TODAY: The Undiscovered Continent: MyChicAfrica, Travel providers must bridge the personalization gap and Wine, a Hedonic Investment Par Excellence.

The Undiscovered Continent: MyChicAfrica
Thursday, 13th September 2018

This pioneering new approach from AccorHotels aims to make the continent more accessible and open for not only international travellers, but for Africans and the diaspora to rediscover and celebrate fashion, art, dining, modernity, design, adventure in addition to driving social discourse.

Fashion, art, travel, food, design, adventure, architecture, hi-tech/hi-touch and creativity, Africa is positively brimming with new and undiscovered experiences >>

Robot-made pizza
13 Sep 2018 : Earlier this year, we were quite impressed with the restaurant Spyce, you can read what we wrote in 'High Tech meets Haute Cuisine', Zume Pizza takes the concept of robot cooking to the next level >>

Travel providers must bridge the personalization gap
13 Sep 2018 : Emerging technologies have created unprecedented opportunities for travel industry providers to offer seamless, context-relevant and personalized experiences. However reliance on legacy systems and siloed data has led to fragmented personalization efforts and a customer expectation gap >>

HIGHLIGHT ARTICLE

Strategies to Prepare for Design Thinking
Thursday, 13th September 2018

Effective Design Thinking must start with enquiry.

It involves asking the right questions, and involves using a creative thinking strategy we call ‘cultivating curiosity’. This is such a crucial first step in the creative process, yet it is a step that is often overlooked or rushed through >>

Wine, a Hedonic Investment Par Excellence
In recent years, wine has made a remarkable entry into the world of alternative investments. This emotionally charged asset has all the necessary characteristics to thrill not only amateurs and collectors but also investors and in particular, it offers attractive returns and interesting diversification potential >>

Never Take Your Eyes Off the Customer
Never take your eye off your customers. If you do, they might get lost. You must guide them, but it is more than guiding them to a table in a restaurant. In business, you must guide them to make good decisions – one of which is doing business with you. Don’t let them get lost, or they may stray to doing business with the competition >>

First Impressions of the Hotel Lutetia Rive Gauge Paris - Exclusive Feature
The 'original' hotel used to have 233 keys. It now boasts 184 keys, allowing the interior designers to create 47 suites, out of which 7 are signature suites.

Restoring a building that dates back to the early 20th century into a modern Uber luxury hotel, requires large investments into the infrastructure, with strong emphasis on technology, the type of technology that is embedded in the rooms and public areas but does not disturb the classical ambiance of the hotel >>