Here I share with you one of the most interesting hotel openings for 2019. It is going to change Miami´s skyline and will be the first hotel in town of one of the most famous luxury hotel brands in the world. The Waldorf Astoria Hotel Miami, to be located at 300 Biscayne Boulevard, will mark the  debut of the Waldorf Astoria brand in Miami . The company,  owned by Hilton Hotels ,  operates 30 properties worldwide , including two in Boca Raton, two in Key West and one in Orlando. Designed by the Miami firm  Sieger Suarez Architects , the skyscraper will resemble a pile of unevenly stacked glass cubes. The building is projected to reach 1,049 feet in height, making it  one of the tallest in Florida . The current titleholder is the  Panorama Tower in Brickell,  which stands 868 feet tall. According to  a Bloomberg report , the project will include  140 hotel rooms and 400 condos . Pre-sales on the project aren’t sch...

The  luxury hotels industry  is my passion and one of the major customer service industries globally. Growing travel and tourism industry is one of the key reasons behind the growth of luxury hotels industry. In order to meet the increasing demand for unique customer services, luxury hotels are constantly striving to improve their services by focusing on  changing consumer preferences, new technologies impact and energy saving strategies. The global Luxury Hotel market is valued at 171100 million USD in 2018 and is expected to reach 216.000 million USD by the end of 2023, growing at a CAGR of 4.0% between 2018 and 2023. THE AMERICAS: HOTEL PROJECT PIPELINE BY COUNTRY United States  is the main market with  1069  hotel openings still in force, as a recent report by TopHotelProject states. And it is followed by  Mexico (86) ,  Brazil (47)  and  Canada (43) .   USA - 1069 hotel openings | 6. CUBA - 23 hotel open...

Doesn´t matter if I find myself in Miami, Cancun or Singapore, or if I meet with company owners, investors or hoteliers. At a certain point I am asked about how to enhance the Guest Experience, or how to enter hotel products in international markets with a higher hit-rate. And there is no a sole answer. The key is making use of the correct mix of selling techniques and tools, according to the real market demands. Not according to what your company "always did". When it comes to think of optimizing your salesforce in  FF&E  (Furniture, Fixture & Equipment) or  A/E/C  (Architecture, Engineering, Construction) companies, we realize the  markets are evolving.  According to the current trend, in 2019 we will keep on finding higher levels of client sophistication, new buying models, and technology impact. FF&E, design and construction firms are thinking about the new client demands, and need to increase  sales  and boosting their...

The fastest growing consulting firms of Europe Europe's thirty fastest growing consulting firms have achieved an average compound annual growth rate of 78% across a three-year period. France has the largest number of fastest growing consultancies on the continent, followed by the UK , which has s ix firms among the top thirty. Recently Consultancy.uk analyzed data from the Financial Times and Statista regarding the 1,000  most rapidly growing companies  across Europe . While companies from 31 different countries made the list, the top 50 was still dominated by companies based in the UK. Over a fifth of the top 50 performers were located in Britain, and while in the top 1,000 overall, Germany and France still hosted more of such rapidly growing companies, the UK’s contingent also saw a much higher collective revenue of €6.9 billion and a higher average revenue per firm. Examining the data of the top 30 rapidly growing consulting companies in Europe, a ...