Rosewood plans Qatar, Latin America hotel pipeline up, time shifting as search chokes while brands battle for supremacy and use 'Why' to develop your marketing plan.

Rosewood plans Qatar
Wednesday, 27th November 2019

Rosewood Hotels & Resorts® opens the next chapter of its Middle East expansion with its appointment to manage Rosewood Doha and Rosewood Residences Doha, opening in Lusail City in 2022.

A USD45 billion project, Lusail City extends across an area of 38 square kilometers, comprising four exclusive islands and 19 multi-purpose residential, mixed-use, entertainment and commercial districts >>

Latin America hotel pipeline room count up slightly
27 Nov 2019 : In the recent Latin America construction pipeline trend report from Lodging Econometrics, the total construction pipeline stands at 723 projects/131,075 rooms, pipeline room counts are up slightly at 4%, year-over-year, and are still near all-time lows >>

News from around the APAC region
27 Nov 2019 : Hotel industry and travel news from around the Asia Pacific region: Merlin plans to build Legoland theme park in Shanghai, Moelis Australia acquiring Beach Hotel in Byron Bay, Air India announces new international flights and more >>

Deutsche Hospitality's IntercityHotel brand UAE debuts
27 Nov 2019 : The IntercityHotel Dubai Jaddaf Waterfront opened its doors in Dubai, the metropolis and cultural centre of the region >>

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Time Shifting as Search Chokes, Funds Bloat and Brands Battle for Supremacy
Wednesday, 27th November 2019

I have downloaded the Timeshifter jetlag app, it’s relatively easy to set up and I just hope it works because I cannot believe that in 2019, on the cusp of a new decade, we still haven’t solved jetlag.

This startup though is giving it a go and it has sleep experts and NASA scientists on its advisory board. At the Phocuswright conference, it was interesting to listen to the 24 startups who were all trying to use tech to solve travel problems >>

Why You Need to Start With Why As You Develop Your marketing Plan
One of the primary reasons for the continued CMO shuffle is 'poor alignment between the CEO and CMO on the mission (and the timeline) of the marketing organization’s output.'

The second reason, captured in Gartner’s CMO Spend study, is that CMOs struggle to align marketing metrics with business priorities and without alignment, selecting the right metrics is extraordinarily difficult >>

10 Useful Communication Tips
Communication is such a broad topic and it happens every single minute of the day, it’s everywhere! You can apply these tips to any aspect of communication and make it specific >>

In case you've missed it: Global eNews of November 26, 2019
ACTE-ITB Asia boost knowledge-sharing, Ritz-Carlton debuts its 100th hotel, the new hangout place in a hotel are lobbies and future of mobile will affect hotels >>