How QUO reinvented a legendary German hotel brand.
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World Cities Clip Airbnb’s Wings
Has the darling of the sharing economy flown too close to the sun?
Portrait of the Artist as an Engaged Citizen
The hospitality world’s favourite global citizen has done it again. citizenM’s latest round of disruption is shaking things up in one of its newest neighbourhood’s – the ever-quirky, deeply historic Bowery in Manhattan. In preparation of welcoming guests next month, …
QUO CEO to Hospitality Leaders: “Overthrow your org chart”
In the third article of a four-part series on innovation for Hotels Magazine, CEO David Keen expands upon what GMs need to do to be industry pioneers. Even if we take the hotel out of hospitality, it remains a people-centred …
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QUO REPORT: Vietnam Rising
FACTORS SHAPING ASIA’S MOST EXCITING MARKET All pundits are in agreement: the Vietnamese tourism industry is on the up in a big way. Vietnam has remarkable potential for growth – both in terms of tourist interest and projected revenue. Last …
QUO CEO David Keen: “We need to take the ‘hotels’ out of hospitality”
The most successful brands today don’t play by the rules – they have the “guts” to change. That was one of the key messages from our CEO David Keen in his THINC INNOVATE talk at The Anantara Siam, Bangkok – …
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Talkin’ ‘bout a revolution
“We have to stop doing ‘ordinary,’ QUO CEO David Keen proclaimed to HICAP delegates in 2014. “Predictable hotels are no longer desirable.” Telecoms, computer technology, industrial design – big industries had seen big changes over the preceding 25 years. The hotel …
