TODAY: International travel - One of the highest growth in the last twenty years, online validation can help OTAs lower risk of fraud and Myanmar Tourism focusses in 2018 on its diversity.

International travel - One of the highest growth in the last twenty years
Friday, 9th March 2018

Worldwide, the number of outbound trips has increased by 6.5 per cent, reaching nearly 1.2 billion international trips in 2017. Also positively, for the first time since IPK surveys the impact of terrorism on international travel, terror sensitivity has decreased and destinations are perceived as 'safer' than before >>

Manhattan Lodging Report Q4-2017
9 Mar 2018 : The New York City borough of Manhattan is among the strongest, most diverse, and most dynamic hotel markets in the world, Manhattan’s resiliency has been borne out over the course of recovery from three national recessions since 1989 >>

Ling Nan Hospitality and Compass Edge launch global hotel alliance
9 Mar 2018 : LN Global Hotel Alliance will put together lifestyle experience travel products for high net worth Chinese travellers to experience the world >>

ITB: Online validation can help OTAs lower risk of fraud
9 Mar 2018 : ITB Feature: Fraud costs the travel industry over 2 billion GBP per year and online validation systems can help OTAs and suppliers in the travel industry overcome issues with fraud and reduce staff and accounting costs >>

Market Update Bali: Hotel & Hotel Residences
9 Mar 2018 : Increasing flight connectivity, visa-free policies and toneddown supply growth over the last year led to excellent performance across the market; YTD October 2017 RevPAR performance was up 7% compared to the same time last year, on the back of healthy ADR and occupancy growth >>

Myanmar Tourism focusses in 2018 on its diversity, the green season and sustainability
9 Mar 2018 : Myanmar Tourism Marketing aims to have more tourists in 2018 as tourism can help in poverty reduction and connect communities all around the country. Therefore, Myanmar Tourism will focus in 2018 more on the secondary new destinations >>

HIGHLIGHT ARTICLE

Shattering the 'Glass Ceiling': Greater Female Presence Needed for Innovation
Friday, 9th March 2018

It is common sense for a responsible company to provide equal career development and remuneration for women.

We are now in the midst of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, an era characterized by technological fusions and the integration of Artificial Intelligence, Big Data and Cloud Computing. This has catalyzed our creativity and bridged the physical gap between individuals. Men and women have equal rights in intelligence and competency >>

Q&A with Elie Younes EVP and CDO of the Radisson Hotel Group
Exclusive Feature: An one-on-one interview with Elie Younes EVP and CDO of the Radisson Hotel Group IHIF 2018 Berlin by our regular contributor >>

Building Loyalty in the Experience Age
Managing customer relationship is a savoir-faire endowed with strenuous peculiarities. Numerous hospitality experts have tried to master the art of retaining customers and endless strategies have been deployed to enhance guest experience >>