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Interesting pre-conference forum with emerging executives & leaders in our industry. Refreshing to see five women in a panel of six. #Hot.E #ISHC

Wow! STR sells to CoStar for $450m. There's always a bigger fish...

As the start of a new decade marks 10 years of successful trading for us already, I am delighted to announce that as of 2020, Clanalytix is now an official organiser of DOGs Night, the networking event for hospitality professionals bit.ly/2R6jEwd DOGs Night STR

Great DOGs Night London gathering in the Millbank Lounge at the DoubleTree by Hilton by Hilton London – Westminster; many thanks to Matt, Elinga and the rest of the team for hosting the event. Good turnout, with lots of new faces made for ample #networking.

Thinking of selling your hotel company? This short article by Michael Teplin gives some great tips on how to prepare to attract the best interest bit.ly/3o33B0K. Coincidentally, all areas where Clanalytix can help...

Nice, if unexpected, to be quoted front and centre on this morning's edition of Hospitality Investor's '1 Big Thing' newsletter. Check out Ben Walker's article on how location tech can help hotels keep control of their brands : bit.ly/3Jn1GQ0.

Having been invited onto the advisory board, I'm especially looking forward to the year's AHC in Manchester next month. Have you booked your place yet? invt.io/1txbird1gv4

Seriously British Airways? £000s spent booking our honeymoon with you and you've not even managed to sit me next to my new wife on the flight out. Spoke to Exec Club and people at airport check-in, departure gate and on plane but no interest from anyone to try and sort it out...

Different industry, but hoteliers could take a few useful pointers from this article on building a #CompanyCulture bit.ly/2slLrsB

Hotels too can build #GuestSatisfaction & loyalty by integrating ground t/f into their booking process bit.ly/2sU73zU Lester Bonham

Revolting and scary in equal measure; I wonder how many hotel and restaurant operators would fare similarly badly? bit.ly/2sU3n1a

Was so looking forward to @OfficialAdele at #Wembley tonight; I'm gutted she's cancelled but wishing her a full & speedy recovery.

Sabre announces data security breach affecting some bookings made through their SynXis reservations system. bit.ly/2tLmI4X

Another useful article by David Lund: how to effectively monitor operational productivity in rooms bit.ly/2tLBcSJ

Hotels not taking advantage of changes to #OTA price parity rules reports Travolution. Advice for hoteliers here bit.ly/2tLFJ7p

Carnage in Spain and BBC News (UK) leads with... #BruceForsyth. Unbelievable! What an appalling lack of judgement.

#bbcqt The 52% that voted leave still represent significantly less than 50% of the people of the UK and if 70% of our MPs are remainers, remember that they too were voted in by the electorate. Well done to the so-called rebels for not just rolling over. We do need to scrutiny.

Still time to register for the The Boutique Hotel Guest Experience Awards (BoHos) bit.ly/2DmY3dB, sponsored by Boutique Hotel News, GuestRevu and Glion Institute of Higher Education; winners to be announced in May...

Good write-up by Terence Baker on the £858m Starwood Capital / Foncière des Régions / IHG deal bit.ly/2FH7QHA #HotelTransactions