Reading Time: 5 minutes The advent of cloud software has revolutionised the functionality of property management and revenue management systems, and there is now a huge choice available. SAN looks at some of the best on offer. acomos is described as a simple and intuitive PMS System that offers full accounting and housekeeping control, and

Reading Time: 12 minutes GH: I’ve got a very special guest with me today, a gentleman that I’ve been getting to know for the last year, that’s Piers Brown, the CEO of International Hospitality Media; they’re based over in London, they publish Boutique Hotel News and Serviced Apartment News and I’ve got to know him through

Reading Time: 4 minutes Blockchain technology is essentially about cutting out the middleman, so it could have a huge impact on distribution and loyalty programs. Axel von Goldbeck of DWF explains. Blockchain is … well, hard to say what it actually is. For a growing community of enthusiasts it saves the world from useless

Reading Time: 5 minutes • What is your background? “Prior to starting Lavanda, I was head of marketing at Shutl (acquired by eBay in 2013) and the company’s first employee. Shutl is a pioneering on-demand delivery platform for multichannel retailers. My earlier career spanned various B2B software product marketing roles at Canon and Vignette

Reading Time: 3 minutes Paul Smith of Touchstone Education predicts that 2018 will see large numbers of UK buy-to-let landlords changing their business model and moving their properties in to the serviced accommodation space. 2018 will see increasing numbers of buy-to-let (BTL) landlords desperate for a solution to the so-called “anti-landlord” tax measures introduced

Reading Time: 4 minutes • What’s your background? “Rami Shamaa is a co-founder and managing director. He has 15 years of experience in M&A, business development and strategic management, with GE, Abraaj Capital, EFG- Hermes, Booz Allen Hamilton and an affiliate of Morgan Stanley. He was most recently a business development and M&A director

Reading Time: 6 minutes • What is your background and what gave you the vision to start Suite Hub? “I grew up in Maidenhead, just west of London. When I was about 20, I helped my Dad start a small serviced apartment business (as an operator) after he retired from a long career at

Reading Time: 7 minutes • What made you start the Prime Residential business? “I grew up in Cairo, then moved to Washington DC for college. In total, I spent seven years in the US where I received my Bachelor of Business Administration from the George Washington University and a Masters degree in Marketing, PR

Reading Time: 4 minutes • How was the idea for Sweet Inn born? “Our CEO Paul Besnainou had the idea for ​​the Sweet Inn concept while renting an Airbnb apartment in Jerusalem for the holidays, at a time when the company was experiencing rapid growth. Paul said: ‘We were two families staying in a