A new Rosewood planned for San Francisco, Kingdom sells stake in Four Seasons and the role of data and tech in transforming a destination experience.

A new Rosewood planned for San Francisco
Monday, 13th September 2021

Rosewood Hotels & Resorts has been selected by F4 Transbay Partners (F4), a joint venture of Hines, the international real estate firm; Urban Pacific; and the Real Estate business within Goldman Sachs Asset Management, to manage Rosewood San Francisco, a new, set to open in 2026.

F4 Transbay Partners appoints ultra-luxury hospitality brand to open hotel in the Transbay District’s final skyscraper development >>

Kingdom Holding sells stake in Four Seasons Hotels
12 Sep 2021 : Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts announced that its longstanding shareholder, an affiliate of Cascade Investment, LLC, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire a controlling interest in the Company >>

IHG continuous partnership with RB Capital to bring next generation Holiday Inn to Singapore
12 Sep 2021 : Holiday Inn Singapore Little India takes the strategic collaboration between the two groups to nearly 1,000 keys across three properties in Singapore >>

HKTB extends 'Hong Kong Neighborhoods' to launch 'West Kowloon' for promoting art and culture tourism
11 Sep 2021 : The Hong Kong Tourism Board has teamed up with 'FriendsWithYou,' a pop-art duo of Samuel Borkson and Arturo Sandoval III, to bring their gigantic art installation and signature pop-art characters to the Art Park in the West Kowloon Cultural District >>

MO to manage luxury residences in Beverly Hills
13 Sep 2021 : Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group has announced an agreement to brand and manage 54 luxurious residences located on prestigious Wilshire Boulevard, Beverly Hills that are scheduled to open in 2022 >>

HIGHLIGHT ARTICLE

The Role of Data and Tech in Transforming a Destination Experience
Sunday, 12th September 2021

With a background in data and gov tech, the new chief technology officer of the Singapore Tourism Board is driving possibly the most ambitious of digital transformation of not only a tourism organisation but the entire travel industry ecosystem of a nation. Wong Ming Fai outlines the comprehensive steps to do this in an interview with Yeoh Siew Hoon >>

How to Choose the Right Hotel Booking Engine Provider
The whole point of having a high functioning booking engine is to throw the net over as many direct bookings as you can >>

The Demise of Bricks and Mortar Retail---Part 2
According to real estate research firm Green Street Advisors, roughly half of all remaining mall-based department stores will close by the end of 2021 >>

In case you've missed it: Global eNews of September 10, 2021
Marriott continues growth in Turkey, IHG creates hotel room of the future and travel technology presents the best of both worlds >>