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Hospitality tech’s Cvent acquires event app maker DoubleDutch

By ASAP Newsdesk On 12th June 2019 · Add Comment · In Breaking News, Insights, technology, Trending News
Events and hospitality technology provider Cvent has acquired mobile event app maker DoubleDutch, including its team. Existing customers will apparently see no disruption in their service with upcoming events. DoubleDutch had to this point raised nearly $80 million in funding but laid off 25% of staff in 2016 when it struggled toward profitability and another 40% [...]
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Cheval Collection No 13 in the Caterer’s 30 Best Places to Work

By ASAP Newsdesk On 6th June 2019 · Add Comment · In ASAP Members, Breaking News, Cheval Collection, Cheval Collection, UK News
ASAP Member Cheval Collection was in May listed number 13 in The Caterer’s 30 Best Places to Work in Hospitality for 2019 Awards. It is the third year running Cheval has been labelled as one of the best in the list, up five places since last year. It has also published its gender pay report [...]
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Report shows hotels moving towards experiential relationship with guests

By ASAP Newsdesk On 2nd May 2019 · Add Comment · In Americas, APAC, Breaking News, EMEA, Global News, Trending News
A new report from Amadeus and IHG suggests travellers are ready for hotels move to cloud-based Customer Reservation Systems which will enable the hotel sector to move from a purely transactional to an experiential relationship with customers. Three key predictions in the report Drivers of Change in Hospitality, based on a global survey of 7,500 [...]
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Hospitality may need to embrace diversity for workforce

By ASAP Newsdesk On 13th March 2019 · Add Comment · In Breaking News, Insights
This article considers the traditional and current shortfall in the workforce in the hospitality industry, of at least 60,000 workers per year added to 200,000 needed to replace churn and power growth, and concludes that the solution lies within diversity. This includes people with disabilities and rehabilitated prisoners, and there are examples across hospitality of [...]
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Hospitality convergence: surely an opportunity for serviced apartment sector?

By ASAP Newsdesk On 1st February 2019 · Add Comment · In Airbnb, Alternative accommodation, Breaking News, Insights, Sharing Economy, Tours and activities, Trending News
As part of Skift’s report Travel Megatrends 2019, it notes that the traditional demarcations between lodging types, whether vacation rentals, private accommodations, luxury hotels, timeshares or hostels, are beginning to blur. Hostels are copying methods from luxury hotels, while homesharing platforms are moving towards being more hotel-like. It describes the entire hospitality industry as needing to rethink itself, and [...]
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Hospitality sector reaches valuation of £102bn in 2018

By ASAP Newsdesk On 29th October 2018 · Add Comment · In Breaking News, Brexit, Front Page, Trending News, UK News
New ONS data published shows growth of 4% to £102bn annual turnover for the UK hospitality sector, the first time the ‘Accommodation and Food Services Activities’ category has exceeded £100bn. More than two million people are now employed in the hospitality sector, up almost half a million in five years. Read more:
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Cheval Residences announces new recruits within marketing and finance

By ASAP Newsdesk On 22nd October 2018 · Add Comment · In Appointments, ASAP Members, Breaking News, Cheval Collection, Trending News, UK News
ASAP Member Cheval Residences has announced two new recruits. Alexandra Wilson (left) joins as Assistant Marketing Manager, bringing wide experience in both digital activity and print campaigns, while Director of Finance Carole Walker (right) brings more than 20 years’  experience in the hospitality industry within the finance functions of many 5* luxury brands. Cheval Residences currently employs [...]
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Work-related stress leads to 1/5 hospitality staff turning to alcohol and cigarettes

By ASAP Newsdesk On 23rd August 2018 · Add Comment · In Breaking News, Front Page, Hospitality, UK News
Hospitality recruiter The Change Group has surveyed 246 people working in London’s top hospitality businesses, and found 8 out of 10 said they had experienced stress at work, and 23% cited smoking and 22% alcohol as the main routes to relieving that stress. 12% relieve stress with exercise, 9% sleep and 4% see friends, 2% eat and 15% [...]
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UK hospitality sector predicted to generate £100bn in 2018

By ASAP Newsdesk On 27th June 2018 · Add Comment · In Breaking News, Front Page, UK News
Analysis of ONS data by hospitality recruitment platform Adia suggests the total turnover of UK hospitality businesses is predicted to reach £100bn this year, based on growth over the past five years. It also reveals that more than 2.3 million people are employed in the sector, up 21% since 2013, across 202,060 hospitality sector firms. [...]
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Amazon launches Alexa for Hospitality, Marriott first to start rolling it out

By ASAP Newsdesk On 20th June 2018 · Add Comment · In Breaking News, Insights, technology, Trending News
After launching Alexa for Business, Amazon has now launched Alexa for Hospitality making Amazon Echo a voice-activated virtual concierge in hotel rooms. It integrates with back-office, housekeeping, concierge and front desk, making them accessible through voice interaction. Surveys during the trial period showed that almost 90% of customers using an in-room Alexa rated it “good” [...]
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