Market report: New Zealand, Best Western goes boutique, the dark sides of entrepreneurship, what top priorities are driving the boutique sector and where should you focus your reviews?.

Market report: New Zealand
Tuesday, 18th June 2019

The New Zealand hotel industry has experienced a significant period of growth in revenue and profitability, but the outlook for further improvement in 2019 and beyond is uncertain.

Uncertainty about the rate of future growth and constantly changing market dynamics increases the need for current and potential future hotel industry investors to have a detailed understanding of the market >>

Best Western goes boutique with Aiden
18 Jun 2019 : Best Western Hotels & Resorts announced the arrival of Aiden by Best Western in Austin, Texas. The first US location for the company’s modern, lively, suburban boutique brand, bringing local flair >>

News from around the APAC region
18 Jun 2019 : Hotel industry and travel news from around the Asia Pacific region: China sees 96 million domestic tourist trips during Dragon Boat Festival, Cebu Pacific to launch direct Shenzhen-Manila flight, Pentagon Group acquires Tasmanian hotel portfolio and more >>

Six Senses to open in Iceland, where renewable and rechargeable energy is for guests too
18 Jun 2019 : With Iceland enjoying clean air, sustainable energy and high national happiness, it is no surprise that Six Senses Hotels Resorts Spas is daydreaming about the country of fire and ice for its next development: Six Senses Össurá Valley >>

HIGHLIGHT ARTICLE

The Dark Sides Of Entrepreneurship
Tuesday, 18th June 2019

Ultimately, not all climbers will reach the summit, and not all entrepreneurs make it to the front page of the newspaper.

But that doesn’t mean they were failures. The key is to understand the value of timing, of knowing when to quit so that you can cut your losses, take what you learned, and move forward >>

Where Should You Focus Your Hotel Reviews?
One of the most powerful tools any hotel operator has today is the review. We have gone over the numbers regarding the importance of reviews several times, so I will not waste your time going over them again, however, what I would like to address is where you should concentrate your reviews in order to get more bookings >>

Hudson Yards: The Development Shifting New York’s Center of Gravity
New York City did 'live, work, play' before it was cool. The city has long had what developers across the country seek to replicate when they build mixed-use developments that provide workers and residents with everything they need at their fingertips: theaters, restaurants, bodegas, bars and places to exercise adjacent to transit-friendly apartments and high-paying jobs >>

What Top Priorities are Driving the Boutique Sector, and How Can It Continue to Thrive?
5 Priorities for the Boutique Sector: The boutique hotel sector continues to boom across the world, and travelers are drawn to the personalized, once-in-a-lifetime experiences that these hotels promise >>

Strategies to Prepare for Design Thinking - Part 7: Embrace Optimism
Successful innovators are highly optimistic, they can embrace failure rather than seeing it as a setback and they can use trial and error to persevere through to implementation >>

Global Newsletter from yesterday: June 17, 2019
Profit per room at hotels in Europe fall again, Airbnb introduces Adventures, why don’t luxury hotel brands truly differentiate? and why it is so hard to get a culture right >>