TODAY: Data shows strong Asia-Pacific travel, Blackstone buys Spain's hotel investment partners and Six Senses to open first resort in India.

Wednesday, 25th October 2017
Tourico Holidays shared data reporting a 93 percent overall increase in Asia-Pacific hotel bookings in 2017 compared to the same time in 2016, APAC hotel bookings surge as North America, Europe, South America, and Middle East demand increases in 2017 >>

Blackstone buys Spain's hotel investment partners.
25 Oct 2017 : Blackstone Real Estate Partners Europe has announced that it has agreed to acquire Spanish hospitality company Hotel Investment Partners (HI Partners). The HI Partners portfolio comprises 14, mainly coastal, hotels (more than 3,700 rooms) across Spain’s most popular tourism destinations >>

AVANI to debut in the Tunisian capital
25 Oct 2017 : AVANI Hotels & Resorts, part of Minor Hotels, is pleased to announce it will debut in North Africa with two new properties in Tunisia, in partnership with Groupe Chaabane >>

Six Senses to open first resort in India
25 Oct 2017 : Situated 68 miles southeast of Jaipur, the property is located in the village of Chauth ka Barwara on the site of a 700-year-old fort which was owned by the Rajasthani Royal Family and sits directly opposite the temple, Chauth ka Barwara Mandir >>

Marriott debuts Four Points by Sheraton in Tanzania
25 Oct 2017 : Located steps away from the famous Clock Tower, known to mark the center point from Cairo to Cape Town, it is easily accessible from both Arusha as well as the Kilimanjaro International Airport >>

HIGHLIGHT ARTICLE

Scent of a Lobby
Wednesday, 25th October 2017

Have you noticed, in recent years, that little 'je ne sais quoi' that feels so familiar when you step into the lobby of a luxe hotel? Is it that all the beautiful women are exquisitely made up and perfumed? Or does it feel more like getting off the elevator at Neiman Marcus’ cosmetics floor? Your olfactory senses are hijacked by the cacophony of fragrances at Neiman Marcus: they are there to 'perfume' you, hoping you will like and buy >>

Letter from Hong Kong: From Real Estate to Community, From Brick to Clicks, Can Hospitality Make the Leap?
The sky is piercingly blue, as blue as it could only get after a huge storm has just whipped through, I am in Hong Kong two days after the last Typhoon 8 visited this city built on a rock. At the Hotel Investment Conference Asia Pacific (HICAP), I heard a panel of investors saying perhaps it would take a perfect storm to jolt the hotel industry out of complacency and finally face the challenges coming at them from several fronts – from real estate inflation to tech disruption and a new generation of consumers >>

Importance Of Meetings in Hospitality Sector
The concept of a ‘meeting’ in any work-space can evoke mixed emotions – from dread and boredom to excitement and anticipation – depending upon how it’s undertaken, while in the hospitality industry, meetings are key because timely and meaningful communication is what the industry hinges on >>