Can Bangkok’s new luxury hotels break the rate glass ceiling?, coworking space for food startups and today’s hotel ownership model clashes with the need for green energy investments.

Can Bangkok’s new luxury hotels break the rate glass ceiling?
Monday, 22nd April 2019

For hotel owners and operators one in Southeast Asia, one of the great mysteries of the past decade has been the low rate profile of Bangkok’s luxury hotel set.

Despite soaring sustained tourism growth, rising airlift and a strong economic profile, rates at Bangkok’s top tier properties have remined fairly stagnant >>

WeWork is launching a coworking space for food startups
22 Apr 2019 : WeWork — the chain of coworking spaces that famously offered complimentary fresh fruit water, coffee, and ping-pong to freelancers on its way to a $45 billion valuation — now wants to reach people outside the workplace and that includes food >>

News from around the APAC region
22 Apr 2019 : Hotel industry and travel news from around the Asia Pacific region: Indonesia’s new Yogyakarta international airport to begin operations, China’s Qingming festival attracts 112 million domestic visitors, Ascott and more >>

YOTEL opens its first YOTELAIR property in Asia
21 Apr 2019 : YOTELAIR Singapore Changi Airport is the only hotel within the Jewel Changi complex and is easily accessible from all four terminals at Changi Airport, making it perfect for busy international travellers and transit passengers alike >>

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How Today’s Hotel Ownership Model Clashes with the Need for Green Energy Investments
Sunday, 21st April 2019

The hotel industry was an early adopter in embracing energy conservation and other earth friendly practices, however, sizable capital investments like HVAC upgrades, energy generation, or smart materials in renovations exceeds the short-term revenue models for today’s hotel investor >>

Organisational Culture Critical to Success
During last month's 10th Edition of the Ecole Hoteliere De Lausanne's (EHL) Young Hoteliers Summit, panels and sessions focused on the multifaceted aspect of hospitality and its growing complexity >>

Revenue Is Rising, But Collecting Is More Challenging
According to STR, US hotels achieved all-time high levels of occupancy, ADR, and RevPAR in 2018, while a record number of guests are staying at hotels, and revenues are flowing in, the ability to collect these funds is starting to become more of a challenge >>

From Ain Dubai to the Red Sea, Travel Brands Jostle to Find Their Groove in a Booming Market
On the morning after WiT Middle East ended, I went for a walk across from Jumeirah Beach to Bluewaters Island, a new development that boasts 132 shops and restaurants, Caesars Palace Hotel and the 210m Ain Dubai, touted as the world’s largest observation wheel >>

The Importance of Hotel Breakfasts & How Small Hotels Can Stay On Trend
Breakfast is considered the most important meal of the day, and, as hotels, are discovering, one of the most important amenities they can offer their guests and big or small, it’s important for hotels to up their game and go beyond regular offerings so that your guests can start their day on a good note >>

What's On the Menu for Hotel Restaurant Furniture Design?
Hotel restaurants are an important piece of the hospitality industry, they lure in customers and hotel guests looking for an exciting meal prepared by a trained chef, so wouldn’t you say it’s equally as important to ensure that the guests’ experience in the hotel’s restaurant is at par with that level of dining? One way to ensure hotels guests are really 'wowed' by your hotel restaurant is to keep a close watch on interior design trends of the restaurant industry >>