Top concerns among business travelers revealed, Vienna presents visitor strategy 2025, twenty years on: from China power to 'glocal' giant and the new restaurant CIO.

Top concerns among business travelers revealed
Friday, 1st November 2019

Results of a new survey reveals that more than three in four female business travelers have suffered harassment while traveling and more than one in two change their plans because of safety concerns.

While companies continue to try and maximize traveler satisfaction, the reality is that employees are hungry for more empathy, guidance and better technology as they run into both common frustrations and unique individual concerns, leaving room for improvement among organizations of all sizes >>

YOTEL opens sustainable hotel in Amsterdam Noord
1 Nov 2019 : YOTEL's first hotel in mainland Europe, the hotel is located at the epicentre of the up-and-coming Buiksloterham neighbourhood, built on the sunny bank of the Tolhuis Canal >>

Vienna presents visitor economy strategy 2025
1 Nov 2019 : Building on its tourism concepts of recent years, the City of Vienna is now unveiling its Visitor Economy Strategy 2025, under the aegis of the Vienna Tourist Board >>

Anantara to make its début in Ireland
1 Nov 2019 : Anantara Hotels, Resorts & Spas will make its debut in the upcoming months in Ireland with the rebranding of The Marker Hotel in Dublin, one of the Irish capital's most modern and luxurious buildings >>

HIGHLIGHT ARTICLE

Feature: Twenty Years On, From Ctrip to Trip: From China Power to 'Glocal' Giant
Friday, 1st November 2019

It felt like I was going to a rock concert, the city lights were in full blaze but one illumination stood out, the Pearl Tower lights announcing that Ctrip was turning 20 – a city paying homage to its homegrown Internet giant.

This is a company that’s gone from four founders to over 40,000 staff, from a business that was purely local to one whose income from global business now accounts for 36% of volume >>

Here’s Why F&B Options Shouldn’t be an Afterthought
A lot has changed in the food service landscape of the hospitality sectors in the last few decades: Hotels have realized that food and beverage options need to be upgraded from the traditional patterns to suit the needs of the current travelers >>

Marketers Across Three Countries – How I Manage a Remote Team
From San Diego, CA to Munich, Germany, and Cluj-Napoca, Romania, our team spans 10 time-zones and our communication has to travel pretty far on a daily basis >>

The New Restaurant CIO
Today’s restaurant industry is extremely competitive and more than ever, brands rely on technology to capture market share while, at the same time, speak to their multigenerational customer base >>

In case you've missed it: Global eNews of October 31, 2019
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