Smart Waste Management: Hospitality’s new hero?, Airbnb & IOC partner, business travelers sentiment strong, 2020 tech trends in travel and direct booking report.

Smart Waste Management: Hospitality’s new hero?
Tuesday, 19th November 2019

When it comes to signs of disorganization and economic depression, there’s no surer benchmark than an overflowing trash bin. At least to the untrained eye and overflowing trash might just be a sign that a lot of people live in a built-up area, but tourists and visitors won’t know the difference.

If you want to keep tourist dollars coming into your city, you need to optimize your trash pickups >>

Airbnb and IOC in major global Olympic partnership
19 Nov 2019 : Airbnb joins the TOP program and will support the sustainability objectives of the Olympic Movement and economic opportunity for Olympic and Paralympic athletes to develop revenue streams through new Airbnb Olympian Experiences >>

Korea Tourism Organization and Wego to drive travellers
19 Nov 2019 : Wego collaborates with Korea Tourism Organization (KTO) to boost visitor’s numbers from the GCC to Korea, Korea received 25,129 Gulf nationals until the end of August 2019, an increase of more than 21% compared to the same period in 2018 >>

Business travelers sentiment strong
18 Nov 2019 : Senior-level business travelers including senior/executive management (74 percent) and directors (77 percent) agree the health of the economy is excellent.

This suggests growing satisfaction with the overall travel experience. Most global travelers (68 percent) say they would travel more often if given the options >>

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Technology Trends in Travel – What’s Coming Up for 2020?
Tuesday, 19th November 2019

We’re quickly approaching the official wrap-up of 2019 and it’s been another exciting year in travel and hospitality, we are now one step closer to the future and those innovative technologies that we envisioned ever since The Jetsons aired on TV. Now let’s get down to business and explore the 2020 travel tech trends and see what the future has in store for the hospitality industry! >>

What Happens When Government Per Diems Change?
Because federal government employees purchase a significant quantity of hotel rooms, the General Services Administration (GSA) has partnered with Federal Travel Regulation (FTR) compliant accommodations to provide federal travelers with per diem hotel room rates for select high-volume travel destinations in and outside of the Continental United States >>

Download the Direct Booking Report
With 36 industry-leading speakers coming together to provide their hotel strategies for 2020 and beyond, the Direct Booking Summit in Miami was an unmissable event - and we've compiled all of the key learnings into the most crucial report for hoteliers around the world >>

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 >>

In case you've missed it: Global eNews of November 18, 2019
Business travelers sentiment strong, Marriott leads US pipeline, improving your hotel’s online presence with holiday marketing and letter from Explore ’19 >>