The hotel industry is constantly innovating and shifting in order to provide products and services that guests desire. Technology, wellness-minded and healthier products, more sustainable solutions, and services that that lead to experiences guests desire are top of mind for hoteliers. At the same time, management companies and owners also want suppliers to find creatives [...]
In an increasingly competitive hospitality industry, hoteliers now face a new quadruple threat- inflation, higher interest rates, labor shortages and brand property improvement programs (PIPs). It’s yet another perfect storm for the hospitality industry. But what are some ways to combat these new pressures on profitability? Here are three strategies that can help: 1. Leveraging [...]
When it comes to business, not following up on your promises can have a serious cost. The quickest way to lose business as a supplier in the hospitality business is to not keep your word or follow up to ensure success and build a relationship with your customer. Hotel customers expect and appreciate the [...]
By iDEAL Hospitality Partners Group Founder & CEO Jill Dean Rigsbee I have no problem telling my age, but the running joke is, “I started in the hospitality business when I was 7 years old”. Well, here’s the math, the path, and the life story. In 1982, I was 18 years old and pretty upset [...]
Are you a supplier company with a product or service that you think is ideal for the hotel industry? Are you keeping up with the trends in the hospitality industry? There is no doubt that new technologies, sustainable and wellness minded items, innovation, and revenue boosting products are valuable and desired in the hotel industry. [...]
Are you an aspiring entrepreneur who wants to sell your product or service to the hotel industry? Does your product hit the mark of solving problems or helps hoteliers to meet goals? Are you finding the process of getting your product into hotels is complex and you are looking for more effective ways to market [...]
As the hotel industry gears up for returning to a new normal and more robust 2023, there are three things on every hotelier’s mind. What trends will take off in the upcoming year? How can we appeal to a new generation of guests? And what challenges do we need to prepare for? No matter [...]
Hotels are notoriously complex places to do business for suppliers. There are various decision makers including brands, management companies, owners, group purchasing organizations and the hotel itself. Even within that ecosystem, there are dozens of stakeholders within each type. That's why traditional food or product brokers and manufacturer representatives are mostly non-existent in the [...]
The hospitality sector is widely seen as a subset of the broader service industry, with an emphasis on leisure rather than more essential necessities. This article will teach you more about the nature of the hospitality business, its numerous segments, and its ties to the hotel and travel industries. What is the Hospitality Industry? What [...]
WAKE FOREST, N.C., Oct. 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- iDEAL Hospitality Partners Group is expanding its services to hotel owners, management companies, and supplier companies that want to better serve hotels. Now, in addition to connecting hotels to innovative product and service providers, iDEAL is leveraging the insight and experience of its executives to provide consultative services for developing [...]
