2020 Travel Trends, Beijing opens 5th airport, moving beyond room rates (total revenue management), improve your hotel's click-through rate and is your website meeting planner-friendly?.

2020 Travel Trends
Thursday, 10th October 2019

Curate an unforgettable experience at an off-season escape, visit destinations which immerse you in art, get a great deal at alternative world wonders, cleanse your body and soul or get mingling with locals to learn secret recipes. Whichever route you choose, it's time to plot your next escape.

Predictions of what's hot in travel for 2020 and by using extensive knowledge and travel data, five travel trends have been highlighted to inspire you to start planning for next year, accompanied by the best destinations for each >>

Beijing opens 5th international airport
10 Oct 2019 : The phoenix-shaped airport features the world’s biggest single terminal building measuring over 1.4 million square metres. The airport boasts new technologies including infrared temperature gauge, facial recognition and sensors to provide passengers with a smooth and convenient service >>

Global construction pipeline ascends to new record highs
10 Oct 2019 : Lodging Econometrics recently compiled construction pipeline counts for every country and market around the world and their analysts state that the total global construction pipeline ascended to a record high of 14,051 projects/2,327,923 rooms, a 9% increase in projects and an 8% increase in rooms year-over-year (YOY) >>

Raffles Maldives opens overwater villas
10 Oct 2019 : Following an exhaustive search for a suitably spectacular site, Raffles’ first resort in the Maldives, which soft-opened in May, now introduces 16 new overwater villas, set on the southern tip of the Maldives in the remote and pristine Gaafu Alifu Atoll >>

HIGHLIGHT ARTICLE

How Revenue Management Can Drive Value Across the Total Hotel Property
Thursday, 10th October 2019

Exclusive Interview: Moving Beyond Room Rates. The practice of revenue management, and its associated technologies, has been central in helping hotels across Asia price their rooms effectively and maximise guest revenues.

4Hoteliers.com speaks exclusively with Rachel Grier, Area Vice President, Asia Pacific for IDeaS about ways hotels can expand their usage of revenue management today >>

Is Your Website Meeting Planner-Friendly?
It’s a no-brainer that your hotel website needs information and organization that is intuitive and useful for your leisure guests, but can you say you’ve done the same for your meetings customers? >>

Ways to Improve Your Hotel's Click-Through Rate
Website visitors can be a tough crowd: In an era of adblock, 280 characters and fleeting attention spans, hotels are fighting against the odds to capture the imagination of potential guests online >>

Proposed Changes to the Tip Credit Regulations
Employers that utilize the 'tip credit' in the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), or whose employees receive tips, should carefully consider regulatory changes that were proposed by USDOL >>

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