Planning for a Future Beyond PCI: Risk-Based Security for Hotels
When you mention the “Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS)” to people in the hospitality industry, you usually get one of three...
Marriott Provides Update on Starwood Database Security Breach
On Friday, Marriott provided an update on the number of guests whose passport numbers and payment card numbers were involved in the Starwood reservations...
A New Perspective on Travel
As someone who has been in the travel business for the better part of two decades, Cree Lawson is always curious during his own...
Identifying the “Shadow Guest”
Identifying the “shadow guest”—or the unknown guest—presents an opportunity for digital marketers to increase their contact list for future retargeting. Touchpoints and technology can...
Marriott Reveals Breach of Starwood Guest Reservation Data
Marriott today announced that the company has taken measures to investigate and address a data security incident involving the Starwood guest reservation database. On...
Beyond Numbers: Putting Big Data To Work
Thanks to technology, today’s hotel owners and managers benefit from a nonstop stream of information, and ever-improving dashboards keep it always at the ready....
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Five Hotel Companies Among Fortune’s 100 Best Companies to Work For
Five hotel companies made the recently released 21st annual Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For list, which is based on surveyed employee ratings...
What Are Your True Variable Costs Per Occupied Room?
Knowing the average, actual costs incurred per occupied guestroom enables a manager to make more prudent pricing and marketing decisions and to monitor expenses....
Five Markets With the Most Hotel Construction
Analysts at Lodging Econometrics recently reported the top five markets with the largest hotel construction pipelines for the third quarter of 2018. The number...
12 Ways To Increase Hotel Security
Even when hotels have strong security policies and procedures in place, they are still vulnerable to cyber attacks, break-ins, theft, fraud, and other crimes....
