TODAY: Changing business traveller expectations and impact on booking policy.
Monday, 16th October 2017

Spurred by new norms of hyper-connectivity, on-demand services, greater personalisation and always-on support, business people expect a simpler and more flexible experience when travelling on behalf of their employers >>

London, NYC and Tokyo remain the world's most attractive.
16 Oct 2017 : This year, the top three cities - London, New York and Tokyo – all retained their slots, with London maintaining its number 1 position for the sixth year running. Tokyo, which claimed the number 3 position for the first time last year, further improved its scores in the field of 'Cultural Interaction', closing the gap on second New York. >>

The first YOTEL in Asia opened its doors.
14 Oct 2017 : YOTEL Singapore, the first YOTEL in Asia, opened its doors to guests on 1 October 2017, offering 610 rooms known as ‘cabins’ across 30 floors >>

Stenden South Africa launches hotel opening management Minor with Northside Consulting.
15 Oct 2017 : The School of Hotel Management at Stenden South Africa celebrated last week the launch of the first-ever Minor in hotel opening management with Northside Consulting as its Core Industry Partner >>

Unplugged Collection announces new features to its commission-free booking systems.
14 Oct 2017 : Unplugged Collection, the cloud-based Front Desk software of choice for boutique segments and unique, independent hotels and companies is pleased to announced several free system updates and upgrades >>

HIGHLIGHT ARTICLE

Five Ways to Protect Your Hotel Brand Online
Monday, 16th October 2017
Take Ownership of your hotel’s online presence now! A very useful exercise which all hoteliers should be doing on a regular basis is searching for their hotel brand name online and monitoring those results >>

Invent Your Vocabulary to Emphasize Who You Are.
There are plenty of examples that can be found with a little Internet research. The point of all of this is to get you to think of an interesting, and even fun, way to describe what you do for your customers and what you want them to experience. >>

Letter from Muscat: And so we Enter the Golden Age of Digital Travel in Middle East.
For some reason, Muscat seems closer in my mind than it really is: To get here, I had to connect via Dubai and with a four-hour layover, it’s almost a 12-hour journey and I thought I could have flown to London in that time >>

IN THE SPOTLIGHT

Why Is Display of Art In Hotels So Significant?
Art is an integral part of the identity of hotels, it communicates with the guests and lets them enjoy a unique experience that no other place can give them, plus how innovatively a hotel integrates art within its interiors can actually influence a customer’s choice and help them choose one establishment over the other >>