TODAY: Building talent and brand identity main challenges facing hospitality, Bringing experiential travel to the Americas and IATA aims for 1 billion passengers to fly on sustainable fuel.

Building talent and brand identity main challenges facing hospitality
Thursday, 1st March 2018

As many in the industry know, this reality is often far from the case as each property faces its own series of trials and tribulations leading up to its opening. In a recent interview, Roy Liang (general manager, Oakwood Premier OUE Singapore) talked about the trials he faced in opening and running this latest Oakwood property and the deeper challenges it reveals about the hospitality industry in general >>

Bringing experiential travel to the Americas
1 Mar 2018 : From sharing a yurt with a nomadic family to sleeping among the monkeys in jungle treehouses, today’s travelers are increasingly on the lookout for authentic experiences and exotic adventures >>

Using robots to pick and pack
1 Mar 2018 : Many years ago, when a major electronics manufacturer was looking for a new fulfillment operation, our author submitted a very creative proposal from a leading-edge direct marketing company, offering an automated 'pick and pack' system and at the time, that system seemed very far in the future >>

IATA aims for 1 billion passengers to fly on sustainable fuel
1 Mar 2018 : The International Air transport Association (IATA) set out an aim for one billion passengers to fly on flights powered by a mix of jet fuel and sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) by 2025 >>

UNWTO deepens tourism cooperation with the EU
1 Mar 2018 : Advancing sustainable tourism across Europe is at the centre of an agreement signed between the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) and the European Parliament >>

HIGHLIGHT ARTICLE

Engaging Effectively With The Millennials in Your Hotel
Thursday, 1st March 2018

Millenials are going to make up 75 per cent of the workforce by 2025. This means that you will have to find a way to work with them, despite all those notions you entertain about them, and the key is to understand what makes them tick and use that to your advantage and strike a happy balance at the work place >>

There are Benefits of Working with OTAs
Everybody loves direct bookings and competing with OTAs marketing power is expensive and increasingly difficult, however there are benefits to using OTAs as well >>

Driving Revenue Efficiencies Through Hotel Technology
What are the components of the optimal hotel technology stack? How can these benefit your business? And what is next on the horizon? These and other hot topics came up for discussion at last week’s Revenue Management 3.0 – Where Next? conference, held in London >>