The Marriott-Starwood mega-deal
by Stuart Pallister from Ecole hoteliere de Lausanne With Marriott`s $13.6 billion acquisition of Starwood Hotels now complete, Marriott chief executive Arne Sorenson will be [...]
Universität Zürich, Center for Urban Real Estate Management (CUREM) – repeat guest lecturer
Jonathan Humphries is a repeat guest lecturer at the University of Zurich and CUREM and lectures on “Hotel Investment & Market Due Diligence”. The University [...]
New breed of European owner pushes white labels
Hotel News Now, 24 MARCH 2016 8:10 AM By Terence Baker tbaker@hotelnewsnow.com @terencebakerhnn New investors are entering Europe's hotel scene, contributing to the proliferation of brands [...]
A Needed Step in Productivity: A workshop at IHIF 2016
Hotel profitability has steadily increased over the last 20 years, but is that sustainable? Owners, management, and corporate offices become more and more demanding while [...]
Hotel departments, where are they now, where should they be in 2025? – Workshop Result from IHIF 2016
Jonathan Humphries posed the following questions in the round-table on IHIF 2016. Here are the result from the workshop activity. [...]
Thinking like a hotel owner: First full-time Asset Management course in Europe prepares hospitality students for the industry
Ecole hôtelière de Lausanne (EHL) has pioneered a first-of-its-kind full-time course in Hotel Asset Management (HAM) which prepares Bachelor students for the hotel industry. Following [...]
EHL pioneers first full-time Asset Management course in Europe
EHL has pioneered a first-of-its-kind full-time course in Hotel Asset Management (HAM) which prepares Bachelor students for the hotel industry. Following consultation with corporate executives, [...]
Market Report Serviced Apartments Germany 2015 – now available
Market Report Serviced Apartments Germany 2015 - now available The yearly market report into the German serviced apartment sector, which is published [...]
Ecole hoteliere de Lausanne (EHL), creating and delivering new Hotel Planning and Development courses
Jonathan Humphries was a Senior Lecturer for Hotel Asset Management, Hotel Planning and Development at EHL. In the past two years, Jonathan was charged with [...]