Op-Ed
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What’s in a name? Has global branding lost its significance for Australian hoteliers?
New brands have entered the market to cater for changing travel trends, but international brands remain an important part of…
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OTAs keep levelling up. Is your direct strategy keeping pace?
Op-Ed: Chris de Closey explores how OTAs are evolving through AI and connected trips, and why accommodation operators must simplify…
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Why new card-payment rules may affect how owners pay their levies
OP-ED: Roland Franz examines how the RBA’s card-surcharging reforms will affect body corporate levy payments and what committees and owners…
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The art of accommodation: How carefully chosen artwork can transform a guest experience
Ashvin Harrison says art can have an important impact on a guest's first impression of your property, but it is…
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Up, up and away… Airport hotels take off as prime assets for hotel property investors
Airport hotels are rapidly emerging as a premium property asset category, says JLL Hotels and Hospitality’s Ross Beardsell and Wesley…
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Five easy ways to use AI in your accommodation business
Op-ed: Chris de Closey explains why AI adoption is no longer optional, and shares five practical ways accommodation businesses can…
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You can’t lead a people business from behind a desk
Hospitality’s talent challenge is really a leadership challenge, writes Jeroen Meijer from Pan Pacific Hotels Group.
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Hotels warned to measure energy performance ahead of mandatory disclosure
Dotz Nano CEO Nati Harpaz says hotels should establish a verified baseline and invest where evidence shows the strongest return.
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Zero-click marketing: How hotels win when nobody clicks
Getting clicks used to be the goal of hotel marketing, but Edwin Saldanha explains, now zero-clicks is the true measure…
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Direct is best: Increasing direct bookings
Switch Hotel Solutions Chris de Closey says increasing direct bookings can be done easily if you have the advertising budget…
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