Exciting Changes Approved for USALI 12th Edition: Inside Look from the Global Finance Committee

The brain trust of hotel industry experts who are tasked with future planning and development for the Uniform System of Account for the Lodging Industry (USALI®) is back in full, collaborative force to produce the new USALI 12th Revised Edition. This group,…

UAE Restaurant Diners May Soon Enjoy Meals Made from Lab-Grown Meat

Written by: Rochak Khandelwal We all love meat when we gather around barbecues and at the dinner table. But if someone would have said a few years ago that the beef steak or the burger we are eating is developed…

Look Into the Future at HITEC Orlando: 2022 Education Program Explores What Is Next in Hospitality

For the past 50 years, HITEC has been known for its impressive collection of hospitality technology that assembles each year in the world-class HITEC Exhibit Hall (the largest in the world, in fact). It is incredible to see the latest…

USALI 12th Revised Edition Exposure Draft: Energy, Waste, and Water

In updating the Uniform System of Accounts for the Lodging Industry (USALI) to its 12th edition, the Global Finance Committee (GFC) and HFTP reached out to partner with the AHLA Sustainability Committee to enhance the Utilities-Schedule 9 in the USALI 11th edition to become the new Energy, Water, and Waste (EWW) of the USALI 12th edition.

Post-Covid Sustainability: How Hotels Can Maximize Opportunity While Keeping Costs Down

Written by: Olivia Ruggles-Brise As the world emerges from the pandemic, there is an increasing amount of buzz about sustainability, particularly the climate crisis. Governments around the world are setting ambitious decarbonization targets in advance of the COP26 event in…

Sustainable Luxury: New Opportunity for the Hospitality Industry?

Written by: Anni Lindqvist, research scholar At the beginning of 2020, no one could have predicted how a global pandemic would upend lives so drastically in a matter of months. Freedom to travel was compromised — and still is, for some. During…

Interoperability, Health Innovation Are the Keys to Recovery

Moderated by: Diane Estner, DANNI Enterprises | Presented by: John Picard Getting back to the business of travel will require big thinking and bold action. Innovation will be the catalyst for change in the hospitality industry. Solutions will propel it…

Application of IoT Solutions: As Analyzed by the HFTP Dubai Research Center

In its latest monthly news bulletin, the Dubai HFTP Research and Innovation Center at the Emirates Academy of Hospitality Management discussed the application of IoT as solutions for the hospitality industry. The research center hopes this topic sparks conversation amongst members…