TODAY: Paris - Spring in the Step, US travelers primed for personalization and A Glance Into The Future Of Revenue Management.

Paris - Spring in the Step
Saturday, 28th April 2018

This market pulse provides an overview of the tourism and hotel market in Paris, France. It discusses recent tourism trends and the causes for optimism for 2018 as well as providing a summary of the extensive hotel pipeline >>

US travelers primed for personalization
28 Apr 2018 : Among travelers' main complaints about online travel planning are that it takes too long, and they need to search too many different websites to find a good deal for what they want >>

Meliá International is expanding its Thailand portfolio
28 Apr 2018 : Slated for 2021, the group will enter into the stunning karst island with an exclusive luxury resort on the idealic Mai Khao beach >>

Shangri-La to open in ‘Bahrain Marina’ in 2022
28 Apr 2018 : Bahrain Marina Development Company (BMDC), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Social Insurance Organisation, has appointed Hong Kong-based Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts as the hotel management company for the luxury hotel and waterfront villas located in ‘Bahrain Marina’, an iconic waterfront complex currently under development in the capital of Manama >>

HIGHLIGHT ARTICLE

A Glance Into The Future Of Revenue Management
Saturday, 28th April 2018

According to Cornell University professor Bill Carroll, a lot of hospitality students who focus on careers in hotel real estate are missing great opportunities in the field of revenue management.

While Carroll values the role of revenue management in the hotel industry, he believes there is room for the discipline to grow and expand its focus while working to improve profitability for hotels.

We caught up with Carroll recently to discuss the future of hotel revenue management and distribution >>

Security Trade-Offs in the New EU Privacy Law

On May 25, 2018 the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) takes effect.

In response, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) — the nonprofit entity that manages the global domain name system — has proposed redacting key bits of personal data from WHOIS, the system for querying databases that store the registered users of domain names and blocks of Internet address ranges (IP addresses) >>