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Michael Dominguez Offers Hospitality Predictions for 2024

Smart Meetings

The new year forecast on the state of hospitality As meeting professionals launch into 2024, Smart Meetings sought out the wisdom of Associated Luxury Hotels International (ALHI) CEO, Michael Dominguez, for his outlook of things to come in the new year. ChatGPT is a product based on a technology we’ve been utilizing in our lives every day.

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Evolution of Spatial Design Technology Could Simplify Event Planning

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Read More: 25 Unexpected Hospitality Trends from 2023 The combination of more efficient room modeling technology and a rapid shift back to physical events with lean staffing, limited budgets and short timelines set the stage for the embrace of virtual planning tools, he explained. “This is a global solution,” Lipshitz stressed.

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NYU Offers Incubation Hub for Hospitality Entrepreneurs

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Luckily for hospitality entrepreneurs attending New York University, there’s a lot to go around. Tisch Center of Hospitality (HI HUB) aim to support business savvy entrepreneurs. Through the program, Karaburun hopes the entrepreneurs will revitalize the hospitality industry. “We Big dreams require a big helping hand.

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Las Vegas Hospitality Workers Authorize Strike on The Strip Weeks Ahead of IMEX America

Smart Meetings

A near unanimous number of members from the Culinary Workers Union Local 226, the largest labor union in Nevada, and the Bartenders Union Local 165 have voted to authorize a strike on the Las Vegas Strip, following tens of thousands of hospitality workers casting their votes at Thomas and Mack Center on the University of Nevada’s campus.

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Marriott Tells Association Planners to Seek Additional DEI and Technology Advances

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Marriott International President and CEO Tony Capuano kicked off the event by thanking the 314 association planner customers for sticking with the company and helping the hospitality industry recover so quickly. All of these changes require new responses for the almost 100-year-old hospitality company.

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How Hospitality Hiring Trends Can Improve Your Hotel Experience

Smart Meetings

It’s no secret that the hospitality industry has been understaffed since the beginning of the pandemic. McKinsey & Company has found the biggest trends in hiring for the hospitality industry and developed a method for choosing the best employees. Technology Creates New Staff Roles. Flexible Schedules. will be remote.

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Hospitality Technology: Is it the answer to everything?

EHL Insights

In May 2023, three BOSC 6 students enrolled in EHL Hospitality Business School, namely Matei Testa, Timo Kaiser, and Sophia Schütte, were given the opportunity to attend the Hospitality Industry Technology Exposition and Conference (HITEC) in Dubai as part of EHL's Educational Travel Program.