MICE trends for 2019, IHG and Sands China in partnership, Bensley Collection, leveraging an online booking engine for small groups and outside-the-box design ideas for hotels.

MICE industry trends for 2019
Wednesday, 26th June 2019

From delegate experience to AR & VR and to The Brexit factor, here are the top 10 trends of 2019 for the sustainable MICE industry >>

IHG and Sands China announce partnership in Macao
26 Jun 2019 : IHG and Sands China, Ltd announced that The Venetian Macao and The Parisian Macao will become InterContinental Alliance Resorts beginning today and extended partnership with The Venetian Resort Las Vegas also announced >>

AIPC, ICCA and UFI launch global alliance effort
26 Jun 2019 : Three global associations serving the International Meetings Industry will collaborate more closely in the future: AIPC (The International Association of Convention Centres), ICCA (The International Congress and Convention Association), and UFI (The Global Association of the Exhibition Industry) agreed to launch a Global Alliance >>

Cookies in Space: DoubleTree chocolate chip cookie to be first food baked in space
26 Jun 2019 : DoubleTree by Hilton will take its iconic warm welcome to new heights when its famous chocolate chip Cookie becomes the first food baked in space inside a prototype oven designed to make long-duration space travel more hospitable, partners with Zero G Kitchen and NanoRacks to bring its signature warm welcome to the International Space Station in historic scientific experiment >>

HIGHLIGHT ARTICLE

Leveraging an Online Booking Engine for Small Groups
Wednesday, 26th June 2019

The group booking process is broken and it’s a polarising reality that all hospitality professionals know to be true: Group business — small groups, specifically — represent a wealth of potential revenue to hotels, but that revenue is often beyond tangible reach.

Why? Because the operational structure put in place to support small group business was in desperate need of an update years ago – an update that it never received >>

Taking Building Design to the Next Virtual Level
With building design getting more complex and construction budgets tight, increasingly sophisticated digital tools are helping to deliver projects in line with exacting investor requirements >>

That’s Radical: A Look at Outside-the-Box Design Ideas for Hotels
Each year, the Radical Innovation Awards celebrate innovative and cutting-edge hotel designs: The RIA’s have become a favorite 'must see' competition for hospitality and design, showcasing imaginative ideas from the world’s top designers, engineers, and overall disruptors >>

Why Do Attitudes About Entrepreneurship Vary Internationally?
Business leaders from different countries vary in their thoughts and actions, and to succeed in hospitality, you've got to understand how local attitudes affect entrepreneurs' decisions >>

Global Newsletter from yesterday: June 25, 2019
Maldives triples its tourism campaign budget, Asia-Pacific hotel operator guide 2019, pay peanuts & you get monkeys and revenue management roles elevate women in hospitality >>