Asia remains largest tourism growth market, Beijing leads travelers' restaurant choice awards, capitalize on 2 key marketing trends and crisis comms is the right thing to do.

Asia remains largest tourism growth market
Monday, 28th October 2019

Trips abroad from Asia are continuing to increase. After surging by seven per cent in 2018, during the first eight months of 2019 they rose by a further six per cent.

This is in part due to international trips within Asia, which are a significant growth driver. Despite an anticipated decline in year-on-year growth, the prospects for 2020 remain good >>

Medical Tourism sign agreement for first booking platform
28 Oct 2019 : Online Travel Training (OTT) and the Medical Tourism Association (MTA) have signed an agreement for phase two partnership with a goal to educate and engage travel agents in the UK in medical tourism >>

Apprenticeships Revisited
28 Oct 2019 : I have long believed that embracing the concept of apprenticeships was a good solution to the global labor shortages and in Europe and elsewhere, they have always been popular---particularly in Germany >>

Exploring casino revenue trends from G2E
27 Oct 2019 : The great thing about the annual Global Gaming Expo in Las Vegas is that whether you’re looking for the latest in slot design, cash processing, mobile gaming, revenue management or player development, the most forward-looking companies are all there under one roof >>

TripAdvisor announced the winners of its annual Travelers' Choice® Awards for Restaurants, Beijing leads
26 Oct 2019 : Based on a full year of TripAdvisor reviews, these restaurants were consistently given high ratings and praise by diners across the globe >>

HIGHLIGHT ARTICLE

Capitalize on 2 Key Marketing Trends to Boost Search and Social Media Results
Saturday, 26th October 2019

Marketing a hotel today is far different than it was even 10 years ago, there was a time when you could get away with the standard magazine and print ads, but those techniques, while still used, are getting less and less ROI for marketers.

Amazingly, two of the more successful tools marketers are using these days were not even on the radar a decade or so ago >>

The Truth About What the Restaurant Industry Needs
The restaurant industry is tough: Outsiders might romanticise the idea of being a chef as living a certain lifestyle or pursuing a passion.

It’s true, you do need to be passionate to be a chef, but behind the glitz and the glamour, the reality is that being a chef means being part of a business and it requires more than just being a good cook >>

When Crisis Comms is the Right Thing to Do
The stated goal of crisis communications is to help ensure the viability and continuity of a company after the crisis has passed, but what if the company, for whatever reason, knows that it has no real chance of staying in business after the crisis? >>

In case you've missed it: Global eNews of October 25, 2019
TripAdvisor launches direct bookings, The Sukhothai joins GHA, turn need periods into brand-enhancing opportunities and why your hotel just lost over $1 million >>