Virtuoso unveils nominees for Best Of The Best, 3 new urban refuges, has the relationship changed between hotels and OTAs? and crowdsourcing recruiting.

Virtuoso unveils nominees for Best Of The Best awards
Friday, 7th June 2019

Global luxury travel network Virtuoso® has revealed the 50 hotels and hospitality greats nominated for its coveted Best of the Best awards.

The nominees are part of the industry-leading Virtuoso Hotels & Resorts program, which includes over 1,300 carefully selected properties in more than 100 countries and encompasses more five-star hotels than any other program >>

Langham opens the first Cordis resort in China
7 Jun 2019 : Cordis, Dongqian Lake, Ningbo opens today, claiming its mantle as the first Cordis resort by Langham Hospitality Group as well as the fifth property in the global Cordis portfolio >>

Lille, London and Paris: 3 new urban refuges!
7 Jun 2019 : The dream of generous and exuberant hospitality will become reality once again in UK and France, the MAMA family shows no sign of slowing down and here’s an overview of 3 unconventional and original openings planned for August and October 2019 >>

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Has the Relationship Changed Between Hotels and OTAs?
Friday, 7th June 2019

Hotels and OTAs both need each other, however, despite their fundamental interdependence, the relationship between the two has felt distinctly one-sided over the past decade of relentless OTA growth.

In the past few weeks alone we’ve seen a landmark new deal between Marriott and Expedia, along with a bold statement of intent from IHG on maintaining their relationship with third-party distributors.

With two of the world’s largest hotel chains publicly evaluating the role of an OTA in their business models, what repercussions could this have for the wider industry? >>

Navigate the Pitfalls Motel Valuations – Part 1
Independent, budget motels are often operated by resident owners that are talented at running efficient, safe motel operations but lack sophisticated and complete financial models that generate proper reports upon which to base purchase and valuation decisions >>

Crowdsourcing Recruiting
For years now, I have been teaching leadership teams the value of the mining the collective intelligence among their front-line employees and this concept mines the people's personal networks of contacts for the right people and for employers who need to find and hire experienced, qualified candidates >>

Combatting Data Breaches with Virtual Payments
Is a virtual payment card number the way to go to prevent payment-related data breaches? Nearly 70 percent of 144 business travel buyers surveyed in January said that their travelers have been affected by a payment-related data breach from an outside vendor such as an airline, hotel or retailer in the past year >>

Global Newsletter from yesterday, June 06, 2019
Shangri-La launches e-services under WeChat ecosystem, Hyatt to expand in Asia Pacific, going 'Green' is good for business and Central and Eastern Europe brings fresh flavor to dining out >>