TODAY: Solid growth in the global construction pipeline, Hotels in Asia Pacific report increase in ADR & RevPAR and Things You Need To Know Now in Hotel Digital Marketing.

Solid growth in the global construction pipeline
Saturday, 23rd June 2018

The global construction pipeline trend report, which compiles the construction pipeline for every country and market in the world, states that the total pipeline stands at 12,714 projects/2,139,002 rooms, up 7% by projects year-over-year (YOY) >>

W Hotels returns to Sydney in 2020
25 Jun 2018 : Harbouring a long-held crush, W Hotels Worldwide announced its re-entry to the iconic harbour city with the highly-anticipated signing of W Sydney, W Sydney set to mark the third hotel in Australia following W Brisbane (open) and W Melbourne (2020) >>

News from around Europe, June 25
25 Jun 2018 : Hotel industry and travel news from around the European region: CitizenM acquires landmark site on Champs-Élysées, Paris, Hetherley acquires 120-Room Holiday Inn Express Strathclyde, Glasgow and more >>

Climate-friendly initiatives and actions essential for tourism
24 Jun 2018 : The Secretary-General of the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), Zurab Pololikashvili, called for the tourism sector to take more action to combat climate change and biodiversity loss during the 30th joint meeting of its Commissions for South Asia and Asia-Pacific in Fiji (18-20 June 2018) >>

Hotels in Asia Pacific report increase in ADR & RevPAR
25 Jun 2018 : According to data compiled by STR, hotels in the Asia Pacific region posted growth across the three key performance metrics in May 2018 >>

HIGHLIGHT ARTICLE

Things You Need To Know Now in Hotel Digital Marketing
Saturday, 23rd June 2018

This month, Google nudges SEO marketers in the right direction with clarifications to the mobile-first index as it rolls out to more websites and Bing pilots in-market audiences; and Instagram gets more serious with Stories by adding e-commerce features.

From SEO to design, read on to learn the top five things you need to know now in hotel digital marketing, and stay informed >>

Too Pretty to Eat? Hardly. Our Guide to Edible Flowers
Edible flowers have been a wow factor for food for centuries, and today's rainbow food movement is driving the current interest in edible blooms >>

Buffet Power in a Restaurant Sales Mix
In Part 1, we learned about the components of a sales mix being menu item mix, meal periods and market segments. We also saw how restaurant seat capacity plays such an important role in not only revenue generation but also profitability >>

Developing Greater Agility for Sustainability in a Rapidly Changing World
An overview of some key established and emerging innovation concepts for leaders, containing our independent research on how leaders can build a sustainable innovation culture >>