The luxury Swiss property is supplying guests with brand new in-room tablets for a completely seamless guest stay

An interactive session to discuss how to optimise management and franchise contracts to meet all stakeholders' needs, particularly in light of this year's experience of managing the Covid-19 crisis.

Peter Hancock, CEO, Pride of Britain Hotels, told the virtually assembled at The AHC Reimagined that the company’s catchphrase, tagline, words of inspiration were ‘ready when you are’.

The last quarter saw only 17% of leisure businesses paying rent, according to Colliers International.

The growth of coworking - a Hail Mary for many hotels during the pandemic - must include a move towards greater flexibility, according to two members of the sector.

Scandic Hotels has become the latest company to offer coworking at its properties, at around 270 locations in Sweden, Finland, Norway, Denmark, Germany and Poland.

Accor and Intercontinental Hotels Group have both announced strategies to encourage a return to meetings and events.

The structure keeping a hotel up and running and connected to guests and potential guests can have many more people than one could fit in the most enthused of harems. King Solomon may have had 700 wives and 300 concubines (numbers rounded up) but chuck in a franchise, an owner, a ground lease, a management company and all manner of other interested parties and hotels are not too far off. All of a sudden it’s hard to remember who is having their needs met or even who is getting fed.

Michael Wale has been named president & CEO, Abercrombie & Kent Group.

Travelodge Owners Action Group has teamed up with Accor to launch Ago Hotels, which it describes as a “landlord-friendly” platform.