Andrew Harrington of AHV Associates looks at the increasing levels of merger and acquisition activity in the hospitality sector. As the world continues to experience relatively low interest rates, excessive liquidity and high stock prices, M&A activity has reached record levels. In the first nine months of 2018, deals worth

Europe’s Recovery: A mixed picture Jim Burba of Burba Hotel Network, the conference organisers, opened the conference proper and reported feedback from a survey that Europe is in far better shape than in recent years. 48% of respondents in the EU said they saw the economy remaining flat in 2014