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HVS Report - Hotel Operators Get Creative To Enhance Guest Revenue Capture - By Rod Clough

HVS Report - Hotel Operators Get Creative To Enhance Guest Revenue Capture - By Rod Clough

As HVS associates travel nationwide and experience new hotels, or newly renovated and revitalized properties, we are seeing many owners creating innovative ways to generate revenue. This article lists just a few ways we’ve recently come across. Read more

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Market Report Philadelphia

HVS Market Report - Philadelphia Hotel Market: Poised for Success - By Michael Lambdin and Scott Killheffer

Since the COVID-19 pandemic, Philadelphia's ADR has fully recovered, but occupancy and RevPAR remain below 2019 levels. The primary factor limiting the recovery is the stagnant commercial and group demand segments. However, leisure demand has increased, and the city is preparing to host several large events in the coming years, supporting a positive outlook. Read more

 

Building Management

How is Elevator Liability Defined? - By Rodney Bond

One of a building owner’s worst nightmares: a passenger gets into an elevator in perfect health but ends the ride with a serious physical or psychological injury. Thankfully, this is an extremely rare scenario, but all those involved in building management should know exactly how to define elevator liability and take action if an incident occurs. Read more

 

Trends

 

Guest Service Excellence

Hotel Check-in and the New Discipline of Guest Service Management - PhocusWire

Pundits have been questioning the future of the hotel front desk for more than a decade. Is a hotel front desk needed any more? If so, how should it be staffed and far can it add guest value in the check in process? Read more

 

Market Report U.K.

An All Time Low: UK Hospitality Bosses Say Industry is Fighting for Survival - The Guardian

Up and down the country, restaurants, pubs and hotels have been driven to the brink: more than a third of UK hospitality businesses said in October last year they could go bust within months amid surging energy bills and declining bookings. Read more

 

Hotel Performance Trends

Weekly Global Hotel Performance Trends from STR: 9-15 July 2023

Global occupancy (excluding the U.S) reached another post-pandemic high of 72.4%, 1.5 ppts higher than the previous high achieved a week ago. The week’s occupancy was 5.7ppts higher than the level seen a year ago. ADR increased 9.3% YoY to US$155 with RevPAR of US$112, well above last year (+18.6%). Read more

 

News

 

Hotel Booking Behaviour

Immersive Content Seen As Key To Reaching Modern, Gen Z Travelers - CoStar

Executives with Google, Meta and Amazon agreed how travelers book online is shifting, particularly as Gen Z grows more prevalent, and they shared insights during the 2023 Revenue Optimization Conference on how to make the most of that change. Read more

 

Hotel For Sale Auckland

Nesuto Stadium Hotel and Apartments in Auckland Listed for Sale

One of Auckland’s largest hotels listed for sale Read more

 

Hotel Transaction Pittsburgh

Holiday Inn Express & Suites Pittsburgh-South Side in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Sold

The Holiday Inn Express & Suites is situated on 1.73-acres at 20 South 10th St. The six-story hotel offers 600 square feet of meeting space, a fitness center, indoor pool and business center. Read more

 

Development News

Baymont by Wyndham Hotel in Lakeland, FL Sold

DSH Hotel Advisors announced the sale of the 67-room, interior-corridor Baymont by Wyndham in Lakeland, Florida for an undisclosed price on July 11, 2023 Read more

 

Accor Acquisition

Accor Enters into Exclusive Negotiations with Andera Partners and Partner Investors to Take over Potel & Chabot

Through its two houses, Potel & Chabot and Saint Clair, Momense has become the preferred caterer for prestigious events in France and the world over. Read more

 

Hotel Transaction New York City

Home2 Suites by Hilton New York Long Island City Hotel Sold

ffiliates of Paceline Equity Partners, LLC, a Dallas-based private equity manager, today announced that they have acquired the Home2 Suites by Hilton New York Long Island City, an extended stay, all-suite hotel located in Long Island City, New York. Read more

 

Hotel Development Japan

Accor Accelerates in Japan with Agreement to Operate 23 Properties

Accor Signs Milestone Agreement With Ebisu Resort LLC, With 23 Properties set to Join the Group's Hotel Network by Q2 2024 Read more

 

Association News

AAHOA Emphasizes Importance of Hotel Industry in Comments for National Travel and Tourism Infrastructure Strategic Plan

The Asian American Hotel Owners Association (AAHOA), offered input about how transportation infrastructure can create a solid foundation for promoting and sustaining long-distance travel and tourism, in response to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Request for Comment on the National Travel and Tourism Infrastructure Strategic Plan (NTTISP). Read more

 

In Brief

 

Hotel Website Design
Vizergy® Promotes Robert Arnold to Role of CEO

Management Appointment Accor
Raffles and Orient Express Strengthen Team with Significant Leadership Appointments

HFTP Paragon Award
Nominate an Individual for the 2023 HFTP Paragon Award

Hotel Opening Manhattan
400 Room Motto by Hilton New York City Times Square Hotel to Open This August

Hotel Opening South Carolina
98 Room Fairfield Inn & Suites Coastal Carolina Conway Opens in South Carolina

Hotel Opening Honduras
Aloft San Pedro Sula Hotel Opens in Honduras

Hotel Opening Japan
329 Room Hilton Okinawa Miyako Island Resort Opens in Japan

Hotel Opening U.K.
Hilton Garden Inn Silverstone Opens Overlooking the Starting Grid at Silverstone

 

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