Dusit charts expansion of new affordable lifestyle brand, Six Senses to be free of all plastics, analysis short-term rentals and how AI is trimming the fat in foodservice.

Dusit charts expansion of new affordable lifestyle brand
Thursday, 3rd September 2020

Dusit International will begin rolling out its new ASAI Hotels brand this September with the opening of ASAI Bangkok Chinatown in the heart of the city's renowned Chinatown district.

Followed by six more properties all operating under a thoughtfully lean hotel concept Dusit believes will be key to sustainable and profitable growth in the new normal >>

Six Senses to be free of all plastics by the year 2022
3 Sep 2020 : Six Senses Hotels Resorts Spas has become one of the first signatories of the Global Tourism Plastics Initiative, led by the UN Environment Programme and UN World Tourism Organization, in collaboration with the Ellen MacArthur Foundation >>

Full analysis of hotels and short-term rentals
3 Sep 2020 : The hotel industry has made promising weekly gains in occupancy since its low point of the COVID-19 pandemic, while short-term rentals are nearing last year’s levels in revenue per available room >>

China's largest restaurant company launches Hong Kong secondary listing
3 Sep 2020 : The Company's shares will continue to be listed and traded on the New York Stock Exchange and upon the secondary listing in Hong Kong, the Hong Kong-listed shares will be fully fungible with the shares listed on the NYSE >>

Shangri-La closes its only resort in the Maldives
1 Sep 2020 : Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts has announced the closing of the only island resort of the brand in the Maldives indefinitely with major redundancies >>

HIGHLIGHT ARTICLE

How AI is Trimming the Fat in Foodservice
Thursday, 3rd September 2020

Artificial intelligence may be in its infancy in the foodservice industry but it’s got huge potential. From reducing food waste to predicting what customers will order, artificial intelligence is already streamlining the restaurant business – and this is just the start.

Though the thought of AI in a restaurant may bring to mind Pepper the robot taking orders at Asian branches of Pizza Hut, it’s more about software that helps personalise customer service and re-order stock more accurately >>

The Incentive Dilemma of Asset Management Pay
The COVID-19-induced lodging recession has not only dug into property owners’ bottom lines, but it might also have a ripple effect of draining companies of their top-tier asset-management talent >>

Healing the Fractures of the Global Economy
As the world seeks to comprehend the new normal, we face many unknowns: Will jobs come back? How will we travel again? What will recovery look like? Much is still a question mark >>

Global Newsletter: September 2, 2020
Africa Travel Trends in 2020 and beyond, global construction pipeline continues increase and are virtual KOLs the next big trend in China? >>