TODAY: World's Best Airlines for 2019, investment in Thailand made easier and less is more: What real guests told us about website messaging.

World's Best Airlines for 2019
Friday, 16th November 2018

Singapore Airlines is being honoured for the first time for its market leadership in inflight service, new aircraft types such as the A350 and 787-10, revamped interiors and the launch of the non-stop Singapore to New York service, as well as operational safety >>

Thailand's smart visa made easier to help foreign investors
16 Nov 2018 : The Thai government has improved requirements and conditions for the Smart Visa in order to provide greater convenience for foreign investors and experts in targeted industries who are either already working or seeking to work in Thailand >>

Asia Pacific hotel supply development update
16 Nov 2018 : The Asia/Pacific region reported 373,109 rooms in construction through October 2018, a 28.7% year-over-year increase >>

Jin Jiang completes the acquisition of majority share of Radisson Hospitality
16 Nov 2018 : On 9 August 2018, Jin Jiang International Holdings announced that the Consortium had entered into agreements with Radisson Hospitality Inc and HNA Sweden Hospitality Management AB respectively, to acquire shares in Radisson Hospitality >>

Community involvement needed in cultural tourism’s digital transformation
16 Nov 2018 : The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO)’s International Seminar on Harnessing Cultural Tourism through Innovation and Technology and 40th Affiliate Members Plenary Session concluded with a renewed call for community participation in development of cultural tourism using cutting-edge technologies >>

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Less is More: What Real Guests Told Us About Website Messaging
Friday, 16th November 2018

There’s nothing we like more than speaking to our clients about what’s working well and what we could build next to make their lives easier, but there’s another group of people we’re just as focussed on - your guests.

There’s no point building an endless range of different sizes, shapes and colours of message to please clients if those messages are ruining the booking experience for their website visitors. There’s also no point wasting our engineers’ time building the kinds of widgets that guests don’t even notice, when they could be focusing their energy on new tools that will genuinely increase revenue for hotels >>

How The Length Of Your Content Can Affect Your Google Ranking
Experts keep researching the subject of Ranking and factors that affect it. It’s a fine science and no one knows for sure what exactly affects our ranking on Google – at least not entirely. And the other thing is that Google changes its algorithms all the time. So the ranking factors become not as important as they were before and vice versa >>

Is it Time to Expect More from Your Hotel Sales & Catering Technology?
Effectively running a hotel is no small job: Between managing operations, engaging guests, marketing to prospective travelers, driving new revenue streams, mitigating staff turnover and staying ahead of tech trends, hoteliers have their work cut out for them >>