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hotelbusiness.com

hotelbusiness.com

 

HB EXCLUSIVE: Industry Leaders Discuss State of the Hotel Industry and Innovation

December 20, 2019

Hotelbusiness.com: Hotel operators continue to underestimate the support brands can provide to under-performing assets, said Ritesh Agarwal, founder of OYO Hotels & Homes, the second largest and fastest-growing hospitality chain of leased, franchised, operated and managed hotels in the world. The comments came during a closed door roundtable discussion with industry veteran Lee Pillsbury here. The event was produced by Travel Conversations LLC.

lodgingmagazine.com

lodgingmagazine.com

 

Roundtable Recap: Technology Is Changing the Future of Hotel Operations

November 21, 2019

Lodgingmagazine.com: This fall, hospitality communication solution provider Beekeeper hosted high-level executives from major hospitality companies for a roundtable entitled, “Efficiency, Connectivity, and the Future of the Hotel Operations,” which was attended by Tom Corcoran, CEO of FelCor Lodging Trust; Mary Beth Cutshall, EVP and CMO of HVMG; David Hale, EVP of Paramount Hotel Groups; Flo Lugli, principal of Navisenk Advisory Group; Kerry Ranson, CDO of HP Hotels; Aik Hong Tan, CEO of Greenwood Hospitality; and Jeff Wagoner, CEO of Outrigger Hospitality Group. Kathy Enz, a professor of competitive strategy and innovation at the SC Johnson School of Business at Cornell, moderated. Attendees also included Corey Lewis, director of sales at Beekeeper, and Daniel Sztutwojner, chief customer officer at Beekeeper.

lodgingmagazine.com

lodgingmagazine.com

 

Bringing Home the Bacon: Four Execs Talk Revenue Innovation at ALIS

February 5, 2019

Lodgingmagazine.com: With executives from across the industry trading views on the year ahead at the 2019 Americas Lodging Investment Summit (ALIS), a small group of decision-makers met for a 90-minute, closed-door roundtable sponsored by revenue science pioneer IDeaS to discuss the intersection between innovation and asset value in the industry.

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Tech Israel’s tech community steps forward as innovation hub for hotels

June 19, 2017

Hotelmanagement.net: Israel has been touted as the “Start-up Nation,” a moniker it's received due to its surfeit of companies listed on the NASDAQ. But only recently did its tech start-up community catch on to the need for innovation in the hotel space, and begin to tackle the industry’s thorniest issues.