Could robots breathe new 'life' into the tourism industry?, voco hotels makes its debut in Germany and more...

Could robots breathe new 'life' into the tourism industry?
Friday, 28th January 2022

The COVID-19 pandemic has hit the tourism and hospitality industry hard, making employees and travellers alike more wary of close human interaction.

Could robots and other artificial intelligence (AI) technologies be the answer? To tackle this controversial question, Professor Seongseop Kim, Dr Youngjoon Choi, and Ph.D. student Mr Frank Badu-Baiden of the School of Hotel and Tourism Management (SHTM) at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University and their co-researchers conducted a timely online study comparing human- and robot-staffed hotels >>

Hamster and parcels from abroad
28 Jan 2022 : The Chinese government is losing its battle against the Omicron virus with the insistence of continuing the Zero-Case policy and using exclusively Chinese vaccines which seem to be not stopping Omicron >>

voco hotels makes its debut in Germany
28 Jan 2022 : IHG Hotels & Resorts has announced the opening of its first voco hotel in Germany; voco Dusseldorf Seestern, in partnership with investor group, Hotelite Management >>

Europe hotel transaction news
28 Jan 2022 : Hotel industry and travel news from around the European region: Perial to acquire nine Spanish B&Bs from Corum, Propreal sells Regent Berlin to Blackstone and more >>

US hotel RevPAR recovered 83% in 2021
25 Jan 2022 : With improved performance as 2021 progressed, the US hotel industry reported total-year revenue per available room (RevPAR) that was 83 >>

HIGHLIGHT ARTICLE

Hoteliers, Why Does Your Marketing Need To Be Consistent?
Friday, 28th January 2022

If you think about it, we humans crave consistency. Consistency is as comforting as our routines – it’s constant, stays the same, and makes us feel secure >>

Global Update: Who's Where and Doing What - January 2022
Global update of who is moving where and from where - keep track of old colleagues and friends or find lost ones, brought to you by The Boutique Search Firm >>

In Case You've Missed It: Global eNewsletter of January 27, 2022
Accelerate easing of travel restrictions, UAE to develop gaming, Bali hotel market outlook and more >>