World's Safest Airlines for 2019, what hotel chains are learning from industry disruptors and you can too and integrating hotel marketing and the guest experience.

World's Safest Airlines for 2019 named
Friday, 4th January 2019

AirlineRatings has announced Qantas as its safest airline for 2019 and its Top Twenty safest airlines and ten safest low-cost airlines from the 405 it monitors.

In making its selections AirlineRatings.com takes into account numerous critical factors that include; audits from aviation's governing bodies and lead associations; government audits; airline's crash and serious incident record, fleet age and profitability >>

NH Hotel Group to open UK’s first nhow hotel
4 Jan 2019 : Located between the City, Islington and Shoreditch, within the '250 City Road' development, the four-star hotel will be NH Hotel Group’s second property in the UK and under the theme 'London Reloaded', the design will combine traditional British icons with unconventional contemporary elements >>

UN Climate Change and WTTC highlight role of travel and tourism in attaining a carbon neutral world by 2050
4 Jan 2019 : The Travel & Tourism sector is a major revenue earner for our country. Unfortunately, the attractions that drive this sector – our reefs, sandy beaches, clear seas, and forest biodiversity – are under threat from the impacts of climate change. Innovative financing where the Travel & Tourism sector can support our small island economies to respond to these threats is needed >>

China’s hotel construction pipeline remains strong
4 Jan 2019 : In the recent report by Lodging Econometrics (LE), in the third quarter of 2018, China’s total construction pipeline stands at 2,642 projects/569,690 rooms and is up 9% by projects and 6% by rooms year-over-year (YOY) despite a slowing economy >>

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What Hotel Chains Are Learning from Industry Disruptors and You Can Too
Friday, 4th January 2019

Part of the problem with disrupting the hospitality industry (or any industry, for that matter) is that if you are successful, others will emulate.

The changes sparked by AirBnb and OTAs like Expedia cannot entirely be patented or trademarked – if they could, an army of lawyers would slap down any encroachment on its business model >>

Integrating Hotel Marketing and the Guest Experience
If you are a hotel marketing executive, you are putting the finishing touches on your 2019 marketing plan for your hotel or hospitality organization >>

Nutmegs, Soldier Flies and Bamboo Straws: How Cempedak Approaches Sustainability From All Angles
The pressure on businesses to cultivate conservational practices is high and it’s positive to see how receptive brands are to it. The flash flood of press releases that have seeped through my inbox over the past year, with hotels and F&B businesses declaring their commitment to eliminating single-use plastics over the last year could fill a landfill (especially if I’d printed them) >>

7 Sure-Fire Ways to Know your Current System is Outdated
As guest expectations and operational demands continuously evolve, it becomes increasingly important for hoteliers to invest in the right technology to support their infrastructure, staff, and guests >>