TODAY: Profit growth accelerates at hotels in Europe, Wyndham Worldwide completes spin-off of hotels and Designing Operationally Efficient Hotels: 5 Factors to Guide You.

Profit growth accelerates at hotels in Europe
Saturday, 2nd June 2018

Following a period of lacklustre growth in Q1 2018, hotels in Europe recorded an impressive 19% increase in profit per room in April as a result of soaring revenues and falling costs >>

Wyndham Worldwide completes spin-off of hotels
4 Jun 2018 : Wyndham Destinations, Inc, formerly known as Wyndham Worldwide Corporation, announced that it has completed the spin-off of Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Inc to become the world's largest vacation ownership and exchange company, size and scale of company will drive future growth and focus on delivering great vacations >>

News from around Europe
4 Jun 2018 : Hotel industry and travel news from around the European region: US private equity firms bidding to acquire HNA’s stake in NH Hotels, Hilton Garden Inn Feldkirchen, Germany sold to Oxin Investment Holding and more >>

UNWTO World Forum on Gastronomy Tourism – Seizing the power of technology
3 Jun 2018 : Partnering with technology providers is among UNWTO’s main priorities. Against this backdrop, creating and sharing knowledge and policy lessons on the digital transformation was among the central aspects of this year’s edition, which included the participation of technology startups of the host country >>

W Hotels returns to Australia
3 Jun 2018 : The heat is on: W Hotels Worldwide re-enters Australia with the opening of W Brisbane. Owned by Shayher Group, W Brisbane is a vibrant addition to sunny South East Queensland in a stellar location overlooking the Brisbane River >>

HIGHLIGHT ARTICLE

Designing Operationally Efficient Hotels: 5 Factors to Guide You
Monday, 4th June 2018

As establishments, hotels pride themselves on being luxurious experiences, but now, a greater call is taking over – and that is a need to be operationally efficient. Can new age architecture and design help achieve that? >>

Are All-Inclusive Hotels Really Worth It?
Planning a vacation can be tough, you have to figure out not only the logistics of the trip but the budget as well and that can be hard if it’s a new place and you’re not sure how much everything costs. It’s that very time-consuming headache that lures many travelers to book an all-inclusive hotel. But is it worth it? >>

Tell Your Hotel Brand Story on Social Media
When consumers are faced with endless choices everyday how do they make decisions? What makes them choose one brand over another? Typically it comes down to emotion >>