ASEAN officially announced reopening of tourism, key trends currently shaping hospitality development and more...

News from around Asia Pacific
Thursday, 10th February 2022

Hotel industry and travel news from around the Asia Pacific region: Hyatt on the Bund, Shanghai sold, ASEAN officially announced reopening of tourism and more >>

Marriott provides overview of key trends currently shaping hospitality development, plus development in 2021
10 Feb 2022 : Company added a record 86,000 gross rooms and 517 properties in 2021, achieving net rooms growth of approximately 4 percent for the full year >>

MO announces new hotel in Greece
10 Feb 2022 : Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group has announced that it will manage a new luxury hotel in Costa Navarino, scheduled to open in Spring 2023 >>

Time to end US pre-departure testing for fully vaccinated travelers
10 Feb 2022 : The IATA, in partnership with Airlines for America (A4A) and 28 US and international aviation and travel and tourism stakeholder groups, urged the US government to remove the pre-departure testing requirement for fully vaccinated air travelers flying to the US >>

HIGHLIGHT ARTICLE

The Future of Wellness 2022
Thursday, 10th February 2022

Experts identify 10 wellness trends: from a new soil-focused and survivalist wellness - to the men’s body image crisis and women’s health research gap finally getting addressed - to the rise of the wellness metaverse, certified wellness coaches, urban wellness playgrounds, and healthier senior living models.

The Global Wellness Summit (GWS) released its annual wellness trends report, the new directions in wellness that the organization believes will have the most meaningful impact on the industry and people worldwide >>

Union Budget 2022: Hits and Misses for Indian Hospitality Sector
The Union Budget 2022 (Budget) can be summarized as a mix of hits and misses for the Indian hospitality sector, which after two years of bearing the brunt of the pandemic, was hoping for some much-needed reforms to help accelerate the sector’s recovery >>

In case you've missed it: Global eNews of February 09, 2022
Miami and Dubai led the world in hotel profit recovery in 2021, US travel & tourism recovery projected to exceed pre-pandemic levels and more >>