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4 Things Every Hotel Sales Team Should Do — ASAP

And if you have not done so – you have some catching up to do. As the world takes its first cautious steps toward recovery, it is the time to prepare for what comes next. Whether you stayed the course and remained open, or made the difficult decision …

Hotel Business: CVBs and Their Role in Guiding Markets Through COVID-19 Recovery

As seen in Hotel Business, May 14, 2020 Expert Insight | By Carleigh Dworetzky, Director of Destination Solutions at Knowland As millions across America practice social distancing, Convention and Visitor Bureaus (CVBs) are faced with the overall …

Lodging: Seven Steps to Survival for Hotels Staying Open During COVID-19

As seen in Lodging Magazine, May 7, 2020 Hotels planning to “stay the course” in the current environment need a game plan. Keeping the doors open likely won’t be enough—hotels staying open will need to drive business as things continue to tighten in …

5 Actions Hotels Should Take Today to Stabilize and Protect Their Businesses

The COVID-19 crisis has fundamentally changed the hospitality industry. To help hotels prepare for recovery we launched a three-part webcast series looking at how things have changed and how we can move forward from both the hotelier and the meeting …

Go LIVE Together Coalition Aims to Protect the Trade Show and Live Events Industry

Coalition brings together live events industry leaders to urge local, state, and federal legislators to consider measures for support and recovery. Knowland is proud to announce our support as a partner for Go LIVE Together, a coalition of over 4,000 …

Hotel Business: Into the Unknown – COVID-19’s Short- and Long-Term Impact on the Hotel Industry

Creating value for guests and adopting a focus on local businesses will be instrumental to recovery As seen in Hotel Business Magazine, April 7, 2020 COVID-19 has sent shock waves through the hospitality industry around the globe. “Social distancing” …

3 Keys to Keep Group, Event Business Moving

As seen in HOTELS Magazine. The hotel industry is being devastated by the COVID-19 virus. Social distancing and group size limitation, along with the unprecedented closing of major hotels across the world — the shuttering of 440 licensed casinos and …

Hotel Business: Looking for Local Business is Key to Recovery

As seen on Hotel Business by Gregg Wallis. NATIONAL REPORT—Smart decision-making can help the hospitality industry get through the current pandemic, according to advice and research from Knowland, a provider of meetings market data and analytics for …

Meeting Planners Love Small Hotels (and here’s why)

How a meeting professional views venue options, what influences decisions on location, size and brand, and why they love small hotels Jill Burke Jill Burke is a planner-extraordinaire of sorts — a true Renaissance woman of the meetings …

Supply vs. Demand: How to Stay Cool in a Hot Market

By Jim VanDevender Supply threatens to surpass demand in 2020, and many markets are feeling the heat. Hoteliers industry-wide are anxiously waiting for 2019 year-end reports, cautiously anticipating just how robust their markets will remain. With …