Business travelers sentiment strong, Marriott leads US pipeline, improving your hotel’s online presence with holiday marketing and letter from Explore ’19.

Business travelers sentiment strong
Monday, 18th November 2019

Global business travelers widely use in-room hotel internet with 80 percent saying they spend an average of at least one hour per day using in-room Internet to do work, while 51 percent spent at least two hours per day using it to work.

Two in five business travelers (41 percent) accessed the Internet using their own hotspot or a hotspot provided by their companies—this was especially common in Asia Pacific >>

US hotel pipeline continues its growth, Marriott leads
17 Nov 2019 : In its fall report, buoyed by a steady consumer-driven economy, analysts at Lodging Econometrics reported that the total US construction pipeline stood at 5,704 projects/700,496 rooms, up 6% by projects and 8% by rooms year-over-year (YOY) >>

Expedia Group commits to advance diversity and inclusion
16 Nov 2019 : Expedia Group announced at its annual conference explore ‘19 the formulation of a new Travel Industry Group within CEO Action aimed at bringing travel leaders together to cultivate diverse and inclusive environments and impact positive change >>

HIGHLIGHT ARTICLE

Improving Your Hotel’s Online Presence with Holiday Marketing
Monday, 18th November 2019

While Christmas decorations may make some people cringe this early in the year, for a hotel, the sooner the better. Why? Because this means you get the jump on your competition, especially when it comes to online marketing >>

RSF London: Leaders Point to Change Management as Key
To remain innovative, hoteliers must implement a culture of thinking outside of the box and be willing to fail, of course, this is often easier said than done >>

Former Employee Firebombing – 5-Step Plan To Handle Incendiary Online Reviews
Your organization spends significant capital crafting your corporate brand and reputation to appeal to consumers and potential employees alike, so now, imagine the first internet search result for your company coming back in bold capital letters >>

Letter from Expedia Group’s Explore ’19: Persevere, Respect, Be Mindful – and Oh, Get More Sleep
Former chairman of joint chiefs of staff Colin Powell referring to the trade war with China, he said that China was not a threat to the US. 'I say we treat them with respect and not pick on them. They don’t fall for that' >>

In case you've missed it: Global eNews of November 15, 2019
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