TODAY: TUI acquires Destination Management from Hotelbeds, AirAsia heads to Silicon Valley in search of travel startups and 'Data is the New Gold' has Become 'Data is the New Dirt'.

TUI acquires Destination Management from Hotelbeds
Tuesday, 3rd April 2018

Enterprise value against 110 million euros in cash with operational synergies expected, new area of business as handling agent for cruise companies and following the acquisition, the Spanish TUI subsidiary will have sales of 700 million Euros, 9,000 employees, and will be present in 48 countries >>

AirAsia heads to Silicon Valley in search of travel startups
3 Apr 2018 : AirAsia is making its first foray into US Silicon Valley, home to many startup and global technology companies, to find 'the best startups in the travel industry' as the airline puts it >>

TIN Hotels inks agreement for Lhasa hotel
3 Apr 2018 : TIN Hotels has inked a management agreement with China’s Tibet Da’ji Hotel Co to plant the TIN Hotels flag on the soil of the Tibet Autonomous Region. The hotel will incorporate co-working spaces so that the local community will feel invited to stay, work, and socialise at TIN >>

GCC visitors contribute over 30% to hotel occupancy across Northern Emirates in 2017
3 Apr 2018 : GCC visitors are driving demand in the UAE’s Northern Emirates, comprising more than 30% of hotel check-ins, which saw a positive uptick YoY occupancy and the number of ATM visitors interested in doing business with the UAE increased 54% between 2016 and 2017 >>

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'Data is the New Gold' has Become 'Data is the New Dirt'
Tuesday, 3rd April 2018

Wondering if we should #deletefacebook. I’ve seen my friends (and me too) gradually turn into zombies. It’s not an overnight thing, it’s a creep thing, all of us caught in the neither-here-nor-there land.

We’re present physically somewhere but we’re transported through our smartphone to a virtual world in which we are “liked” by so many people – so who cares about the person sitting right in front of me? >>

Reporting Sexual Harassment In The Digital Age
In the wake of #TimesUp and #MeToo, the business world continues to reel over the seemingly shocking realization that sexual harassment is even more pervasive than most had imagined. This movement has forced employers across all industries to grapple with the real worry that sexual harassment may be problematic in their own workplaces >>

Review of Instant Rewards
The Problem: Hotels want to increase profitability by getting users to book on their website, but for many hotels there is seemingly no incentive and OTAs have strict rate parity requirements in order for hotels to appear on their websites >>