TODAY: A fascinating tussle brews for the outbound hotel distribution pie in China, Europe remains the leading destination worldwide despite increased competition and How Artificial Intelligence Could Inspire Your Next Perfect Trip.

A fascinating tussle brews for the outbound hotel distribution pie in China
Wednesday, 18th July 2018

The battle to target a bigger pie of the outbound business featuring travelers from lower-tier cities in China is getting intense.

Travel companies with different distribution business models - online travel agencies, international hotel wholesalers and indigenous B2B hotel intermediaries etc - are increasingly counting on the lower tier cities in China for more outbound hotel-related transactions >>

Growth Momentum: Europe remains the leading destination worldwide despite increased competition
18 Jul 2018 : European destinations have paved the way for an encouraging summer season with a third of reporting destinations enjoying double-digit expansion to date, Europe remains the leading destination worldwide despite increased competition and current forecast for 2018 suggests a moderate expansion trending around 3-4% >>

Cost controls perpetuate US hotel profit growth in 2017
18 Jul 2018 : US hoteliers enjoyed an eighth consecutive year of increasing profits in 2017 despite another slowdown in the rate of revenue growth >>

Lodgis Hospitality acquires two Raffles Hotels in Cambodia
18 Jul 2018 : Singapore-based Lodgis Hospitality Holding, a joint venture between US-based private equity firm Warburg Pincus and Vietnam-based private equity firm VinaCapital, has completed the acquisition of two Raffles Hotels in Cambodia, the flagship Raffles Hotel Le Royal Phnom Penh and the Raffles Grand Hotel d’Angkor Siem Reap for an undisclosed sum >>

Marriott debuts first hotel in Cambodia
18 Jul 2018 : Marriott International has announced the opening of its first Courtyard by Marriott in Cambodia with the debut of Courtyard by Marriott Siem Reap Resort >>

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How Artificial Intelligence Could Inspire Your Next Perfect Trip
Wednesday, 18th July 2018

The human brain is unpredictable: We often make choices and decisions that can seem irrational, or don’t follow any obvious pattern and travel is no different and people travel for a wide variety of reasons, but rarely to meet a single need or want.

The challenge for travel players is to understand what moves and inspires travelers at a deeper level >>

Google Hotel Ads will be joining Google Ads
This week at Google Marketing Live, Google announced that Hotel Ads will be joining Google Ads, you can find more details from Google’s announcement here and we were fortunate enough to have access to the alpha version of this product, and we’re excited about its potential >>

The Strong L&D Impact of Employee Bilingualism
The right Learning and Development (L&D) offerings benefit both employees and employers. First, it’s long been recognized that employees regard L&D opportunities as positive incentives and retention drivers. However, it’s perhaps less known that companies investing in L&D resources have seen a 24% increase in productivity and performance due to learning >>

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