Hard Rock completes acquisition of The Mirage Hotel & Casino, Hong Kong lifts all restriction for all arrivals and more...

Hard Rock completes acquisition of The Mirage Hotel & Casino
Tuesday, 3rd January 2023

Hard Rock International received regulatory approval from the Nevada Gaming Commission for its acquisition of The Mirage Hotel & Casino from MGM Resorts International.

The 3,044-room casino resort will continue to operate as The Mirage Hotel & Casino until the renovation and rebranding of the property to the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Las Vegas is complete >>

Hong Kong lifts all restriction for all arrivals
2 Jan 2023 : The Hong Kong SAR Government announced the lifting of all mandatory PCR test requirements for inbound travelers arriving in Hong Kong, as well as the lifting of Vaccine Pass which allowed access to specified premises and other measures >>

Transforming tourism by measuring its sustainability
30 Dec 2022 : One hundred experts from around the world gathered at UNWTO Headquarters to develop the next standard for Measuring the Sustainability of Tourism (MST) >>

Metaverse, electric vehicles, and the digital economy set to transform the travel industry
29 Dec 2022 : Several powerful megatrends – from young, highly connected travelers to the arrival of electric air taxis – will exert an immense influence on air travel over the next decade, forcing industry, governments, and technology to adapt rapidly >>

Free From Functional & Health Ingredients
3 Jan 2023 : Have you heard? We're headed to the Middle East!, Free From Food Dubai is taking place 19-20th September 2023 >>

Golf Tourism global market report 2022
27 Dec 2022 : The global golf tourism market is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 8.3%, from $4.44 billion in 2021 to $4.8 billion in 2022

HIGHLIGHT ARTICLE

What Luxury Really Means In 2023
Monday, 2nd January 2023

The question we probably get most often is: what is luxury?

And a term we hear at least once a week in meetings is about the new luxury. This shows the ambiguity surrounding the term, its meaning, and – importantly – what the new codes of luxury are. And, frankly, this is nothing new >>

Can Trade Secret Laws Protect Algorithm-Based Intellectual Property?
How do you protect algorithm-based intellectual property when traditional protections, like patent protections and copyright, do not apply to abstract ideas? >>

Eat, Pray, Sleep Bali-Style. How I Escaped the Box
It’s been nearly thirty years since luxury hospitality innovator KP Ho and Banyan Tree took hotel guests out of the box and into their own private villa with a swimming pool in Phuket Thailand >>

Saudi Arabia’s Tourism Landscape – Establishing a Vision

Saudi Arabia is entering an entirely new tourism landscape with its Saudi Vision 2030 initiatives. With a strong economic outlook, a diversification of its economy, and significant governmental support, the hospitality and tourism markets across the Kingdom are expected to thrive over the next decade >>