Catégorie : Hotel & Hospitality

  • Rethinking RMS for select-service teams | Duetto

    Rethinking RMS for select-service teams | Duetto

    For years, the hospitality industry has talked about personalization, automation, and agility. But let’s be honest, most of the innovation in revenue strategy has focused around full-service and luxury properties.  Select‑service and limited‑service hotel brands – often running leaner teams and more properties – are expected to make do with the same resource-heavy systems. And…

  • The Three Imperatives: A New Playbook for Hotel Commercial Leaders

    The Three Imperatives: A New Playbook for Hotel Commercial Leaders

    For hotel commercial leaders, the current market feels like sailing on deceptively calm seas. The waves of post-pandemic “revenge travel” have subsided into a steady tide of demand. Still, powerful, unseen currents of economic uncertainty and fierce competition are churning just below the surface. The strategies that drove success over the past few years—riding a…

  • Lean Teams, High Impact: How Cloud PMS Tech Solves Hospitality’s Staffing Struggles

    Lean Teams, High Impact: How Cloud PMS Tech Solves Hospitality’s Staffing Struggles

    In today’s hospitality landscape, staffing shortages remain a pressing challenge. According to a December 2024 survey by the American Hotel & Lodging Association (AHLA) and Hireology, nearly 65% of hotels reported ongoing staffing shortages, with 71% unable to fill open positions despite active recruitment efforts. But while these challenges are real, they’re not insurmountable. The…

  • Hospitality leaders share vision for travel in 2030

    Hospitality leaders share vision for travel in 2030

    CEOs emphasize loyalty growth, brand differentiation, and emerging markets as key drivers Jul 24, 2025 At the Global Hotel Alliance’s annual summit in Brussels, hospitality CEOs shared an optimistic outlook for the future of travel despite global challenges. Discussions focused on loyalty programs as revenue engines, the need for brand differentiation amid growing “blanding,” and…

  • Paradox? Did you say paradox?

    Paradox? Did you say paradox?

    In our world of perpetual motion, paradoxes are no longer surprising. The health crisis once led us to believe there would be a lasting post-Covid impact on the desire to travel. And while that wave may have temporarily receded, it is far too powerful to dissolve into an ocean that suddenly stands still. International travel…

  • Lake.com Partners with Hostify to Bring Waterfront Rentals to More Vacationers

    Lake.com Partners with Hostify to Bring Waterfront Rentals to More Vacationers

    Toronto, ON – Lake.com, the vacation rental platform for accommodations on or near the water, has just announced their integration with Hostify, a leading property management system (PMS) known for its advanced yet easy-to-use platform tailored for vacation rental professionals. Property managers using Hostify will now have a niche platform to list their lakehouses, beachfront…

  • From Pipeline to Progress: What Africa’s Hotel Development Data Isn’t Telling Us

    From Pipeline to Progress: What Africa’s Hotel Development Data Isn’t Telling Us

    At this year’s Future Hospitality Summit Africa, the message from the stage was clear: pipelines are growing, investor interest remains steady and nearly every region is positioning itself as open for business. But beneath the optimism lies a more pressing reality – Africa doesn’t have a development problem, it has a delivery problem. Keynotes and…

  • The value of an invitation

    #4 Get more reviews with NFC tap stand 🤳 I’ve been spotting more of those Google Review NFC displays lately but never actually seen someone use one. So I gave it a go at my favourite ice cream spot in Amsterdam. Tapped my phone, got a notification, left a review in seconds. 

  • 5 Smart Ways to Reduce OTA Dependency – And How HotelFuse Will Change the Game

    5 Smart Ways to Reduce OTA Dependency – And How HotelFuse Will Change the Game

    1. Revamp Your Website: Make It Bookable, Fast, and Irresistible Your website isn’t just your digital brochure—it’s your best direct sales channel. Yet too many hotel websites are slow, outdated, or hard to book on mobile. ✅ Invest in a clean, fast-loading booking engine✅ Highlight unique value (free perks, local experiences)✅ Make pricing transparent and…

  • Fix the Data First: Why AI Alone Cannot Solve Hospitality’s Content Challenges | By Simone Puorto and Natalie Kimball

    At HITEC 2025 in Indianapolis, we sat down with Natalie Kimball, Vice President of Strategic Accounts for Americas and EMEA at Shiji Group, to explore the evolving role of hotel content management, data accuracy, and distribution, particularly in the complex Chinese market. Natalie also shared her candid views on AI in hospitality, the importance of…