Canada hotel performance reaches pandemic-era highs while US declines and who should lead the revenue process?.

Canada hotel performance reaches pandemic-era highs while US declines
Thursday, 2nd September 2021

Canada’s hotel industry reported its highest monthly performance levels since the pandemic began, while US hotel performance continued to decline.

The occupancy and RevPAR levels were the highest in Canada since February 2020, while the ADR level was the country’s highest since December 2019 >>

Barriers and opportunities for LGBTIQ+ Travellers
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Anantara expands its Indonesian portfolio with third resort
2 Sep 2021 : The development is scheduled to open in mid-2022 and it is the brand’s third resort on the popular Indonesian island of Bali >>

Accor introduces Mantis brand to the Middle East
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airasia wheels into e-hailing with launch of airasia ride
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HIGHLIGHT ARTICLE

Who Should Lead The Revenue Process?
Thursday, 2nd September 2021

How is revenue management being impacted as hotel teams around the world find new ways of working, often with fewer team members? How is the on-property revenue function changing? Are general managers getting more, or less, involved? >>

Huawei to Invest $100m in Startups in APAC, Makes First Travel Move in Middle East
As part of its move away from hardware, Huawei is scaling up its cloud services and startup support in Asia Pacific and while travel and hospitality is still not top of mind, its move into this vertical seems inevitable with the expansion of its headquarters in Singapore and a recent first move in the Middle East >>

In case you've missed it: Global eNews of September 01, 2021
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