Hotels

Virtual Hotel Management

Woman with laptop computer

Orlando, Fla. – Many young hospitality professionals spend years working in the field, earning valuable industry experience that will prepare them to eventually become general managers of hotels, resorts, restaurants, and cruise lines. However, new technology and best practices, set …

Availpro to supply Vatel schools

On 23rd August, Availpro signed a new partnership agreement with the Vatel Group. From now on, the group’s 30 schools located in Europe, Asia, North Africa and America will use Availpro’s online hotel distribution solutions. The agreement was signed following …

IDeas scholarships announced

ECornell

IDeaS Revenue Solutions recently announced the second and final round of 2011 IDeaS Cornell Revenue Management Scholarship winners, according to a press release issued by the company.

Winners include Matthew Wilson, Director of Revenue Management, DoubleTree by Hilton Boston Downtown; …

IDeaS extends partnership

Millennium & Copthorne

IDeaS Revenue Solutions, provider of pricing and revenue management software, services and consulting, today announces that global hotels group Millennium & Copthorne has extended the deployment of its IDeaS Revenue Management System (RMS) to five Millennium & Copthorne properties in …

Forget uni, run a budget hotel

Travelodge Borehamwood

Teenagers terrified of racking up huge debts by going to university are being offered an alternative – running their own Travelodge, according to The Sun.

Five hundred are to be offered the opportunity as the expanding budget hotel chain launches …

35 new Design Hotels

The Conservatorium Hotel, Amsterdam, part of the Design Hotels chain

Design Hotels announces 35 new member hotels. With the latest new member, The Conservatorium Hotel in Amsterdam, Design Hotels increases its portfolio to 200 hotels. The Conservatorium, from the dream team behind Mamilla Hotel, Piero Lissoni and Moshe Safdie, joins …

Swissôtels on Gold List

Swissôtel The Bosphorus (photo from Swissôtel)

Once again two outstanding hotels of Swissôtel Hotels & Resorts made it to the Condé Nast Traveler Gold List. Swissôtel The Bosphorus, Istanbul and Swissôtel Berlin were voted among the world’s best places to stay by the readers of the …

Unique college hotel training

Lana Stock (left) and Silje Kjellmo Johansen are studying for a bachelors degree in Hotel Management. This spring they completed their studies. Now they have learned to use the hotel management tool PMI, providing an advantage in their job search. PMI courses are only offered at the University College of Finnmark.

ALTA, Norway—Ten students at the University College of Finnmark, Norway’s northernmost county, have received a head start in the job hunting queue upon completing training in the professional hotel management software suite PMI.

Since 26 October, ten students at the …

European Turnaround Imminent

Europe

The European hotel real-estate outlook is getting better with every trophy asset changing hands, according to a statement from Deloitte, covered in HotelNewsNow yesterday.

Nick van Marken, global head of advisory, tourism, hospitality and leisure at Deloitte, said in an …

Gradual Polish Growth

Poland

Although Poland was not spared from a slowdown in 2008 and 2009, with the economic crisis curbing the imbalances that had been growing since 2006, recent figures reveal steady growth for the hotel industry, mirroring better economic performances.

The Polish …