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Resilient Business Ecosystems: The Only Vaccine for Travel & Hospitality

2020-08-24 by Phil Butler

COVID alternative

The only way to weather the COVID-19 storm is to be lean, efficient, and flexible in the short and long term.

Tags: COVID-19, Deloitte, Doug Satzman, Greece COVID, Greek hotels, hotel business, hotels, investing, lean business, Liberty International Airport, Magnuson Hotels, pandemic economics, RevitUP, RevPAR, ROAS, Sevi Boutique Hotel, Tom Magnuson, XpresCheck, XpresSpa Group

Lighthouse Keepers: Business People to Cut the Fog of the Pandemic

2020-04-17 by Phil Butler

Tom and Melissa Magnuson

A look at the lighthouse keepers of hospitality. Tom and Melissa Magnuson, people like them, will lead us through the fog.

Tags: Coronavirus 2019, COVID-19, hospitality, hotel brands, hotel business, hotels, Magnuson Hotels, Melissa Magnuson, new business, Tom Magnuson

A Solemn But Positive Message from Thomas Magnuson

2020-03-23 by Phil Butler

Tom Magnuson

The following is a message from Thomas Magnuson, CEO of Magnuson Hotels, the world’s largest independent hotel network.

Tags: American hotels, Coronavirus, COVID-19, hotel business, Magnuson, Magnuson Hotels, Melissa Magnuson, pandemic, Tom Magnuson, World hotels, worldwide bookings

New competition offers UK hotels a chance to rebrand free for one year.

2018-02-20 by Argophilia Travel News

Magnuson Hotels

Following extensive success with their brand membership platform overseas, the US’s fastest growing hotel chain, Magnuson Hotels, is launching a range of brand membership opportunities tailored for the UK hotel market.

Tags: hotel brands, hotel business, hotel management, hotels, Magnuson Hotels, OTA's

Balancing In Between a Rigid and Adaptive Hotel Business Model

2016-06-02 by Phil Butler

The advent of new technologies has brought about a great deal of change for hospitality businesses. The trend has opened up amazing possibilities, while at the same time causing great apprehension.

Tags: analytics, DotcomHotels, Dr. Graham Miller, EVENT Hotels, hotel analytics, hotel business, Janel Clark, Michael Bauer, Plateno Group, SnapShot GmbH, Stewart Campbell, sustainable hotels, Tom Magnuson, Tomasz Janczak

7 Days Booster Launches Quietly, Big Players Watch from Wings

2016-03-11 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Landing page for 7 Days Booster

Yesterday at ITB Berlin, the Executive Director of Plateno Group, Eric Wu (at left) announced the launch of 7 Days Booster, a hotel platform that combines online distribution, marketing education, property upgrades and a direct connect to more than 80 million Chinese loyalty travelers. Billed as an agnostic solution for any hotel or group of hotels, […]

Tags: 7 Days Booster, 7 Days Inns, budget hotels, China guests, Eric Wu, Goor Rosenburg, hotel business, hotel technology, ITB Berlin, Maria Pütz-Willems, Plateno Group, Thomas Magnuson

Nordic Choice Names Malin Lanner Shared Services Head

2014-04-24 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Malin Lanner

Nordic Choice Hotels has just announced having named former hotel manager Malin Lanner as Head of Shared Services. With ambitions to optimized central services across the Nordic Choice properties, Lanner will be tasked with developing and managing operating supplies and hotel opening teams.

Tags: hotel business, hotel execs, Malin Lanner, Nordic Choice, Norway hotels

Diana Group Unveils Travel’s Friendliest Website

2010-11-25 by Phil Butler

Diana Group Hotels' website

Diana Group Hotels just launched their new online portal for travelers to the Greek Islands. A decades old traditional family business reveals how keeping up with the times, and their clientèle, is one and the same. If more businesses engaged their customers like Diana Group, their competition would quickly melt away.

Tags: Diana Group, Diana Group Hotels, Diana Hotel, Diana Palace, Facebook travel, Filoxenia Hotel, Greece hotels, Greece tourism, Greece travel, Greek trip, hotel business, Katerina Margari, Meandros Hotel, Panos Fotiadis, Theodore Koumelis, Travel Daily News, TripAdvisor, TripWow, Twitter travel, Zakynthos

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