Accor Northern Europe travel trends report, Middle East RevPAR recovery highest among global regions and more...

Accor Northern Europe travel trends report
Friday, 4th February 2022

A new research study by Accor, a world leading hospitality group, reveals optimism about the return of travel in 2022 with travellers intending to spend an average of 39% more on travel in 2022 than they did in 2019 and to take an average of 4 trips this year.

The study asked 6,000 people across five countries - UK, The Netherlands, Germany, Poland and Russia - about their travel preferences and desires. The results were highly positive and indicate travellers value travel and vacation time more than ever >>

Middle East RevPAR recovery highest globally
4 Feb 2022 : The Middle East hotel industry reported revenue per available room (RevPAR) that was over 85% of the pre-pandemic comparable, the highest among the global regions, according to year-end 2021 data from STR >>

YOTEL continues growth with addition of YOTEL London Shoreditch
3 Feb 2022 : This marks the group’s second franchise and conversion deal in the UK in under three months >>

Africa’s first voco hotel is open in South Africa’s trendy district, Rosebank Johannesburg
2 Feb 2022 : As one of IHG’s newest hotel brands, voco combines the reassurance of a global brand with the informality and charm of an individual hotel >>

Hyatt unveils plans to introduce the Destination by Hyatt Brand to Asia Pacific
1 Feb 2022 : Hyatt announced that the Destination by Hyatt brand will makes its debut in Asia Pacific with two properties in Mainland China >>

HIGHLIGHT ARTICLE

Stop Sending Me Surveys Unless You Care What I Have to Say!
Friday, 4th February 2022

In the past, companies have sent me surveys that were so long I became tired – or fatigued – at some point during the survey, and as a result, I wouldn’t complete it and therefore the company never received my feedback.

We’ve covered survey length before, and that’s not what this is about. This time I’m talking about being fatigued, as in sick and tired of getting so many surveys >>

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After receiving my recent Annual Workforce-Workplace Forecast, one of my long-term subscribers, sent me a long email requesting that I cover what she described as 'the elephant in the room,' wages >>

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