Tourism recovery in Asia Pacific, airBNB is using technology to make the guest experience better and more...

Tourism recovery in Asia Pacific
Tuesday, 14th February 2023

Among 10 key markets in Asia Pacific, Indonesia is leading the recovery in December 2022, recording 65% of pre-pandemic visitor arrivals.

Thailand and Japan also recorded a recovery of at least 50% of the monthly visitors of 2019. Macau and Hong Kong remained at the bottom of the ranking due to the lack of Chinese tourists.

Signs in January 2023 indicate a swift rebound as Chinese travellers start heading overseas again >>

Virgin Voyages is introducing a special-edition sailing with Jennifer Lopez’s Limitless Labs
14 Feb 2023 : Global icon Jennifer Lopez and world-renowned entrepreneur Richard Branson are joining forces to create a one-of-a-kind collaboration on the high seas focused on women and entrepreneurship >>

Chinese airlines opening up flight options, adding routes
14 Feb 2023 : Shanghai-based China Eastern Airlines has resumed 52 air routes to overseas destinations, with 302 flights per week >>

IHG signs third Caribbean resort hotel
14 Feb 2023 : IHG Hotels & Resorts announced the signing of a new InterContinental Hotels & Resorts property on the island of Dominica >>

HIGHLIGHT ARTICLE

airBNB is Using Technology to Make the Guest Experience Better
Tuesday, 14th February 2023

When it comes to technology and the guest, the biggest threat isn't Google, Booking.com or some other tech player. The biggest threat is Airbnb.

Airbnb is now going to require every guest has a verified ID. That means the entire legal basis for a physical check-in at a hotel will no longer hold up. They have already removed all the payment friction from check-in and check-out >>

The Importance of Your Hotel Pre-Stay eMail
The recent 2023 Traveller Value Index Report demonstrates many interesting and encouraging findings for the hotel industry >>

LVMH’s Growth Slowed In Fourth Quarter. An Omen For 2023?
Young Chinese consumers with discretion to spend have been the primary driver of growth for LVMH and other luxury brands for the last decade.

Whether they continue to have the appetite and/or the ability to buy LVMH’s high-priced goods remains a question after they unleashed so much pent-up demand for its brands in 2021, when revenues grew 37% >>