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Hoteliers Casting Wider Nets For Guests, Revenue

The COVID-19 pandemic has forced hotel owners and operators to get creative with how they run their hotels, and repositioning strategies have been considered in some cases, sources said. David Israel, SVP at HotelAVE, said some resort properties that his company manages have morphed operations toward a cruise-ship-type model, meaning all meals and activities are..
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The Post-Pandemic Hotel Looks a Lot Like a Cruise Ship

If you’ve ever sailed aboard a Royal Caribbean cruise, a song lurks deep within your subconscious: a kiddie-style earworm about washing your hands that loops endlessly in the buffet entrance and on in-room TVs. “Wash your hands, like 50 times a day,” the tune goes, imploring passengers — with a cartoon octopus cleaning its multitude..
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hotelAVE featured in Bloomberg: The Post-Pandemic Hotel Looks a Lot Like a Cruise Ship

Incessant pleas for hand-washing, pre-reserved dining times, all-inclusive pricing: Welcome to the contact-less, germ-less hotel stay. If you’ve ever sailed aboard a Royal Caribbean cruise, a song lurks deep within your subconscious: a kiddie-style earworm about washing your hands that loops endlessly in the buffet entrance and on in-room TVs. “Wash your hands, like 50 times a day,” the tune..
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hotelAVE cited by Skift.com

The article, titled “Hotels Could Face $9 Billion in New Costs to Stay Squeaky Clean,” features hotelAVE’s estimates on the collective cost new cleaning protocols could cost the hotel industry annually. The article notes that the hotelAVE study “estimates a bulk of added cleaning costs will come from the higher frequency of cleaning public spaces,..
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Covid-19 Cleanliness and Social Distancing Protocols Could Cost Hotel Industry $9 Billion Annually

As hoteliers begin to welcome travelers back, the extra sanitation steps and cleanliness standards necessary to keep guests and employees safe will be more costly than owners and operators anticipate. Maintaining impeccable cleanliness, executing quality food and beverage and delivering hospitable guest experiences have always been bedrock operating principles that hotel managers must now reinvent..
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hotelAVE on The Unconstrained Conversations Podcast

  • May 21, 2020
  • Video
  • 960 views
hotelAVE’s Founder and CEO, Michelle Russo, spoke with IDeaS’ “chief evangelist” Klaus Kohlmayr on The Unconstrained Conversations podcast. “This episode dives into the strains COVID-19 has put on hotel finances and the difficulty of balancing profit and safety as the hospitality industry slowly reopens. Michelle also shares her thoughts on the future of travel and..
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Michelle Russo on HospitalityDesign’s Webinar: Hospitality on Edge

  • April 21, 2020
  • Video
  • 1,369 views
April 3 2020 – Michelle Russo joined a panel of industry experts to discuss to discuss COVID-19 and its impact on the hospitality industry. View the entire webinar HERE. Listener Follow Up Questions: Do you foresee consolidation/acquisition activity in the industry during this challenging climate? Alan Benjamin: Of course, in all times of disruption there..
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