Skip-Gen Travel or Gramping, NH's mood room, Chinese health and fitness influencer talks lifestyle marketing, eight myths about OTAs and technologies that could transform hotels.

Skip-Gen Travel or Gramping
Thursday, 9th May 2019

Question: Why do grandparents and grandchildren get along so well? Answer: Because they have a common enemy.'

That is why I was not surprised to see Marriott identifying one of the most recent family travel trends is 'Skip-Gen' or 'Gramping.' This new trend involves grandparents traveling and bonding with grandchildren, without the presence of parents. >>

NH Hotel Group presents Mood Room
9 May 2019 : After the launch of the Mood Room™ proposition at the NH Collection Madrid Eurobuilding in Spain, Germany takes over and introduces these new rooms at the NH Collection Berlin Mitte hotel, guests will now be able to customise their hotel room using an only a tablet to control lighting, music, curtains and temperature >>

Louvre Hotels boosts its brand expansion
8 May 2019 : Louvre Hotels Group, subsidiary of the 2nd hospitality group in the world, is proudly announcing the opening of more than 12 hotels, in 12 cities and 800 Kyriad Direct rooms in France, by early 2019 >>

Middle East visitors to Egypt to increase 50% by 2022
7 May 2019 : Growth fuelled by cheaper Egyptian pound and government incentives for charter airlines operating international flights, arrivals from the Middle East to Egypt are expected to increase 50% >>

Innovative tech, data security and diversity were hot topics of GBTA Conference 2019
4 May 2019 : The Global Business Travel Association (GBTA) just wrapped up its 15th annual conference in Toronto: Innovative technologies, data security, and diversity and inclusion were among the hot topics discussed throughout the industry gathering >>

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Chinese Health and Fitness Influencer Talks Lifestyle Marketing
Thursday, 9th May 2019

Interview with Chinese health and fitness influencer Su Yulie.

More than your average Chinese health and fitness influencer, Su is the poster child for young Chinese consumers who are aspiring to a better, more exploratory, spiritual lifestyle.

Helping his case is Su’s follower numbers, which have soared into the hundreds of thousands across platforms like Weibo, Keep, and WeChat. But brands and marketers may find Su’s method somewhat surprising—after all, he’d rather be surfing than doing social media >>

Eight myths about OTAs
In recent years, the hotel sector has internalised and accepted a number of statements about OTAs that are imprecise at best, if not completely false and these 'urban myths' prevent us from seeing reality as it is and in many cases cause us to make the wrong decisions >>

5 Technologies that Could Transform Hotels
From air conditioning to cable TV, premiums hotels have a history of using new technology to offer guests new experiences and few technologies are poised to deliver that as well as the Internet of Things (IoT) >>

Unconscious Bias: Just Because You Can't See It, Others (Almost Certainly) Can
There we were: A roomful of mostly white adults from my upper middle-class, fairly liberal Massachusetts town, gathered together in our earnest desire to discover how to be better allies to people of color and tensions grew as the facilitators led us into uncomfortable conversations designed to help us uncover our hidden biases, layer by layer >>

Modern Casino Resorts: An Event and Meetings Hot-Spot
Casino resorts have long been known as the ultimate one-stop shop for some of the best accommodations, food, entertainment that a given city has to offer: Bright lights, delicious food, local flair, incredible entertainment, lavish lobbies and luxury accommodations – these are just a few of the trademark elements that have attracted individuals and groups to casino resorts over the years >>

How to Prepare for the Future of Compliance
Many online businesses are feeling as though they’re caught up in a compliance whirlwind and companies invested time, thought and effort into ensuring compliance with the European GDPR legislation, however, rather than being able to take a step back and review the new situation, they now must immediately prepare for the revised Payment Services Directive: PSD2 >>