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WHATS NEXT? A REALITY CHECK FROM THE ANNUAL HOTEL CONFERENCE

By Food for thought, Hospitality

David Smith, Economics editor of the Sunday Times opened up two days of intense industry networking at the Annual Hotel Conference (held this last week in Manchester).  His overview provided some encouraging economic forecasts that put doom and gloom in the shadows and delegates in a positive mood at the outset of the event. Our brief article picks up some…

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Hospitality Sector-Blue skies ahead or clouds on the horizon?

By Hospitality, Real Estate, Tourism
No Zoom in sight The energy and enthusiasm of being back at a 'real' person to person conference was palpable as professionals from all parts of the hotel investment community gathered in Berlin for the International Hotel Investment Forum known as IHIF. For all the benefits it offered during lockdown we were glad to escape the Zoom option...meetings through a...
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Exploring Solutions Arc Consulting Partners

Exploring solutions in a changing hospitality and tourism market

By Hospitality, Tourism

People are starting to say ‘Hello’ again, face to face As companies and investors seek to either re-open, re-structure or re-imagine their original business concepts in dramatic and highly challenging market conditions, our in depth hospitality and tourism sector experience is available to help you reset your business priorities. Changing market conditions may, in some cases, open up new and different opportunities that will…

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The big climb back: Unlocking a path to reset post pandemic

By Food for thought

As prospects for normality finally seem within reach, business leaders, investors, employees, suppliers and the professional community are all planning their respective climbs back up the mountain. The path to a reset is becoming clearer, if still surrounded in uncertainty….we explore how this will evolve in our article below. A shot in the arm will enable both winners and losers…

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We can be heroes Arc Consulting Partners

From hero to zero and back again

By Food for thought, Hospitality

Hotel businesses took a battering that has recorded unheard of room occupancies of 0% to 15% alongside closed pubs, empty restaurants, and a food and a beverage offering limited to take-aways and home delivery. Plummeting investment Uncertain market conditions took hold, investment plummeted and jobs were lost. Whitbread announced 1,500 redundancies against earlier predictions of 6,000; by now means good…

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