TODAY: Rosewood plans to open Shanghai property in 2024, Creative Hotel Packaging Via Blockchain and How Wellness Became Big Business.

Rosewood plans to open Shanghai property in 2024
Monday, 29th October 2018

This latest international jewel in the collection’s crown will signify a key milestone for the group: the opening firmly solidifies Rosewood’s foothold and trademark ultra-luxury hospitality in China. Joining Rosewood Beijing, the recently opened Rosewood Sanya, Rosewood Hong Kong opening in Winter this year, and Rosewood Chengdu which will open in 2023 >>

AccorHotels renews commitment to diversity and inclusiveness
29 Oct 2018 : Six years after the creation of WAAG (Women At AccorHotels Generation), AccorHotels is giving fresh impetus to its international network promoting diversity, which already has more than 14,000 members globally, with the launch of 'RiiSE' >>

Photos tell more than a thousand words
27 Oct 2018 : Although vast amounts of tourism data are collected, few techniques are available for analysing them, preventing tourism managers from gaining useful insights into tourists’ behaviour and preferences. A better understanding of travel behaviour would allow tourism practitioners to 'formulate more appropriate strategies and travel service/products' >>

Tourism industry is a key economic force for Malaysia
28 Oct 2018 : At present, the tourism industry accounts for around 15 per cent of the economy, a workforce of some 3.2 million people, and 22.7 per cent of Malaysia’s total employment figure. In order to further develop tourism in this country in Southeast Asia, Tourism Malaysia is focusing on improving scheduled air services and chartered flights by partnering with various airlines >>

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How Wellness Became Big Business
Monday, 29th October 2018

Wellness encompasses anything that promotes physical, mental, spiritual or emotional health and happiness – or merely good feelings.

Tonic bars are wellness. So are relaxed dress codes facilitated by athleisure boutiques. Acai bowls. Walk-in acupuncture clinics. Spin cycling and hot yoga studios. Activated charcoal lemonade. A makeup line formulated specifically to stay on during intense exercise – thereby aiding the ubiquitous gym selfie.

All wellness, while Millennials are in the driver’s seat of its growth >>

Strategies to Prepare for Design Thinking - Part 3: Unleash your Imagination
The on-the-spot hackathon: When your boss asks for 'creative ideas', how often have you needed to come up with great ideas fast? It can be challenging to come up with creative ideas under pressure, yet this is exactly what the contemporary workplace demands >>

Countdown Banner and Promotion Tiles
The Problem: When running a limited time offer, it’s important to promote it throughout the duration of the sale on the hotel website and visibility of the promotion and how much time remains are key factors when a website visitor is considering completing a booking >>

Creative Hotel Packaging Via Blockchain
In 2016, Strawberry Group launched eBerry, a separate company with the sole aim of digitalising Norwegian hotel chain Nordic Choice. eBerry has a 160-strong team, including 40 developers, working on apps, platforms, websites, distribution, loyalty and much more, all with the aim to streamline operations and improve the guest experience.

We caught up with Christian Lunden to find out more about his role and how the company is experimenting with blockchain >>