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10 Hotel Technology Trends for 2019 That Will Help Your Event

EventMB

Selecting the venue for your next event is not as straightforward as it used to be. Yet, making the right choice for the hotel that will host your guests has many crucial implications. Events are not enough anymore. RFP, security breaches, in-house AV. I know your head is already hurting. Attendees […].

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Planners: Don’t Cry for Hotels

MeetingsNet

The latest hotel data finds that rate increases are more than making up for today's meetings market not yet being back to its pre-pandemic volume. cities in Q4 2023 was only about 93 percent of what it was in Q4 2019, group rates are nearly 14 percent higher now versus 2019. Across all U.S.

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The Top 25 Beijing Hotels for Events in 2019

EventMB

We’ve compiled the best Beijing hotels for your conference, corporate meeting, private party, or special occasion. Ranging from luxury destinations to affordable hotels, discover the best the city has to offer. The post The Top 25 Beijing Hotels for Events in 2019 by EventMB Team appeared first on [link].

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Event Recovery Food Chain

Velvet Chainsaw

The harsh reality of an elongated recovery for the live events industry has settled in, as we wrote about back in March when we crafted the Event Recovery Food Chain. Meeting and group travel, which is the last travel segment expected to return, plays a large part in hotel and destination travel recovery.

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Hotel Squeeze: Meetings-Focused Properties Expect Strong Demand in '24

MeetingsNet

From the wide view, the hotel industry should expect only a modest rise in demand (1.8 But from a narrower perspective—namely, looking at the hotels that accommodate the most business events—both demand growth and room-rate growth might well surpass those estimates. percent) and guest-room rate (3.0

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Even with Staffing Issues, Hotels See Strong Rate Gains

MeetingsNet

February and March stats show guest-room rates considerably higher than the same period in 2019. Here’s an interesting conundrum: Hotel-room occupancy rates in the top 25 U.S. percent lower in February and March 2023 than in February and March 2019—but average daily rates were 14 to 20 percent higher in Q1 2023 versus Q1 2019.

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A Snapshot of 2023 Hotel Rates: Not Pretty

MeetingsNet

Hilton President and CEO Christopher Nassetta maintains an active presence in the meetings market through stage appearances at events such as Professional Convention Management Association’s Convening Leaders conference , held last month in Columbus, Ohio. However, “we can get back [to the 2019 rate] tomorrow if we want.

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