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Bazin anticipates ‘fantastic year for tourism’

Exclusive: Accor CEO Sébastien Bazin anticipates ‘fantastic year for tourism’

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Ballotti: travel outlook for America, Australia and beyond (positive)

Exclusive: Wyndham CEO Ballotti positive on 2023 travel outlook for America, Australia and beyond

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Sternlicht – Outdoor recreation

Starwood CEO Barry Sternlicht’s New Hotel Brand Bets on Outdoor Recreation

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Sonder phenomenon and hybrid hospitality

Travel Disruptors: Sonder’s Francis Davidson on the future of hospitality

What can the hospitality industry learn from Sonder?

Hybrid Hospitality is a growing trend

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The ‘regular’ customer segments are shifting

The State of the Travel Industry in 2023: Current Trends and Future Outlook

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Customized accommodation; mixing business and leisure; AI; greening; ethical labor

Hospitality Industry in 2023: Responding to new trends

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Also, overall trends systematized

Hotel Industry Trends: The Future of Hospitality in 2023

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Deloitte: Travel industry outlook 2023

2023 Travel industry outlook

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hybrid hospitality

PKF hospitality group up-to-date information for hospitality professionals

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Nassetta about new Golden Age of travel

Hilton Sees a New Golden Age of Travel. Can It Last?

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Squeeze of profit margins; severe shortage of workers

How to manage top trends impacting hotels in 2023

Marriott CEO says lodging demand is ‘roaring back’

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Also from Bazin: “Change means opportunity. Either you change or you will be changed”: (the idea is to look ahead)

Sébastien Bazin on How Change Means Opportunity

Where To Next? 4 Trends Shaping Opportunities in Hospitality

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A report from Hilton: focus on frictionless travel, more engaging experiences, a sense of caring and enhanced wellness offerings

Hilton Spotlights Travelers’ Changing Expectations as a Record Year of Travel Concludes

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Also on business, group demand in 2023 (Capuano, Ballotti, Halkyard (MGM Resorts), and others)

Hotel Executives Bullish on Business, Group Demand in 2023

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Also from Bazin: hoteliers have been adjusting to new demand generators. “I have never seen so many people spending time in a hotel on a Sunday night, working remotely on Fridays and Mondays, and that is big business now”

Accor’s Bazin Shares Hotel Industry Outlook and Reflects on How the Business Has Changed in 10 Years

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Human capital and sustainability should be the focus

Interview: Federico J Gonzalez on the future of hospitality

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Capuano on the future of global lodging

Marriott CEO on Future of Global Lodging

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Ballotti on Biden’ infrastructure law’ implications for business travel

Wyndham Hotels Sees A Boon In Biden’s Infrastructure Law—And A New Breed Of Business Traveler

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Extended stay options have become even more popular among leisure travelers, due to the ongoing remote-working trend and easier integration of work time into leisure vacation

Marriott’s positive outlook for 2022 shares trends shaping the hospitality industry’s future

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Talent crisis in hospitality

In Focus: Tackling the talent crisis in hospitality

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Also from Bazin: Hoteliers should focus on ultra-local business

Accor CEO thinks hotel industry needs to adopt a local mindset

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Is the future of the hospitality industry suspended in thin air? Check what Arne Sorenson, Marriott CEO, has to say on the future of the hospitality industry, and why it will bounce back hard and strong.

Marriott CEO Arne Sorenson On The Future Of The Hospitality Industry, Masks, And Furloughs

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What does it take to leading a company from the front during the ongoing pandemic? Hear Marriott’s CEO Arne Sorenson discuss the art of leadership, and why by being honest, clear and transparent, businesses can break the shackles.

Marriott’s CEO Shared a Video With His Team and It’s a Powerful Lesson in Leading During a Crisis

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Why does Hyatt CEO, Mark Hoplamazian, feel that empathy, as a powerful attribute, can help steer the company in an ever-changing coronavirus business landscape?

How Hyatt’s CEO is leading with empathy through COVID-19 and a corporate reckoning with racism

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What does the impending winters hold for the hotel industry, particularly when it is recovering from the shock waves of the pandemic? Mark Hoplamazian, Hyatt’s CEO, gives the industry a much-needed wake-up call.

Hyatt CEO Says Second Wave of Virus Will Curtail Hotel Industry’s Ongoing Recovery

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“This is not the time to worry about dollars and cents,” Sam Nazarian, CEO of sbe Entertainment Group. Here’s how Nazarian is supporting his 7,000 laid-off hospitality workers.

How SBE Founder Sam Nazarian Is Supporting His 7,000 Laid-Off Hospitality Workers

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Keith Barr, CEO of InterContinental Hotels Group, joins “Squawk Alley” to talk about the fallout of COVID-19 pandemic in the hotel and leisure industry.

IHG CEO Keith Barr on the hotel industry’s outlook

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Hotelier & Billionaire Philanthropist Jonathan Tisch on what the hospitality industry requires to recover when there’s so much uncertainty in the industry post COVID-19 pandemic?

Hotelier/Billionaire Philanthropist Jonathan Tisch: What A Hospitality Recovery Requires

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CEO Jonathan Tisch doesn’t expect a return to significant national, international or business travel anytime soon. Read on as he discusses the various challenges of the hospitality industry and why he’s so excited about reopening hotels.

Loews Hotels CEO: Business Travel Won’t Return This Year

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Christopher Nassetta, CEO, Hilton Worldwide, on why many things will never be the same in the hospitality industry, but people will still be traveling.

The Head of Hilton Talks About How His Business Will Survive

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David Kong, President & CEO, Best Western, shares the COVID-19 recovery plan for the hospitality industry, and how it has helped them to scale and grow business.

Best Western CEO shares recovery plan

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Are hotels safe during the coronavirus pandemic? Patrick Pacious, CEO, Choice Hotels, explains how his company is protecting guests and employees with new cleaning protocols, redesigned lobbies, among others.

Are hotels safe during the coronavirus pandemic? Choice Hotels CEO weighs in

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Find out from Federico J. González Tejera, President & CEO, Radisson Hospitality AB, how Radisson is effectively able to cut down the use of single-use plastics in all its hotels.

Radisson Hotel Group to reduce single-use plastics