hospitality
What Should Recruiters Check on LinkedIn When Hiring Hospitality Graduates?
EHL | September 29, 2021
LinkedIn, the largest professional social network with over 740 million members (and over 55 million registered companies), has become a phenomenal professional tool for vetting people. We screen the profiles of our bosses, peers and subordinates. We check the profiles of long-lost acquaintances and friends, new potential clients, suppliers, business partners, guest speakers in webinars we attend, co-authors we wish to collaborate with, and those candidates we (or recruiters) are about to interview. An indispensable tool LinkedIn has become part of our everyday life, an indispensable instrument to know more about the other without physi...
The Spirit of Hospitality Flows Like Currency – Your Heart Is the Power Bank
Doug Kennedy | May 19, 2021
By Doug Kennedy Have you ever walked in to work at a hotel or hospitality company and immediately recognized that someone, somewhere has determined that today is going to be “one of THOSE days”? It’s almost like someone posted a sign at the staff entrance to make it official. When you greet your first co-worker, they mysteriously transfer the bad vibe over to you. Before you know it, you too are sending the same negative vibe on to others. Pretty soon it begins to feel like everyone on your work team is also experiencing “one of those days.” Have you ever noticed that during days like these, the guests you encounter seem to...
GuestTek Welcomes Julian Daniel as Vice President Operations, Americas
GuestTek | March 30, 2021
Assumed Role as of 24 March 2021 Calgary, Alberta – March 30, 2021 – GuestTek Interactive Entertainment Ltd., the global leader in providing premier hospitality technology and support solutions, is pleased to announce that Julian Daniel has been appointed the role of Vice President Operations, Americas. Based in the UK, Julian has over 20 years’ experience in the hospitality sector, including 14 years with Hilton Hotels where he held senior director roles in infrastructure and technology as well as network engineering. Most recently, he parlayed his experience as an independent consultant for a five-star branded hotel chain and a nu...
GuestTek Announces Collaboration With IT Hospitality for Middle East and Africa Region
GuestTek | September 15, 2020
Calgary, Alberta – September 15, 2020 - GuestTek Interactive Entertainment Ltd., the global leader in providing innovative and interactive technology solutions for the hospitality industry, is pleased to announce the collaboration with IT Hospitality for the Middle East and Africa region. With over 20 years’ experience operating within the hospitality industry, they have an unsurpassed wealth of knowledge of the region and coupled with GuestTek, will be a formidable partnership. Every business should play to their strengths and strive for continual improvement to benefit not only their customers but across their organization. Cli...
Neil Murray Joins GuestTek as Vice President Strategic Partnerships
GuestTek | September 2, 2020
Calgary, Alberta – September 2, 2020 – GuestTek Interactive Entertainment Ltd., the global leader in providing innovative and interactive technology solutions for the hospitality industry, is pleased to announce and welcome Neil Murray as Vice President (of) Strategic Partnerships. As Vice President (of) Strategic Partnerships, Neil will be responsible for the development of key strategic relationships and expansion of our International Markets. Neil brings with him 23 years of corporate experience with Hilton hotels where he latterly managed a team responsible for delivering Guest WiFi across EMEA and APAC. Neil has a strong focus on ...
Middle East Hotel Construction Pipeline Continues to Show Signs of Decline* at Close of Q2 2020
Lodging Econometrics (LE) | August 20, 2020
August 20, 2020 – PORTSMOUTH, NH – According to the latest published Construction Pipeline Trend Report for the Middle East, analysts at Lodging Econometrics (LE) state at the end of the second quarter of 2020, the hotel construction pipeline in the Middle East decelerated once again to 591 projects/169,538 rooms. The Middle East’s pipeline is down 7% by projects and 6% by rooms year-over-year (YOY). This is the fourth consecutive quarter the pipeline has declined since reaching its cyclical peak by projects in Q2 2019. However, projects currently under construction stand at an all-time high of 363 projects/117,458 rooms. Projects ...
As Consumers and Travel Suppliers Work Through Crisis, Most Travelers Satisfied With Industry Response So Far
J.D. Power | March 26, 2020
60% of travelers agree hoteliers, cruise lines and airlines have demonstrated concern for the health and safety of the traveling public. More than half of the travelers surveyed believe travel suppliers are meeting or exceeding expectations on cancellation policies. A majority of travelers (65%) believe that travel suppliers have provided a good level of information about cleaning procedures. As travelers and travel suppliers struggle to make sense of what impact the coronavirus crisis is having on their personal and professional lives, a pulse survey conducted by J.D. Power finds that the travel industry is genera...
GuestTek Appoints William Ng as Director of Sales, APAC
GuestTek | January 14, 2020
Company Continues its Aggressive Growth Plans in Region GuestTek Interactive Entertainment Ltd., the global leader in providing innovative and interactive technology solutions for the hospitality industry, is pleased to announce that William Ng has been hired as Sales Director, APAC, effective the 13th of January. Based in Singapore, William has over 20 years of B2B business development experience – primarily focused in the hospitality and travel technology sector. William has a strong track record of results stemming from his senior sales leadership experience at FCS Computer Systems, Ideas Revenue Solutions, and Pegasus Solutions ...
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