Top hotel booking engines of 2019 show no stopping, the two ITB and Life in orange: Making sense of advisories and having blonde moments.

Top hotel booking engines of 2019 show no stopping
Wednesday, 26th February 2020

Varying across 20 of the world’s top tourism destinations, the lists reveal the fast-growing successes of both direct booking strategies for hotels and the growth strategies of the travel industry’s consolidation-hungry giants.

Within 14 of the 20 tourism destinations, direct bookings—gained via a hotel’s website—either climbed the list from the previous year or maintained their position among the top five spots.

The sustained growth of the direct channel was matched only by that of Asia-headquartered Agoda, which made leaps across the EMEA region >>

Two ITBs: Meeting in Berlin, cancellation in Shanghai
26 Feb 2020 : ITB Berlin, which seemed to be in danger as well after the cancellation of the MWC fair in Barcelona, will however, as far as is known today, go ahead next week. Any other decision would constitute a declaration of surrender by the global tourism industry >>

COVID-19 translate into a potential $28 billion revenue loss in 2020 for Asia-Pacific carriers
26 Feb 2020 : The IATA announced that its initial assessment of the impact of the Novel Coronavirus 2019 outbreak (COVID-19) shows a potential 13% full-year loss of passenger demand for carriers in the Asia-Pacific region >>

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Life in Orange: Making Sense of Advisories and Having Blonde Moments
Wednesday, 26th February 2020

When all this is over, we will all look back and wonder how the whole world got unravelled by a virus but in the meantime, we have to deal with it and live through it and write about it.

Because at times like these, you have to keep reminding yourself and others that life goes on, and we are getting back up on the horse. Travel companies that imposed bans on their employees have eased back – travel is essential if business is to go on >>

Ways to Increase Guest Attendance/Revenue for Easter Weekend in 2020
Read on to learn some easy ways to increase guest attendance and revenue for Easter weekend in 2020. It's one of the first major holidays of the year, and it could prove to be a profitable few days if management strategizes with tips like these >>

In case you've missed it: Global eNews of February 25, 2020
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? >>