Here’s why hotel staff happiness matters
Plus: Space hotels, a top boutique property, and a hotel giant commits to going green.
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In today's newsletter:
💡Why employee happiness trickles down
🧳S.C. hotel features bikes, jazz
🍃“Green” hotel initiative kicks off
🪐Space hotels in progress
Bicycles and local experiences boost S.C. hotel’s clout
Charleston Place – an independent luxury hotel in historic downtown Charleston, South Carolina – was recently named to Condé Nast Traveler’s “The Best Hotels and Resorts in the World: The Gold List 2024.”
The publication noted the hotel’s fleet of bicycles for guest use, it’s jazz-inspired restaurant and bar area, and the hospitality of the staff as reasons the location has “not a bit of stuffiness” about it.
Check out the full review at the Charleston Regional Business Journal.
Couple tours “Hotel Kitsch” across America
Married couple Margaret and Corey Bienert have toured America’s lesser-known independent and boutique accommodations and written the book Hotel Kitsch about their travels. They document each of their stays on Instagram under the profile @aprettycoolhoteltour.
Family owner commits to sustainable new hotels
Regal Hotels International has partnered with the Ministry of Investment of Saudi Arabia to build 100 hotels, mostly in the Middle East. Regal’s third-generation heir, Powan Lo, says that she will focus on sustainable hotels – an initiative she’s committed to worldwide.
What green initiatives will impact independent hotel owners?
Read more from Bloomberg.
Employee fairness is vital to hospitality ethics
Guests want to feel like the staff where they are staying are happy with their jobs – and they want to see them treated fairly. Ethical hospitality means first treating employees fairly – and allowing that vibe to permeate the property.
Mews has more ways hotels can operate ethically.
The race for hotel space in… space
Above: Space Development claims it has two luxury commercial accommodation projects in the works that could be operational within five years. The hotels would be available to citizen space travelers and need about $1 billion in funding to continue development.
Check it out at Architectural Digest.
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