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🎭 Launched in May 2025, 'The Power of Hospitality Podcast' by Jupiter Humphrey-Bishop features interviews with influential luxury hospitality professionals. Guests include a luxury event planner, award-winning mixologist, five-star hotel butler, head concierge, luxury champagne brand manager, and hospitality business owner. The podcast explores career journeys, success, and the emotional intelligence required in luxury hospitality. Available on YouTube, Spotify, and Jupiterluxuryhospitality.com, following Jupiter's 2024 Discovering Hospitality Blog on London's luxury venues.

📱 HOTELS Magazine's May/June digital edition explores lodging loyalty programs, provides insights from AAHOA and Hunter hospitality conferences, and highlights a new Waldorf Astoria development in Texas. It also features Sean Hehir, CEO of Trinity Investments, discusses wellness trends led by Hilton, and showcases six influential PMS providers in hotel tech. Additionally, the resurgence of banqueting in the F&B sector is covered. Read the latest trends and developments in the hospitality industry now.

🌸 From 1 May to 1 June 2025, Sketch in Mayfair, London, will host the 11th edition of 'Sketch in Bloom' celebrating Jane Austen's 250th birthday with floral tributes. Floral designers like Lucy Vail Floristry, Ricky Paul, and Rob Van Helden will create installations, while 200 copies each of "Pride & Prejudice" and "Emma" will be available as limited-edition Vintage Collector’s Classics. An Austen-inspired afternoon tea set costs £115 per person, and a 3 Michelin Star lunch menu is priced at £150.

🔔 Robert Mandelbaum, Research Director at CBRE Hotels, suggests focusing on controllable aspects of the hotel business to improve outcomes. No specific dates, locations, numbers, or statistical data provided in the excerpt. The article offers insights into understanding profit and loss (P&L) for profit boost and career acceleration, with further resources available through Hospitality Daily.

🍻 In a 2024 Q3 consumer survey by GlobalData, a "new normal" emerges with "relaxing at home" being the predominant theme for consuming alcoholic drinks including beer/cider, wine, and low/no alcohol options. This reflects a shift in consumer values and priorities toward more home-centric work, personal, and social lives, initially sparked by the pandemic.

🏨 Accor partners with Bayview International Hotels & Resorts to manage three hotels in Australia and New Zealand, including The Sydney Boulevard Hotel with 277 guestrooms and 11 meeting spaces, Bayview Geographe Resort in Busselton with 137 rooms and amenities like tennis court and beach access, and Wairakei Resort Taupo boasting 187 guestrooms and a geothermal pool. All properties to be renovated and rebranded. Bayview International, founded in 1993, looks forward to enhancing guest experiences through this collaboration.

🏨 Robert Mandelbaum, Research Director at CBRE Hotels, discusses the evolving profitability in the hospitality industry, addressing operator challenges and profit maximization strategies. Further resources include a profile on Mandelbaum and guidance on understanding P&L for career advancement are available through Hospitality Daily.

📖 Saladplate, the official content hub for the Hospitality, Food and Beverage portfolio by Informa Markets, provides weekly news updates, a monthly newsletter, and a bi-monthly e-magazine. It offers exclusive access to over 10,000 brands, companies, products, and over 35 international trade events. Saladplate is a key resource for insights into industry trends and innovations within the hospitality and wider business community.

📈 A 28-page report provides insights from 15 CMOs and marketing leaders, exploring the actual status of Gen AI, confronting inertia and roadblocks, three profitable 'table stakes' use cases, enablers for organisation-wide scaling, and the future operating model.