IHG acquires Six Senses, travel trends for Chinese new year to be used for 2020, ways to reduce Front Desk turnover and brands set their sights on Portugal.

IHG acquires Six Senses
Thursday, 14th February 2019

IHG purchased the hospitality and wellness company from private equity fund Pegasus Capital Advisors for USD 300 million.

The sale includes the management of 16 hotels and resorts, 37 spas and sister companies Evason and Raison d’Etre, following the acquisition Six Senses is now expected to grow to 60 hotels within the next 10 years >>

Hotels should forecast based on publicly available data
14 Feb 2019 : This method can be adopted by individual hotels that have insufficient resources to collect expensive data, or for employing consultants, to predict demand. The researchers maintain that this has important implications for the hotel sector, both in Hong Kong and elsewhere >>

Hotel brands set their sights on Portugal
14 Feb 2019 : With Lisbon and Porto fast building a global reputation as top city break destinations, international hotel groups are flocking to these booming tourism markets. Boutique hotels account for many of the new developments in Portugal, converted from historic buildings by new entrants to the market >>

UK banks under pressure to lend to hotel alternatives
14 Feb 2019 : Delegates at the Hotel Alternatives conference held in London last week were told that UK banks are finding it tougher to compete with alternative lenders who are offering more advantageous terms to increase their share of the debt market >>

HIGHLIGHT ARTICLE

Travel Trends for Chinese New Year to be Used for 2020
Thursday, 14th February 2019

Over a quarter of the world’s population observes this holiday and this celebration is family oriented, as parents take vacations with children in tow after visiting close family members in different cities, towns, and countries as part of the new year celebration.

Having deeply analyzed booking trends and metasearch activity in the APAC market from previous years, here are four takeaways to optimize your marketing strategies for next year >>

Travel Enthusiasts Help Fuel Trip 101’s growth
Trip101, a Singapore-based global 'travel enthusiast-generated media' startup, has reported exponential growth in web traffic and revenue, validating content and media as a powerful contributor of growth >>

5 Easy Ways To Reduce Turnover At The Front Desk
Certainly, working at the front desk can be a stressful job as we are dealing with guests who are arriving after a long day of travel disruptions and frustrations and therefore prone to over-reaction to even the smallest challenges. Also, regardless of where any gap in service occurs during a guest’s stay, it is most often reported to the front desk associates >>

Global Update: Who's Where and Doing What - January / February 2019
Global update of who is moving where and from where - keep track of old colleagues and friends or find lost ones, brought to you by The Boutique Search Firm >>

Five Ways to Say Thank You to Your Customers
Today's it is Valentine’s Day. This is the day where we send our spouses, partners, and loved ones a gift, often it is out of obligation and I have plenty of friends who tell me if they don’t get their spouse some flowers and a card, they will pay for it >>