IT IS TIME TO LOOK AHEAD WHILE GETTING READY!
While hoteliers are adapting to the evolving industry expectations, investors are strategizing their moves. HOTCO 2021 will be welcoming industry pioneers to share their insights first hand. HOTCO will be taking you ahead of the curve to peek at the industry trends and see the future of the hospitality investment world as it reemerges.
Below are some of the topics for HOTCO 2021.
Finance
1. Moratorium and government handouts are soon over. How will banks restructure hotel debts?
2. Who is financing and what gives bankers the comfort for new developments?
3. Who will give in first when expectations are wide apart between buyers and sellers?
4. Are operators or real estate owners are going to be more active as buying opportunities arise? When to expect distressed acquisition opportunities?
Asset Management
1. Is Asset Management an essential key to survival now?
2. How to stay in business and keep your asset?
3. How to convince banks to play a supportive role in revitalizing your hotel?
4. Why is AM especially important for investors new to the industry?
5. Outsourced or in-house AM team?
Digitalisation
1. Will digitalisation kill or make hotels strive?
2. Is taking the host out of hospitality a dangerous proposition?
3. How to reap the benefits of new inventions? Which are the ones that are going to impact the industry the most in the near future?
4. How do brands ride the wave of polarisation of the market & suppliers?
5. What is the growing impact of Blockchain on our economy? When will hotels accept cryptocurrency?
6. Automation and digitalisation are not the same! Who to benefit from them?
Resorts
1. How to capture the tide in demand for resorts into lasting profitable businesses?
2. Daycations at city hotels will supplement the desire to travel to resorts?
3. Domestic tourism has been driving resort demand during the pandemic, how will international destinations survive summer 2021?
4. Attractions fill hotels, but how to turn hotels into attractions?
