TODAY: Grab starts investing into hotels, Gaming CEO pay, what you need to know about 2019 and 'book on Google'.

Grab starts investing into hotels
Tuesday, 18th December 2018

Singapore-based ride-hailing company GrabTaxi Holdings Pte Ltd has announced a USD100 million investment in India’s budget hotel chain company, OYO Hotels & Homes.

With a common major investor Japan-based Softbank Group Corp., both companies are expected to benefit from the investment, as it enables OYO to scale faster in Southeast Asia with Grab’s existing presence while benefitting Grab as guests of Oyo and Oyo’s booking platform will utilize GrabPay >>

Airbnb for Work sees nearly 250% growth in Germany
18 Dec 2018 : Airbnb for Work brings the best of Airbnb to the professional world to help foster a sense of belonging, even at work. Whether that’s Homes on Airbnb for accommodation or offsite meetings, or Airbnb Experiences for team building, we’re working with professionals and companies around the world to help them attract, retain and motivate talent >>

Gaming CEO pay in a year of reckoning
18 Dec 2018 : The #MeToo Movement struck down one of the most recognizable names in the gaming industry when Steve Wynn stepped down from the company he founded, Wynn Resorts. These issues continue to shine a spotlight on CEO pay and golden parachutes >>

Caribbean announces disaster risk management guide
18 Dec 2018 : The Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) is to publish a disaster risk management (DRM) guide for the region's tourism sector as part of its objective to foster a culture of preparedness in destination management >>

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Hotel Trend Report – What You Need to Know About 2019
Tuesday, 18th December 2018

It is time to pick the top ten hospitality industry trends to come next year! and we went a step further this year as we discuss co-working spaces.

In some way, we included some of our previous trend picks like IoT, analytics, social media and reputation management, virtual and augmented reality and robotics. These will each play a role in keeping hoteliers ahead of the curve.

Here are our top ten hospitality industry trends for 2019 >>

Book on Google, Now Available in Europe
Book on Google (BoG) is now available to European users who can book hotels around the world via Google’s European points of sale such as google Germany/France and Italy and Google has just enabled Book on Google in twelve new markets, which, except for Canada, are all European >>

The Incredible Shrinking Hotel Room
Urban hoteliers are using technology, multi-functional furniture and innovative designs to reduce room sizes and boost profits all while catering to millennials’ preferences >>

How to Future-Proof Your Hotel
Baby-proofing is big biz, but why? The truth is that not that many children stick their fingers in sockets and get burned, sticking those covers in outlets is insurance against the trauma and cost of something that could happen >>