Top meeting destinations worldwide for 2019, Yotel announces growth plans for Australia, ethical issues have more power to topple hotel brands and GDPR comes to California.

Top meeting destinations worldwide for 2019
Thursday, 18th July 2019

The lists were compiled based on meeting and event booking activity across Cvent’s venue sourcing sites and he annual lists include top destinations located in: United States, Europe, Caribbean & Latin America, Middle East & Africa, Canada, Germany, and United Kingdom.

Due to increased sourcing volume to the Asia Pacific region, Cvent unveiled two additional lists this year – Asia and Australia & Oceania – which were previously represented in one Asia Pacific list >>

Hyatt announces the opening of Hyatt Regency Chantilly
18 Jul 2019 : The ninth Hyatt branded hotel in France and with nine properties in France, the country marks the biggest Hyatt hotel portfolio in Europe >>

Yotel announces growth plans for Australia
18 Jul 2019 : YOTEL announced its first hotel in Australia: YOTEL Melbourne, slated to open in 2022 and the hotel group intends to disrupt the traditional hotel offering in Australia with a focus on key gateway cities and airports >>

Investment opportunities in Shanghai and Changzhou, China
18 Jul 2019 : We are seeking investors for a 7,000 square meter Shanghai city centre lifestyle hotel conversion and a 3,900 square meter city centre lifestyle hotel conversion in Changzhou, Jiangsu Province, China >>

European annual hotel performance tracker 2019
17 Jul 2019 : HotStats has released findings of European hotel performance for 2018, in its 'Profit Matters: European Annual Hotel Performance Tracker 2019' >>

HIGHLIGHT ARTICLE

GDPR Comes To California. Is Your Hotel Compliant?
Thursday, 18th July 2019

Why hoteliers need to care about The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA).

It all started across the pond, when the European Union’s 2018 General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) took effect on May 25, 2018, it mandated that companies do more to protect the personal data of consumers. In short—if hoteliers marketed to European Union citizens without the proper permission, then they were in violation and could be fined >>

Ethical Issues Have More Power to Topple Hotel Brands
Since the first inn began to operate however, changes have occurred. Buildings became safer, more soundproof and warmer, beds moved from stone to straw to mattresses and staff have moved from gruff hosts to service experience experts.

Over the the last hundred years or so, this change has begun to move faster and faster with technology becoming the catalyst for massive changes in bookings and referrals >>

Eye-Opening Events and Meeting Spaces Stats
In the world of hospitality, effectively managing and marketing your hotel or venue space is no small task, not only are events complex in nature with respect to their many moving parts — but guests and attendees are continuously raising the bar on their expectations >>

Serviced Apartments: Moving Distribution Online
What will the distribution landscape look like in 2025? Will Google and Facebook be the dominant channels or is there a new wave of distributor specialists going to take more market share? How will apartment agencies adapt? These were just some of the hot topics up for discussion >>

In case you've missed it: Global Newsletter from July 17, 2019
Indian hotel market expected to grow by a CACR 13%, aviation reforms needed to benefit, hotel scent marketing, automations helps revenue teams and crisis management public speaking tips >>