Asia
Four Key China-Related Trends Shaping Asia Pacific Hotel Industry
Mainland Chinese investors exported over $5 billion into the hotel real estate sector across the globe in 2015, and the country accounted for nearly half of all cross-border investment out of the […]
Hoteliers need to change perceptions of Chinese travelers
The fifth annual Chinese International Travel Monitor released by Hotels.com™, has revealed ninety two percent of Chinese travelers plan to increase or maintain spending and one-third of them plan to […]
Cracking Asia Business Travel Market
Asia is the world’s biggest market for business travel, accounting for 38 percent of about $1 trillion in annual spending. And in the next few years, its importance will […]
Why Priceline Is Making Big Investments in China
Priceline Group has been watching China as a potential major market for its growing online travel agent (OTA) business. It makes sense, as China has a vastly growing middle […]
Data Mining Emerges as a Key Differentiator in B2B
Tourico’s burgeoning data mining initiative is helping Chinese intermediaries in improving upon their product offering by evaluating travel booking behavior, a detailed look at how business intelligence is paving way […]
How Marriott is using WeChat in China
With Chinese tourists spending $215 billion last year, up 53 percent from the year prior, WeChat is becoming a key channel for hotel chains including Marriott, Hyatt, Sheraton and Shangri-La […]
Strong revenue growth for Asia-Pacific hotels in 2016
A summit of over 200 leading Indonesian hospitality industry professionals has predicted a positive outlook for the regional hotel sector, with 65 percent of attendees forecasting six percent or more […]
10 key Travel learning points at WIT (Pt 2)
Part Two takes an in-depth look at where the industry is headed and what it will take for businesses to get where they want to be. While the travel segments […]
10 key learning points from Hoteliers at WIT (Pt 1)
Key industry players geared up to “Reboot” and tackle the big issues like how to surf the wave of technology that pervades the industry (without being caught in the riptide), […]
Lowest Available Hotel Rates: A Friend or Foe?
Owing to increased Internet penetration and the booming sharing economy, which has an impact on the lodging sector, the online travel market in Asia-Pacific has grown in recent years. Technology […]