TODAY: Customers not the cause of growth in sustainability, business is booming in the global travel industry and recent trends in US restaurant CEO compensation.

Customers not the cause of growth in sustainability
Tuesday, 13th March 2018

Despite the growing prominence of sustainable travel, customers themselves are not necessarily pushing companies to offer sustainable options. Rather, the industry has pressured itself to offer environmentally friendly travel options >>

Business is booming in the global travel industry
13 Mar 2018 : On the other hand, issues such as the need for greater security on one’s travels, the increasingly important and controversial phenomenon of overtourism, and the globally changing face of travel brought about by companies such as Airbnb are decisively influencing the social discourse on the future of tourism >>

Recent trends in US restaurant CEO compensation
13 Mar 2018 : To be a CEO in the restaurant industry is tough work, and short lived for many, pay-for-performance model measures components of CEO compensation >>

New UNWTO Agenda for Africa moves ahead in Berlin
13 Mar 2018 : An African ministerial working meeting conveyed by the World Tourism Organization during this year’s Berlin International Tourism Fair ITB agreed to move ahead with a new ten-point UNWTO Agenda for Africa >>

Rotana announces 100-hotel expansion
12 Mar 2018 : The Abu Dhabi-based hospitality company, Rotana, is looking to increase its presence in familiar regions as well as expand into new countries as part of its expansion goal to reach 100 properties by 2020, Rotana President and CEO Omer Kaddouri told 4Hoteliers >>

Moxy expected to open more than 40 new cities across Europe by the end of 2020
13 Mar 2018 : With more than 50 signed hotels in Moxy's pipeline expected to open in Europe between now and year end 2020, the bold brand is sustaining sharp growth in countries such as Germany and the UK, as well as making its entry into key European destinations including France, Portugal and The Netherlands >>

HIGHLIGHT ARTICLE

Mobile-First Index is Approaching - How Can You Prepare?
Tuesday, 13th March 2018

As we continue to see the travel planning process become increasingly complex, hoteliers need to find ways to engage their best potential guests across multiple touch points and across all devices. Today’s typical travel consumer is exposed to more than 38,983 micro-moments in a 60-day timeframe and visits an average of 18 websites via multiple devices across eight sessions before making a hotel booking >>

Keeping a Hotel Website Up-To-Date is Critical for Direct Bookings
As fees from third party booking sites eat into hotel’s profit margins, Trivago industry manager, Raissa Benchoufi, says that keeping an up-to-date website is the best way to get more direct bookings. One in two travelers use metasearch to find a hotel, while many go to OTAs, some use hotel aggregation sites like Trivago where clients are redirected for the actual booking >>

Meet Gen Z: The Social Generation
A report on the first true generation of social natives and the next generations of mass-market consumers >>