TODAY: Buoyant global economy means higher prices in 2019, Cruise holidays booming with strongest growth from Asia and Latest Facebook & Instagram Updates Hotels Can’t Afford to Miss.

Buoyant global economy means higher prices in 2019
Wednesday, 10th October 2018

The 2019 forecast also shows the trends and developments that will shape the business travel industry. Travel prices are expected to rise sharply in 2019, with hotels going up 3.7%, and flights 2.6%, driven by a growing global economy and rising oil prices >>

Cruise holidays booming with strongest growth from Asia
10 Oct 2018 : In 2017, about 27 million international cruises were undertaken worldwide and looking at the past years, cruises showed double-digit growth rates and therefore increased more than twice as much as international holidays in general >>

Moxy ready to take on the Caribbean and Latin America
10 Oct 2018 : With four approved hotel deals added to Marriott International’s development pipeline, free-spirited Moxy Hotels brand is expected to make its debut in the Caribbean and Latin America region in 2020 >>

Rugby sevens is fast becoming a tourism drawcard
10 Oct 2018 : Rugby Sevens in Southern and East Africa has gained much-deserved momentum over the recent years and, with it, drawing in more and more spectators. Many of whom are international tourists, the types of accommodation spectators tend to book range anywhere from large hotels, Airbnbs, guesthouses and so on >>

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Latest Facebook & Instagram Updates Hotels Can’t Afford to Miss
Wednesday, 10th October 2018

The past two weeks have been particularly busy in the social media world: Ready to find out about the latest updates and how they’ll affect your hotels and resorts? Let’s dive in! >>

13 Hottest Food and Beverage Trends in Restaurant and Hotel Dining for 2019
Big challenges in 2019: More people eating home as restaurant prices outstrip supermarkets', while paychecks lag behind, sitdown restaurants converting to fast-casual, serving upscale food, did Amazon just benchmark the country’s new minimum wages, and how will restaurants cope? Breakthroughs in automation aimed at replacing labor >>

Strategies to Prepare for Design Thinking - Part 2: Accept Ambiguity
The most straightforward solutions are not always the best and in fact, truly innovative solutions can at first seem the most unlikely, and can be the most challenging to achieve >>

NextGuest Fourth Magazine Issue
NextGuest Technologies’ fourth magazine issue focuses on all things related to hotel digital marketing, how to reach guests throughout the travel planning journey, and insights into the future of luxury travel. Plus, other valuable insider information and creative concepts from the industry >>

Airports Are at a Tipping Point. Digital Transformation Offers a Solution
There's hyper competition throughout the travel industry and airports of all sizes are not immune to this phenomenon, but they’re at a tipping point, airports need to re-evaluate traditional approaches to technology and embrace digital transformation >>