Marriott shows record growth in the Caribbean and Latin America, Accor to takeover Muscat airport property, luxury hotel digital strategies and is bleisure travel the solution?.

Marriott shows record growth in the Caribbean and Latin America
Tuesday, 25th February 2020

Marriott announced the company’s fourth consecutive year of record expansion in the region. In 2019, the company signed a record 10,000 rooms, across 15 brands and 17 countries and territories in the region, including nearly 600 rooms from the acquisition of Elegant Hotels Group >>

News from around the APAC region
25 Feb 2020 : Hotel industry and travel news from around the Asia Pacific region: Tokyo to open a 'Harry Potter' theme park, New York City and Auckland signed tourism partnership and more >>

Accor to takeover Muscat airport property
25 Feb 2020 : Accor is set to introduce its successful midscale brand Novotel in Oman after signing a milestone deal to takeover an existing high-profile property close to the Sultanate’s main international airport >>

HIGHLIGHT ARTICLE

Powerful Luxury Hotel Digital Strategies You May Be Missing
Tuesday, 25th February 2020

As the luxury marketing landscape evolves and becomes more competitive, luxury hotel brands need to be innovative and experience-driven now more than ever, beginning with their online presence.

With the average traveler spending 13% of their time online conducting travel-related activities (Think With Google), it’s crucial for luxury hotels to ensure they provide the most relevant and compelling content throughout the travel planning journey >>

Is Bleisure Travel the Solution?
The surprising effects of business vs leisure travel on your health and well-being business vs leisure header. Some 83 percent of millennials who have never traveled for business wish they had the opportunity to do so >>

Grow Your Travel Marketing Campaigns
The global travel and tourism industry is undergoing rapid change and travel marketers must move faster to keep up or risk revenue loss, declines in customer loyalty, slower customer growth, and more >>

In case you've missed it: Global eNews of February 24, 2020
Kimpton makes its Spanish debut, top cities for wellbeing and quick tips on Coronavirus crisis management >>