TODAY: A new form of Hospitality The autonomous mobile hotel, Google Testing a new Hotel Search Experience on Desktop and OTAs Launching Hotel Brands: Opportunity or Threat?.

A new form of Hospitality The autonomous mobile hotel
Tuesday, 23rd October 2018

Within a compact hotel room environment, the suite is equipped with basic sleeping, working and washroom functions, allowing the guests use their travel time more efficiently and productively.

The Autonomous Travel Suite integrates transportation and hospitality though a driver-less, mobile suite offering door-to-door transportation service in between the traveler’s home and destination >>

How the worldcup influenced 2018 summer travel trends
23 Oct 2018 : This past year, we’ve seen some striking changes in summer travel trends and while traditionally favored destinations like the US, Canada, the UK, France, and the Mediterranean continue to attract a steady stream of vacationers, new regions are rapidly increasing in popularity >>

US hotel performance fell short of budget in 2017
23 Oct 2018 : In 2017, the actual achieved levels of occupancy, average daily rate (ADR), total revenue and profits for US hotels were less than their respective budgeted amounts. After a five-year period (2011 through 2015) of extremely accurate budget projections, this marks the second consecutive year that owners and operators failed to meet their operating goals >>

News from around Europe
23 Oct 2018 : Hotel industry and travel news from around the European region: Colony Capital acquires French Maranatha Hotels, Hilton London Kensington sold to Cola Holdings by AlixPartners and more >>

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Google Testing a new Hotel Search Experience on Desktop
Tuesday, 23rd October 2018

Google has always done its part to stay innovative and make sure its products set the bar. So, it’s no surprise that Google is currently testing a new look to its hotel search engine and with the user in mind, this new desktop experience is as user-friendly as ever, with a cleaner and enhanced modern look as well as newly updated features >>

OTAs Launching Hotel Brands: Opportunity or Threat?
The launch of Rezen Hotels Group is symptomatic of a travel industry in which the boundaries between suppliers and distributors, distributors and advertisers, grow fuzzier each day >>

Unconventional Luxury Hotel Services to Improve your Hotel Positioning
The hotel industry has welcomed an unprecedented level of luxury. The rising demand for this extravagance is the increasing guest pursuit of meaningful, personalized experiences that are at the same time unique, exclusive and memorable. By surpassing your guests’ expectations with a spectacular 5-star hotel service, your hotel will quickly gain a reputation for an unforgettable, must-have experience >>

As Airline Merchandising Evolves, How Are OTAs Upping the Ante?
Every aspect of OTA business, right from analyzing the source of the traffic to what product to offer is becoming data-centric. The combination of cloud computing, data and analytics, machine learning etc is set to pave way for insights that can help the likes of OTAs in their key decision-making >>