Rotana opens 4th hotel in Iraq, Four Seasons arrives in Venice, attract more guests with better landing pages and more...

Rotana opens 4th hotel in Iraq
Tuesday, 7th June 2022

With the aim of expanding their presence in Iraqi Kurdistan’s thriving hospitality sector, Rotana announced the soft opening of Slemani Rotana in the heart of Sulaymaniyah.

The new 5-star property marks the company’s fourth hotel in the country after Erbil Rotana, Erbil Arjaan by Rotana and Babylon Rotana, Baghdad >>

News from around Asia Pacific
7 Jun 2022 : Hotel industry and travel news from around the Asia Pacific region: Rydges North Sydney was acquired by High Street Holdings, Japan to increase daily arrival to 20,000 and more >>

Dubai based Emaar plans European expansion
7 Jun 2022 : Emaar Hospitality, a unit of Dubai's biggest listed developer, is eyeing 20 European cities for new hotels and planning to enter sub-saharan Africa as part of its international expansion push, its chief executive said >>

Four Seasons arrives in Venice
7 Jun 2022 : Gruppo Statuto extends long-term partnership with Four Seasons, selecting the luxury brand to manage historic hotel ideally located along Venice's Grand Canal >>

HIGHLIGHT ARTICLE

Attract More Guests with Better Landing Pages
Tuesday, 7th June 2022

We're big fans of a sales and marketing strategy that takes all elements into account - from big to small, marketing to revenue - every area needs to be integrated and covered if you want to be a successful independent hotel with sky high direct bookings.

Your landing pages are a seemingly small, yet crucial part of your marketing campaigns and how you go about portraying, communicating and ultimately selling offers >>

Hotel Sales: When Product, Process, Place, and Price Are The Same, People Make The Difference
Despite the efforts of brand leaders to create meaningful differentiation of hotel flags, when I speak with both professional and social meeting planners, they generally express seeing very little difference, at least within any given market segment >>

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