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New year, new opportunities: Why the hotel industry needs to shake up the owner-operator relationship
Robert Swade, managing director of Maze Hospitality, outlines why the owner-operator relationship needs to be improved, with some suggestions as to how.
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London’s next generation of lifestyle hotels – and the lenders ready to back them
Louise Gillon, head of hotel finance at Leumi UK, explains how the qualities of specialist lenders can support the new generation of lifestyle hotels.
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The dumbing down of the hotel industry (one byte at a time)
Bill Barnett, managing director of C9 Hotelworks, examines the use of technology by hotel chains and its lack of appeal to the next-gen workforce.

The impact of Covid-19 on the UK tourism industry
Aaron Gates-Lincoln, writer for immigrationnews.co.uk, investigates the impact of Covid on UK tourism and analyses the actions needed to reinvigorate the sector to pre-pandemic levels.

Quick Q&A with Saar Zafrir, interior hotel designer
Amsterdam-based interior designer Saar Zafrir talks to BHN about his approach to transforming corporate properties into boutique hotels.
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Living with lockdown: How hotels can lay the foundations for post-pandemic success
Penny Brown, managing director of hotel management company Intelligence, outlines five areas where hotels can best build resilience into their operations.
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The rise of metasearch; how hotels can’t afford to ignore it
Kirsty Beasley, market development manager for Profitroom, outlines the increasing importance of metasearch and how hoteliers can best take advantage of it.
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Some are not lending, but there remains strong opportunities
Deepesh Thakrar, senior debt finance director at OakNorth Bank, highlights the opportunities in lending to hotels.
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