Promotion

Communications innovations and changes in the travel and tourism landscape, particularly travel behaviours and expectations, are shaping the work of marketers in the industry…
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Earlier this week I was talking to a regional commercial head of Asia for one of the world’s largest hotel chains and the view forward into 2024 is one of concern, to say the least…
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The Scandinavian bar’s partnership with the Kerry Hotel’s Red Sugar promises classic cocktails with a mix of northern European and Asian flavourings - ‘The sun is up but it’s the middle of the night…
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Some hotel companies plan changes to their loyalty programs in 2024, including Hyatt Hotels Corp. and Omni Hotels & Resorts, each company recently announced. Beginning Jan…
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The hospitality industry is witnessing a shift in pricing strategies as hotels grapple with cost increases…
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This week, our Whine Wednesday is about Marriott Rewards and the unfortunate but very real inflation for hotel night redemptions that happened during the last few years, oftentimes doubling the number of points required…
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Chase will revamp its luxury hotel collection for Chase Sapphire Reserve cardholders — here's what's changing. Chase just announced it will revamp its luxury hotel collection for Sapphire Reserve cardholders next year…
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The United States Supreme Court has dismissed a case in which a Maine hotel was sued over its failure to disclose ADA accessibility information on its website…
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Global hotel rates are expected to increase by 6.8 percent on average in 2024, according to the latest outlook published by BCD Travel…
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Asia’s hotel occupancy has continued its upward trajectory in 2023, with global growth in occupancy nearing typical levels across major gateway markets…
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Exciting developments in Indonesia's hospitality industry! The latest hotel construction pipeline report for 3Q2023 has positioned Indonesia prominently in the Asia Pacific region (excluding China)…
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Qatar's hospitality sector witnessed improved rooms' yield in October 2023 on an annualised basis on higher occupancy, according to the Planning and Statistics Authority (PSA). The growth in revenue-per-available room came largely due to the…
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MGM Resorts has revealed that last week’s Las Vegas Formula 1 Grand Prix weekend was the highest grossing weekend for hotel revenue in the company’s history…
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Looking more closely at the reasons for changing attendance, 38% of corporates and 51% of associations/not for profits say the challenge is delegates’ unwillingness to travel long distances…
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The average occupancy rate of Macau’s hotel rooms grew by 41.1 percentage points year-on-year to reach 82.8% in October, also improved from the 78.6% rate notched in August…
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The 6th edition of the annual ROC Middle East Commercial Strategy Conference kicked off with a day filled with insightful discussions and expert dialogues, signaling the beginning of a transformative event in the realm of hospitality and tourism…
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Travel has always been about exploring new places and creating memories but as we enter 2024, travellers are more discerning than ever about how they invest their time and resources away from home…
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Scandic Hotels has signed a long-term agreement with landlord Exilion to extend the agreement and rebrand the Holiday Inn City Centre in downtown Helsinki…
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Jimin of BTS made headlines due to his recent trip to Japan. The Like Crazy singer and songwriter traveled to the country with his bandmate Jungkook for a project and visited a restaurant called CURRY HOUSE CoCo ICHIBANYA for dinner…
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The increases in global hotel rates seem to have “plateaued” across most regions, according to analysis of the latest industry figures…
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PARIS, Nov 20 (Reuters) - Visitors heading to Paris for next year's Olympics face major accommodation problems amid soaring hotel prices and a crackdown on rentals of tourist apartments…
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Fine water is a growing category worldwide, even in water-stressed countries like India, where one company imports natural spring water that's bottled in sleek glass bottles in Bhutan…
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Now that the hotel industry has moved away from siloed departments, you expect your commercial teams to work together. But that’s impossible when each department is still operating independently…
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The Temptation of Hidden Fees Rate Manipulation - Let’s face it; we’ve all been tempted to play with rates to boost revenue. It’s the oldest trick in the revenue management book, you might even say that’s exactly what revenue management is…
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