its upstart emulators, mega mergers, and the rise of hyper-local, micro-boutique hotels. And that's not all. Communal ironing rooms, triple-tall bunk rooms and 24-hour text service to stay in touch with the reception staff in place of a phone in the room, are among the features stirring the pot in the hospitality world as well. Read more...
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