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Asia's 50 Best Restaurants 2022
Wednesday, 30th March 2022

The 10th edition of the Asia's 50 Best Restaurants list and awards was revealed on this week, via a live award show broadcast, where six Hong Kong restaurants made it onto the prestigious list.

The announcement aired with simultaneous live events in Bangkok, Macau, and Tokyo, making it the first time since 2019 that the restaurant community got a chance to witness the awards ceremony in a live event >>

Cost efficiencies and strong investor appetite mean hotel values hold firm
30 Mar 2022 : Europe’s hotels witnessed a recovery in values in 2021 buoyed by cost efficiencies, strong demand in the second half of the year and continued investment interest, according to our annual European Hotel Valuation Index >>

News from around Asia Pacific
30 Mar 2022 : Hotel industry and travel news from around the Asia Pacific region: Ascott acquires two properties in China and Amsterdam, Travelodge Hotels Asia to open first hotel in Japan and more >>

IATA announces first industry-developed passenger CO2 calculation methodology
30 Mar 2022 : IATA’s Methodology, using verified airline operational data, provides the most accurate calculation methodology for the industry to quantify CO2 emissions per passenger for a specific flight >>

HIGHLIGHT ARTICLE

The Next Frontier in Hotel Service
Wednesday, 30th March 2022

Self-service technologies (SSTs) have simplified many aspects of everyday life, however, their relatively recent introduction means that the pros and cons of SST adoption in the hotel industry are still being explored.

Without a clear understanding of how preferences for SSTs over human staff are formed, hoteliers are perhaps right to be wary >>

How Soaring Shipping Costs Raise Prices Around the World
The sea carries more than 80 percent of the world’s traded goods, most of which sail inside 40-foot-long steel containers stacked by the thousands atop some of the largest vessels ever built >>

In case you've missed it: Global eNewsletter of March 29, 2022
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