COVID hospitality bulletin Asia Pacific, insights that offer a window into corporate travel and spend and more...

COVID hospitality bulletin Asia Pacific
Thursday, 3rd March 2022

Hong Kong SAR: After a series of government blunders and complete reversal on positions across a number of issues, residents resorted to panic buying of groceries leaving empty stores behind.

Having the highest vaccination rate in Asia Pacific, Cambodia opened its border to all vaccinated travelers in mid-November 2021 >>

Insights that offer a window into corporate travel and spend
3 Mar 2022 : How has the business travel world been weathering the ups and downs caused by restrictions and variants? And what’s on the minds of finance leaders right now? >>

Sabre completes divestiture of its AirCentre airline operations portfolio
3 Mar 2022 : Transaction supports Sabre’s ongoing focus on its technology transformation and better positions the Company for future opportunities >>

News from around Asia Pacific
3 Mar 2022 : Hotel industry and travel news from around the Asia Pacific region: ATPI Group has acquired Australia-based The Travel Authority, Greater Bay Airlines granted five year license and more >>

HIGHLIGHT ARTICLE

Hotel Paid Search Strategy: The Importance of Branded Keywords
Thursday, 3rd March 2022

You might think that bidding on your own name is a waste of money, since it’s essentially paying for people who already know they want to stay at you hotel. Unfortunately, in a world where Online Travel Agents (OTAs) exist, this isn’t the case. If you don’t bid on your hotel name keywords, they will.

The concept of ‘brand hijacking’ - when OTAs bid on and use hotel brand names in online advertising - is not new, and it’s not necessarily specific just to the hotel industry >>

First to the Finish Line: How to Attract Top Talent to Your Hospitality Organization
The hospitality industry experienced thousands of positions eliminated and now, organizations are embroiled in an executive hiring frenzy as they try to fill the gaps in their executive teams ahead of the post-pandemic recovery >>

In case you've missed it: Global eNewsletter of March 02, 2022
Business travel recovery keeps gaining traction, what employers should do with loosening mask guidelines and more >>