US: Robert Stevenson, who heads up the guest experience and staff management platform INTELITY, has been presented with the TravelTech Breakthrough Awarded for CEO of the year.
Worldwide: Hospitality technology platform Mews has partnered with Saira Hospitality to launch five pop-up hospitality schools and develop an online training solution.
UK: Turneo, a B2B platform that aims to drastically simplify how travel and hospitality brands offer and manage in-destination experiences, has officially launched.
UK: Lifestyle hotel LEVEN Manchester from Wellbrook Hospitality has partnered with fitness brand ROAR.
Belgium: Hotel sales and operations platform Thynk has completed a $13 million Series A funding round led by European venture capitalist firm Singular.
Canada: Cloud-based property management system Mews has acquired the Montreal-headquartered cloud PMS Hotello.
Worldwide: Guest communication platform HiJiffy has released the 2.0 version of Aplysia OS, its guest communications operating system that will use the power of generative AI.
Israel: Tel Aviv-based guest experience platform Duve is planning to release its latest innovation for guest experience management, DuveAI.
Canada: Smart device automation and SaaS software, Operto Guest Technologies, has secured US$25 million in a Series B funding round.
UK: Hospitality software company eviivo has announced the launch of eviivo Collective to recognise unique, notable and luxury independent properties worldwide.
UK: Hotel property adviser Christie & Co has been appointed to sell 18 hotels from the Coast & Country Collection on an individual basis.
EU: Lifestyle hotel brand art’otel, owned by PPHE Hotel Group, has revealed expansion plans in three European cities between autumn 2023 and early 2024.
Greece: Luxury hotel and residences Mandarin Oriental, Athens, will be developed within the urban regeneration project The Ellinikon and is set to open in the summer of 2027.
US: Robert Stevenson, who heads up the guest experience and staff management platform INTELITY, has been presented with the TravelTech Breakthrough Awarded for CEO of the year.
US: Sister brand of Lark Hotels, Bluebird by Lark, is set to open a new property in Stowe, Vermont on 7 June 2023.
Worldwide: Luxury hotel operator Dorchester Collection has promoted current CEO Christopher Cowdray to president, with Helen Smith and Eugenio Pirri taking up the CEO position together.
Worldwide: RaizUp, a hospitality, travel and technology consultancy, has introduced a diversity, equality and inclusion (DEI) certification.
Italy: Luxury hotel Grand Universe Lucca, located in Tuscany, is set to extend its inventory with the launch of 10 suites and residences on 1 June 2023.
US: Palihotel San Diego joins the boutique collection of hotels and residences at Palisociety as the company’s fifteenth hotel opening to date.
BHN talks to David Anderson, divisional president EMEA at Aimbridge Hospitality, about the different hotel operating models, what owners should consider when weighing up in-house or outsourcing operations, as well as future expansion plans for Aimbridge across Europe. Filmed at the International Hospitality Investment Forum (IHIF) at the InterContinental Berlin.
