hotels

Expedia brings Meeting Market out of the shadows

  Expedia’s under-the-radar site Meeting Market is looking to expand beyond its current German base and become a pan-European, if not global, portal for the MICE sector. The site brings […]

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Four ways hotels can better compete against Airbnb

NB: This is an article by Alex Shashou, President & co-founder of Alice. There has been so much debate over the impact of Airbnb to the industry following CBRE’s research […]

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RevPAR drops in Dubai, Abu Dhabi

  Abu Dhabi and Dubai’s hotels saw a drop in RevPAR in January 2016, according to a recent EY benchmark report. Hospitality markets across MENA witnessed a drop in performance […]

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Best Western CEO has concerns over Airbnb (but doesn’t mind selling rooms on it)

  Back in July 2015, Best Western CEO and president David Kong started writing a blog known as “It’s Personal“. “As the name implies, I’ll take on issues that I’m […]

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How to develop a content marketing strategy for your hotel

  NB: This is an article by Melody Ciria, Destination Marketing Specialist at E-Marketing Associates Every hotel has their own unique story to tell, therefore hotel’s need to make it […]

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Hoteliers should adapt to the sharing economy

  Experts have agreed that the sharing economy is here to stay, but it’s up to hoteliers to adapt in order to win the battle against services like Airbnb. Speaking […]

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Tokyo room rates soar in 2015

  AVERAGE hotel room rates in Asia-Pacific escalated last year, with Tokyo, Sydney and Singapore being the three most expensive cities for hotel bookings, according to research released by corporate […]

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Hospitality In The Digital Age Of Disruption

This past week, over 300 hotel and travel marketing executives converged on New York’s Marriott Marquis to attend the HSMAI Digital Marketing Strategy Conference. While the conference’s theme was “Navigating […]

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Business travellers split between traditional and alternative booking channels

  Figures from the GBTA Foundation show business travellers from the UK, Germany and France are fairly evenly split between booking via traditional channels and alternative methods. The study shows […]

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Hotel Contract Negotiations: Tougher Dealings, Softer Rates

The negotiating season for 2016 corporate hotel rates proved to be even more challenging than in previous years, but efforts paid off, as rate increases came in softer than forecast […]

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