MENA GOP finally jumps, strong demand for Asia-Pacific ancillaries, the fight path of SIA into a digital enterprise and implementing a solid revenue strategy is challenging.

MENA GOP finally jumps
Tuesday, 29th October 2019

Middle East and North Africa hoteliers have cause for celebrations. After 12 consecutive months of year-over-year profit decline, GOPPAR in the region was up more than 10% in the month, buoyed by a 5 percentage-point rise in occupancy and an uptick in food & beverage revenue >>

Strong demand for APac ancillaries drives portfolio growth at Hotelbeds
29 Oct 2019 : Hotelbeds grows Beyond The Bed portfolio by 15% during last year to reach 4,000 unique activities and 6,000 transfer routes in 200 destinations across Asia-Pacific >>

Hyatt's Joie De Vivre Hotels debuts in Asia
29 Oct 2019 : Hyatt Hotels Corporation announced the opening of BEI Zhaolong Hotel, the first Joie de Vivre hotel in Asia. The 202-room hotel is a rebirth of the legendary Zhaolong Hotel, which held a significant place in Beijing’s hospitality history since its original opening on the exact same date in 1985 >>

It’s been a very good year for citizenM so far
29 Oct 2019 : Four new hotels, Three continents, One year. Yep, 2019 has been a big deal for citizenM, we landed in Kuala Lumpur, Amsterdam, Zurich and Boston and the schedule was our most ambitious yet, but we knocked it out of the park >>

HIGHLIGHT ARTICLE

The Flight Path of SIA into a Digital Enterprise, Beyond Airline Seats
Tuesday, 29th October 2019

Singapore Airlines (SIA) started its digital transformation in 2016. Since then, hundreds of millions have been invested in IT capex with the vision of creating a 'future where SIA remains a prestigious proposition but becomes a smaller part of the whole entity, and the other seeds would have become saplings'

Yeoh Siew Hoon finds out what’s been done the past three years, and what lies ahead >>

The Top 5 Things You need to Know Now in Hotel Digital Marketing - October 2019
This month, the latest digital innovations include Google testing search results without URLs, the benefits of being GDPR-compliant, and the colors that will be making a splash in 2020 design >>

Implementing a Solid Revenue Strategy Can Be Challenging
It’s important to firstly remember why you’re optimising each of the channels you’re optimising, and secondly, how direct bookings will reduce costs, and produce a higher lifetime value for each guest >>

Generate Group Leads With Rich Destination Content
Content isn’t just for attracting leisure travelers, woo meeting planners and group guests with your depth of local knowledge >>

In case you've missed it: Global eNews of October 28, 2019
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 >>