Expedia has had, no doubt, an eventful year: from the resignation of its’ CEO to their massive contract woth Marriott. On the other hand, there is OYO, with their nonstop policy of expanding, focusing on volume...
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Pablo TorresChina’s pipeline outgrows any other region’s one
At the end of Q3 2019, the Chinese Hotel pipeline comprises 3,380 projects/628,972 rooms. To compare it, Europe’s one, including a hike of 19% vs last year, shows 1,569 projects/243,947 rooms. When numbers speak...
Accor’s investment in China: selling after increasing its’ value 4.5 times in 3 years
Following many crashes from other hotel companies in the past, it’s great to read that Accor has managed such return in a short period of time.
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Basic info on Hotel management contracts (and the challenges it can represent to owners)
A classic (2008) article by Jim Burr, which goes in great detail on the challenges that management contracts represent to owners: from the Corporate Office costs, to the threat of a new hotel from a sister brand coming...
Should Hotels build or buy IT/SaaS?
There is no easy answer to this question. Some Hotels prefer to have their own IT deparments, so that they own the entire process and can be 100% sure the product is custom-made and fits every possible need. But this is...
