Monthly Archives: July 2021
Post-vaccine: The future of senior living
McKnight’s Senior Living With the ready availability of the COVID-19 vaccine to anyone age 12 and older, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s recent announcement that people can resume activities without a mask or distancing was a massive tectonic shift in the landscape of COVID. This latest declaration is exciting after an exceptionally difficult [...]
This is what hotel guests want post-pandemic
Travel Market Report As the world returns to travel, hotel guests are revealing what they want when they return to hotels post-pandemic. According to the J.D. Power 2021 North America Hotel Guest Satisfaction Index Study, guests have made it clear they want breakfast and other hotel amenities. “As we transition to a more normalized travel [...]
AHLA and AHLA Foundation announce ‘Hotels are Hiring’ ad campaign
Lodging Magazine To help fill thousands of open hotel jobs and communicate the benefits of a career in the hotel industry, the American Hotel & Lodging Association (AHLA) and its charitable giving arm, the American Hotel & Lodging Foundation (AHLA Foundation) announced a new advertising campaign called “Hotels Are Hiring” across five major hotel markets. [...]
Post-vaccine: The future of senior living
McKnight’s Senior Living With the ready availability of the COVID-19 vaccine to anyone age 12 and older, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s recent announcement that people can resume activities without a mask or distancing was a massive tectonic shift in the landscape of COVID. This latest declaration is exciting after an exceptionally difficult [...]
International Code Council releases 3 wildfire prevention resources
Facility Executive As the pace of wildfire season increases throughout the United States, the International Code Council, the developer of the most widely used and highly regarded set of building safety codes and standards in the world, is emphasizing the importance of fire safety through its three newly released fire prevention titles: 2021 IWUIC® Code [...]
83% of Senior Living Workers Say Technology Amenities Drive Occupancy By Chuck Sudo
Senior Housing News Senior living providers have found offering technology platforms to residents as an amenity is a driver in boosting occupancy, and the platforms are streamlining the workflows of employees. Residents, meanwhile, are now demanding a variety of content and experiences from providers to keep themselves engaged, and want video platforms in order to [...]
How smart cameras can help facility directors optimize building usage for today’s dynamic workplaces
Security Info Watch As vaccination rates for COVID-19 continue to rise, the global business community is advancing the conversation about returning to work. Employees that were housed in large private and multi-tenant office spaces in major urban and suburban centers are being presented an array of options, many of which include a part-time return to [...]
From supply shortages to employee burnout, hotel operators cope with ongoing challenges
Hotel News Now via CoStar Pain points brought on by the pandemic continue to linger for hotel operators as they welcome guests back, and management companies are learning not everything will have an immediate solution. Hotel News Now reached out to CEOs at four management companies in the U.S. to detail the challenges they are [...]
Current labor crisis deepens senior living’s ‘dysfunctional’ staffing model
Senior Housing News The global economy is in the grip of a labor crisis, with headlines blaring about worker shortages across industries from trucking to hotels to banking. The senior living industry has not been spared from pandemic-related workforce challenges — but the current difficulties might only be worsening a system that was already under [...]
China opens the world’s highest hotel with floors 2 times higher than the Eiffel Tower
USA Today A hotel in Shanghai claims to have opened China’s highest hotel in the world’s second tallest skyscraper: The J Hotel Shanghai Tower. The hotel has top floors inside the Shanghai Tower around 2,000 feet – two times the height of the Eiffel Tower – and is the tallest building in China. The J [...]
How smart cameras can help facility directors optimize building usage for today’s dynamic workplaces
Security Info Watch As vaccination rates for COVID-19 continue to rise, the global business community is advancing the conversation about returning to work. Employees that were housed in large private and multi-tenant office spaces in major urban and suburban centers are being presented an array of options, many of which include a part-time return to [...]