The Check-in

The hospitality industry is coming back with a vengeance as Accor reports that their half-year sales have doubled with a 97% increase as the world opens back up post-pandemic. Marriott becomes the first hospitality brand to launch an Omni-channel media network, to hit you with more marketing from Omni-directions. A mad genius from New Zealand has thought of a new accreditation that highlights the employee's experience. We discuss the five types of people you're likely to find at the hotel breakfast buffet.

The hotel of the future could be nuclear-powered, AI-operated, equipped with medical tech, the ultimate in Luxury, always in the air, flying cruise ship. We discuss the concept video of the Sky Cruise: A Futuristic Hotel Above the clouds, and the response it received from social media. The industry is still suffering through the employee crisis on a global level, and everything but the kitchen sink is being thrown at the problem so we look for and discuss some interesting incentives being dreamt of to help the problem. You will be blown away by the ingenious solution to solve the employee crisis by a UK hotel brand.

In this episode just by chance, we learn that National hospitality day was newly created on 18 September 2021 yay. We dive into the roots, importance and surprising acts of hospitality in the past. We also discuss the unfortunate impact of the pandemic on hospitality businesses and what role technology will play in the future of the hospitality industry.

In this episode we relive the pomp and pageantry of the Queens Platinum Jubilee over the bank holiday weekend and enjoy the predictions of all the benefits it will bring to the UK Hospitality Industry. I discovered that Millennium Hotels and Resorts has become the first Hotel company to build in the metaverse. Representing Millennium’s iconic M social brand, the property has been built in Decentraland near the Genesis Plaza. I just can’t find it. We find that the money makers have not given up on the industry and investments are still pouring into the industry and did you know Bill Gates’ Investment company has become the majority shareholder of Four Seasons Hotels? And we Launch Graham’s Sodas of the World.