Business Travel

How to find the best hotel for your corporate meetings and conferences

How to find the best hotel for your corporate meetings and conferences 750 500 HotelREZ

The MICE market, short for meetings, incentives, conferences and exhibitions, is growing at a rapid pace, with an ever-increasing number of corporates looking to hotel venues for meeting room bookings. It’s no surprise then that the industry is projected to reach US$1.4 billion by 2025. But despite the growth in the market, corporates and event…

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How to adapt your hotel to technology innovations in the corporate travel market

How to adapt your hotel to technology innovations in the corporate travel market 842 510 HotelREZ

Around 60% of hotel bookings are now made online. By 2020, over 50% of all online searches are expected to be done by voice-enabled technology. And nearly 42% of global travellers use their smartphones to plan upcoming trips. It comes as no surprise then that 54% of hotels that participated in a recent Hospitality Technology…

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What is the true value of a corporate traveller?

What is the true value of a corporate traveller? 842 510 HotelREZ

Work travel is growing at a rapid speed, with business travel spend expected to reach $1.7 trillion by 2022. Currently, up to 30% of business travellers (also often known as ‘road warriors’) travel at least once per month. What’s more, according to a recent survey, 75% of respondents said they had extended business trips for…

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HotelREZ partners with media industry experts Access Bookings

HotelREZ partners with media experts Access Bookings

HotelREZ partners with media experts Access Bookings 690 360 HotelREZ
HotelREZ Hotels & Resorts announced today a new partnership with Access Bookings, a travel management company specialising in the particular accommodation needs of the media industry. Founded in the cathedral city of Lichfield, by owners Patricia Barnes and Ian Brett, Access Bookings is a specialist travel supplier with over 30 years’ experience in accommodation booking and travel [...]read more
GDS hotel bookings set for record growth

GDS hotel bookings set for record year

GDS hotel bookings set for record year 690 360 HotelREZ
A recent study of more than 900 travel agents, concluded a record use of the Global Distribution Systems (GDS) for hotel bookings, and estimates 2015 as a record year, with over 62 million GDS hotel bookings being made worldwide. The bi-annual 2015 Global Travel Agent study, conducted by Phoenix Marketing International in partnership with TravelClick, surveyed agents across 48 [...]read more

News: Aubrey Park to invest £2m in new MICE venue

News: Aubrey Park to invest £2m in new MICE venue 690 360 HotelREZ
Aubrey Park, an independent hotel represented by HotelREZ Hotels & Resorts, was granted planning approval by the St. Albans District Council, this July, for a brand new conference and event venue. The hotel has recently undergone a £3 million refurbishment programme and was recently granted a 4-star grading by the AA. The latest phase of [...]read more
How to get corporate business as an independent hotel

How to Get Corporate Business as an Independent (Hotel)

How to Get Corporate Business as an Independent (Hotel) 600 360 HotelREZ
Every year hotels around the world compete for corporate business. The “RFP season” as it is known in the industry, involves corporate travel managers sending an RFP (request for proposal) bid to a hotel from a client such as IBM, Vodafone or HSBC. While the contracts for these clients can be extremely lucrative for a [...]read more
Needs and Habits of the Modern Business Traveller

Needs and Habits of the Modern Business Traveller

Needs and Habits of the Modern Business Traveller 690 360 HotelREZ
Last May travel intelligence company Skift, together with American Express, has published a report on the Lifestyle Habits of the 24/7 Business Traveller. In it, the lifestyle needs and habits of today’s business traveller are surveyed, and emerging new trends in hospitality examined. HotelREZ Hotels & Resorts breaks down the essentials of this report and [...]read more
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Kents Hill Park joins HotelREZ Hotels & Resorts

Kents Hill Park joins HotelREZ Hotels & Resorts 690 360 HotelREZ
The Milton Keynes based hotel and conference centre is the latest property to join HotelREZ Hotels & Resorts’ portfolio in the UK. HotelREZ will provide the venue with GDS representation, under the HO chain code, as well as sales and marketing services. Kents Hill Park in Milton Keynes is one of the largest dedicated training [...]read more
Bleisure a growing trend in Business Travel

Bleisure: a growing trend in Business Travel

Bleisure: a growing trend in Business Travel 690 360 HotelREZ
Business travel usually means boardroom meetings, negotiations and presentations. Right? Wrong. Increasingly more and more business travellers are looking to extend their business trips, turning them into leisure breaks when, and where, possible. HotelREZ sums up important information on this growing trend affecting business travel. What is Bleisure? This is how bleisure works in a [...]read more