TODAY: Calls for action to maintain Europe’s competitiveness, 10 F&B Trends and the Next Big Bang for the Buck and Pros and Cons of Using Facebook Business Manager.

Calls for action to maintain Europe’s competitiveness
Wednesday, 12th September 2018

Long term planning with communities at the centre; increasing resilience by preparing for crises; and transitioning to a seamless traveller journey through the use of technology.

These are the key highlights during the World Travel & Tourism Council’s (WTTC) first Europe Leaders Forum as three critical areas for action in order to ensure Europe’s Travel & Tourism sector maintains competitiveness >>

NDC offers opportunity for all – from travel sellers to corporations to travelers
12 Sep 2018 : When you think about the meteoric rise of companies such as Facebook, Uber or Airbnb, all have one thing in common: In developing their services they put the end user, travelers, first >>

UNWTO hails wine tourism as an approach to sustainable rural development
12 Sep 2018 : UNWTO called for wine tourism to be made part of national tourism and rural development policies at the 3rd UNWTO Wine Tourism Conference in Chisinau, Republic of Moldova and the two days of discussions engaged experts from 30 countries and addressed UNWTO’s priority of enhancing tourism’s socioeconomic benefits, looking at specific segments like wine tourism >>

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10 F&B Trends and the Next Big Bang for the Buck
Wednesday, 12th September 2018

Food and beverage has witnessed a healthy growth over the past couple of years and with this trend there have been some significant shake-ups.

The sector has moved increasingly from imitation to innovation. New technology is driving products such as bio-hacked foods which may not sound very appetizing as they are de-composed and then reconstituted based on artificial intelligence (AI). There’s also a deeper understanding of F&B components at the molecular level >>

Pros and Cons of Using Facebook Business Manager
With over 2 billion users, Facebook is the most popular social media platform in the worl and it is therefore not surprising that more and more businesses are investing in Facebook to grow their brands and sales. In fact, there are over 60 million business pages on Facebook; in Canada, over 46% of companies use social media for promotions! >>

Non-Pricing Strategies to Increase Your Profits.
Any Revenue Manager should have a set of strategies that optimise revenue and profits for their hotel: these strategies include both dynamic pricing and non-pricing methods and today, we will be focusing on some of the more popular non-pricing methods >>

Global Update: Who's Where and Doing What - September 2018
Global update of who is moving where and from where - keep track of old colleagues and friends or find lost ones, brought to you by The Boutique Search Firm >>