TODAY: Serviced Apartment segment is growing fast, Rosewood Half Moon Bay Antigua to open in 2021 and Hyatt debuts the Hyatt Centric brand in Asia Pacific.

Serviced Apartment segment is growing fast
Wednesday, 24th January 2018

The market for serviced apartments is the fastest growing segment of the hospitality industry in the Netherlands. The number of branded serviced apartments providers has increased exponentially over the last three years, and stimulated by the increase of supply, the demand has also increased >>

Rosewood Half Moon Bay Antigua to open in 2021
24 Jan 2018 : Rosewood Hotels & Resorts has been appointed by Vancouver-based property development company, Replay Destinations, to manage Rosewood Half Moon Bay Antigua, which will open in 2021 in the Caribbean’s West Indies >>

Minor Hotels announces expansion into Lebanon
24 Jan 2018 : Minor Hotels will debut its Oaks brand in Lebanon later this year, the group is pleased to announce it has signed a management agreement with Allied Investment Group to operate Oaks Beirut >>

Hyatt debuts the Hyatt Centric brand in Asia Pacific
24 Jan 2018 : Hyatt Hotels Corporation announced the opening of Hyatt Centric Ginza Tokyo, the first Hyatt Centric hotel in the Asia-Pacific region. Located on the fashionable Namiki-dori street in cosmopolitan Ginza, the 164-room full-service lifestyle hotel offers travelers a home base in a neighborhood where even the most avid explorers can stay entertained for days on end >>

Four Seasons continues global expansion
23 Jan 2018 : 2018 includes new market debuts, the company’s first standalone residential project, and a new executive appointment to oversee growing residential portfolio >>

HIGHLIGHT ARTICLE

NIMBYism: The Most Significant Cultural Threat for our Industry in 2018
Wednesday, 24th January 2018

NIMBYism is the acronym for ‘Not In My Backyard’ – a phrase often used by opponents to relaxing building regulations, allowing development on brownfield sites or the green belt, or increasing building density in residential areas.

NIMBYists, in essence, often say they might accept change – but not if it affects them. Whilst I can sympathise, to some extent, I also appreciate that it is change that helps to stimulate growth, progress and innovation. Therefore, I wondered, what were to happen if 2018 saw the ‘NIMBYism’ culture spread to the corporate world? >>

Airbnb is Opening a Hotel (yes, really): How it Works and What it Means

The rise of Airbnb has not been without challenges — e.g. disgruntled neighbors, landlords and city councils. Many associations have taken aggressive tactics to prevent owners and renters from listing units on Airbnb. Entire cities (Paris, Barcelona, New York, and many others) have tightened the rules.

In a bid to mitigate ethical and legal issues — and to expand the way property owners and tenants think about Airbnb — the company is stepping into the world of branded properties >>