La vie en rose: Paris’ perfect performance

La vie en rose: Paris’ perfect performance

Paris is the most visited city in the world, with strong appeal to international visitors. Indeed, the French capital benefits from various source markets and a well-diversified client mix, allowing the market to perform well throughout the year, as Maria Coll, senior associate, and Sophie Perret, senior director of HVS, explain.

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Project Planning 101

Project Planning 101

Project planning is no easy feat, especially in business. Industry professional Chirine Salha outlines the fundamentals of getting a project off the ground and the key to ensuring it runs smoothly.

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The making of the mocktail market

The making of the mocktail market

We asked five professionals to help us understand the mocktail market better. Here’s what they had to say about what millennialls want, health trends and the development of the industry, which is marked by more creative and colorful concoctions, with no compromise on taste.

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New realities in technology

New realities in technology

If there were any lingering doubts about the necessity of digital transformation for business longevity, the coronavirus has silenced them. Dr. Jassim Haji, president of Global Artificial Intelligence Group, reveals the latest advancements in hospitality-related technologies.

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The rights and wrongs of hotel refurbs

The rights and wrongs of hotel refurbs

While a costly, time-consuming and logistically challenging renovation is feared by many hotel owners, Daniel During, principal and managing director of Thomas Klein International, a Dubai-based hospitality and F&B consultancy firm, highlights the correct way to approach a property refurb and explains how international events are motivating hotels to undergo a facelift.

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Sahel: The Mykonos Of North Africa?

Sahel: The Mykonos Of North Africa?

It’s official: Egypt’s North Coast, also known as Sahel, is the go-to summer spot. Here, Ralph Nader, CEO of Amber Consulting, gives us the lowdown on this unlikely destination and why it’s attracting a certain caliber of tourist.

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Mighty Meat

Mighty Meat

We sat down with six meat-specialist chefs to get our teeth into the latest trends, what customers are ordering, marble scoring and the grass-fed versus grain-fed debate.

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In the mind of the consumer

In the mind of the consumer

Businesses and marketers can capitalize on consumer behavior studies and predict how, when and why an individual makes a purchase, as Maya Bekhazi Noun, founder and managing director of The Food Studio, explains.

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Insight into the summer performance of the ME hospitality sector

Insight into the summer performance of the ME hospitality sector

The June 2022 report of the EY Middle East hotel benchmark survey, which covers occupancy and average rate performance in key hotel markets across selected countries and cities in the Middle East on a monthly and year-to-date basis, has provided readers an insight into the Middle East’s overall hospitality performance.

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5 ways to overcome burnout

5 ways to overcome burnout

Spending countless hours working from the office or from home on laptops, tablets and phones can be a recipe for disaster. Mark Dickinson of DONE! Hospitality Training Solutions provides practical tips on how to avoid the dreaded burnout.

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