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A Pragmatic Action Plan You Can Run This Quarter – LodgIQ | LodgIQ
10 Revenue Habits Top-Performing Hotels Are Already Using Our latest industry survey didn’t just highlight trends—it revealed what revenue leaders do differently. Here’s the 10-point checklist they follow to outperform in today’s volatile hospitality market: 1️⃣ Define your micro-season calendar. Events = mini-seasons. Build pricing & distribution plans for each one. 2️⃣ Forecast in 3 layers. Base. Stretch. Downside. Align…
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AHLA and Other Hotel Industry Associations Urge Congress to End Government Shutdown
WASHINGTON, D.C.—More than 30 industry associations representing hotels across the country sent a letter to the leaders of the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate urging them to end the government shutdown. As the county enters the fourth week of the shutdown, the American Hotel & Lodging Association (AHLA), its members, and allied organizations are…
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Hostaway becomes world’s first short-term rental property management software unicorn with new $1 billion valuation
FINLAND, 22 October 2025 — Hostaway, a leading vacation rental property management software (PMS), has become the world’s first short-term rental (STR) PMS unicorn, growing over 50% in size since its record-breaking US $365 million funding round in 2024, which valued the business at $925 million. Since then, the company has invested heavily in AI technology,…
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Defying the Peak: How Global Hotels Sustained Guest Satisfaction in Q3 2025
The Q3 2025 Shiji Global Guest Experience Benchmark reveals a narrative of resilience. Traditionally, the third quarter, coinciding with peak travel in the northern hemisphere, brings a dip in guest satisfaction as occupancy rises and rates surge. This year, however, results defied expectations.TakeawaysGlobal GRI reached 87.0%, maintaining pre-summer highs despite peak travel pressures.Google accounted for…
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Aroundtown Real Estate Coworking Hospitality ATworld | David Turnbull
Real estate’s next decade will not be about square meters. It will be about networks. When we started Denizen, our goal was simple: to create better places for people to meet, work, and belong. Over time, that mission evolved. We realised that the future of real estate is not about owning more buildings but about…
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Financing that is built for the rhythm of hospitality
Running a hotel means thinking on your feet. Bookings, payments, staffing, it’s all happening in real time. But when it comes to financing, it is a different story. Too many hotels are stuck trying to navigate banking systems that weren’t built for the rhythm of hospitality. Traditional loans are rigid, admin-heavy, and out of touch.…
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Small City Energy
Every big city has a smaller city that hates them: New York has Boston, Barcelona has Madrid, and Paris has the entire hexagon.For France, young Emmanuel Macron tried to heal that grudge with tax carrots and decentralization talk, hoping companies would set up shop in Limoge instead of clogging La Défense. The goal: relieving pressure…
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The myth of media fragmentation: a challenge for agencies, not advertisers | Charlie Ebdy posted on the topic | LinkedIn
The idea of a fragmented media landscape is today mostly unchallenged. It is also wrong. Media looks fragmented when we apply traditional agency categorisations to modern media behaviours. When we split “listening to music” across analogue radio and digital radio and music apps, mainly because of how media is traded. These trading categories can play…
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Uber’s Two-Tower model for Uber Eats restaurant recommendations | Eric Seufert posted on the topic | LinkedIn
🚀 Excited to Share My Uber Ride Cancellation Prediction Project! During my training at (National Telecommunication Institute (NTI)), I had the opportunity to work on a Machine Learning project that predicts whether an Uber ride will be canceled or completed based on different factors. First, I’d like to sincerely thank my instructor Abdulrahman Bakeer for…
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Jeff Bezos said if you ONLY look at data, you will not win big because the biggest breakthroughs are made with intuition: « The only way I could advise any founder or entrepreneur is to deeply… | Jason P. Yoong | 26 comments
Jeff Bezos said if you ONLY look at data, you will not win big because the biggest breakthroughs are made with intuition: « The only way I could advise any founder or entrepreneur is to deeply understand what are the big ideas that their customers want. You should ask your customers. But it’s not sufficient…you also…
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