How Will The Internet of Things Impact the Hotel Industry
In the next century, planet earth will don an electronic skin. It will use the Internet as a scaffold to support and transmit its sensations. Neil Gross, Business Week, 1999 Thousands of gadgets and devices are connected to the internet every day around the world. Smart thermostats, water meters, alarm systems, kitchen gadgets, medical equipments, industrial […]
How to Boost the Meeting Rooms Bookings in a Hotel
The main source of income of any given hotel is, of course, room booking revenues. But besides this revenue, there are other modalities in which a hotel can boost up its incomes, such as: – Restaurant sells; – Spa type services; – Event rooms booking; – Meeting rooms reservations; The latter can make a consistent […]
3 Major Trends in Hotel Tech
Hotel tech has become a major aspect in bringing in more guests and retaining them. Today, this translates to solid investments in a wide palette of hotel tech solutions that create this immediate and personal connection between the hotel and the guest. With the rising of guests’ expectations, pleasantly surprising them is something any respectable […]
Renovating or Converting a Hotel
The purpose behind any economical investment is the return on investment. This applies to the hospitality industry as well, where the investments can go up to incredible sums and the risks simultaneously therewith. This is why, in order to transform an average hotel into a profitable business, often times calls for a property renovation or […]
Hotel Époque Wins the Best Hotel in Romania Award
The prestigious American publication U.S. News & World Report, a well-known authority in quality rankings with a goal to improve the quality of life of their readership, has designated the winners of Best Hotels Rankings 2016-2017, of the Travel category. For over 30 years now, U.S. News & World Report creates consumer guides under the “The […]
3 Things to Consider when Renovating a Hotel
The 2008-2009 economic crisis that has considerably affected the hospitality industry, has brought a period of large investments cessation for hoteliers with it. Implicitly, it put a hold on any hotel renovation plans for an indefinite period of time. Starting with 2010 though, things started to slowly move, more so as the economic crisis has […]
5 Benefits of a Cloud-Based Hotel PMS
It’s a well-known fact that the hospitality industry is changing on a constant basis. And this change is dictated by the tech innovations in the field, by an intrinsic need for improvement, and of course, by the new market demands. The latest hotel trends that we’ve discussed about in a previous article, talk about adjusting the […]
Innovative Solutions for The Hotel’s Restaurant
A recent survey conducted by Hotels.com, with 1000 respondents from all over the world, revealed that these days breakfast is the most important hotel feature taken into consideration when making a hotel reservation. In 2013, Google Consumer Survey has conducted a study in which they asked one question, namely “Which hotel feature do you most look forward to?” The respondents […]
Top 5 Hi-Tech Hotels of the World
In the world of hospitality, there are hotels and super-hotels. The latter, offer a truly unique hotel experience, through quality services, comfort, and not least, through cutting edge technology. We invite you on a raid amongst the most hi-tech hotels at the time being, and see what edge technologies they use. We can only greet you a […]
How to Attract More Guests to Your Hotel
Every hotel manager’s dream is to attract more customers to the hotel, and consequently, to make them return customers. In order to do this, the hotel needs to meet certain conditions that draw the line between a prosperous hotel and one that fails. If you’ve found the recipe for success already, very well. But if […]