It’s been a long time coming, but business travel has just about reached its pre-pandemic revenue levels. This is great news for the industry and the economy. However, the face of business travel is totally transformed. There are rapidly changing company policies on business travel, scrutiny on sustainability and employee wellbeing, and a constantly moving supply chain. Delivering business travel that ticks all the right boxes presents the biggest challenge yet.
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Hasn’t this year felt somewhat ‘normal’? We’ve managed to sink into a position reminiscent of the period before the big C. The travel industry has thankfully returned to a level of normalcy, and hotel revenue is well up. Cities have reclaimed their tourist crowns, and coastal and rural destinations have contended with a decline in visitor numbers from the lockdown heydays.
Zetter Hotels recently reported the hiring of Altan Buyukgiray as the General Manager for The Zetter Clerkenwell and Marrables Hotel, previously known as The Zetter Hotel. Joining the team in October, Buyukgiray brings an extensive background in hospitality management to his new position.
Zetter Hotels, the effervescent hotel group with award-winning properties across London, announces its latest opening with the launch of The Zetter Bloomsbury, set to open in early 2025.
Digitalisation is increasingly seen as a key solution to many of the issues experienced in the hotel sector. From tackling staff shortages and dealing with inflation, to garnering more direct bookings and securing deeper relationships with guests, digital solutions have a silver bullet potential for the sector. But what types of digital solutions are hotels focusing on, and what cultural shifts are needed within hotels for digitalisation to flourish?