Demand and booking pace up, review scores down, workforce preferences barometer 2022 and more...

Demand and booking pace up, review scores down
Tuesday, 21st June 2022

The latest edition of the Pulse Report, which compares data from May 2022 with April 2022, and cross-references this with previous years’ performance, shows that lodging demand and pricing are moving in a positive direction, and booking pace remains off the charts >>

New six-star luxury hotel for the Barossa given go ahead
21 Jun 2022 : The Oscar, a new $50 million six-star luxury hotel at Seppeltsfield which is set to become an iconic landmark for the Barossa and tourism in Australia has been given planning approval >>

Workforce preferences barometer 2022
21 Jun 2022 : Exploring new employee expectations and how employers can support their people in the new hybrid world >>

Deutsche Hospitality establishes its third hotel brand in Amsterdam
21 Jun 2022 : Together with Marianne Schuurmans-Wijdeven, Mayor of Haarlemmermeer and Christian Kaschner, Managing Director of IntercityHotel GmbH, the team of IntercityHotel Amsterdam Airport officially opened the doors for business on 15 June 2022 >>

Hamad International Airport is named World’s Best Airport
20 Jun 2022 : The results were announced at the 2022 World Airport Awards, held at Passenger Terminal EXPO in Paris, France on 16th June 2022 >>

HIGHLIGHT ARTICLE

A look at How Hotel Guest Demographics Are Shifting — and What Millennials Want
Tuesday, 21st June 2022

As society, technology and travel continues to adapt, each new generation brings their own preferences and expectations.

For hotels, navigating these can feel like a challenge, but appealing to younger generations — particularly millennials, the largest living generation today — represents a major opportunity, and doesn’t have to come at the cost of older travelers >>

How Can Independent Hotels Combat the Rise of OTAs?
This time last year, Booking expanded their Genius programme in an attempt to increase loyalty: The organisation stated their aim for Genius was to ‘help its property partners gain even more visibility, increase bookings and grow their businesses’ >>

Global eNewsletter of June 20, 2022
All-inclusive resort sector: An evolved model takes center stage, Thailand lifts the ‘Thailand Pass’ registration scheme and more >>