US leads global travel rebound, Accor debuts Handwritten Collection in Southeast Asia and more...

US leads global travel rebound
Friday, 8th September 2023

The World Travel & Tourism Council, together with WTTC members ForwardKeys and Mabrian Technologies, today unveiled new insights into the strong expansion of the U.S. Travel & Tourism sector.

According to WTTC’s Travel & Tourism Economic Impact 2023 Global Trends Report, the GDP contribution of the U.S. Travel & Tourism sector grew by 16.9% in 2022, to reach $2TN. Additionally, the sector also created 2.7MN more jobs compared to 2021.

In 2023, WTTC forecasts the sector’s GDP contribution will reach $2.2TN and that job numbers will total 17.4MN >>

Accor debuts Handwritten Collection in Southeast Asia
8 Sep 2023 : Accor has partnered with Global Premium Hotels Limited, to debut the Handwritten Collection in Singapore, and The Hotel Faber Park Singapore – Handwritten Collection, is set to open in Q4 2023, immersing guests in a curated hotel experience >>

Dusit launches new group-wide sustainability program
8 Sep 2023 : New program - 'Tree of Life' - clarifies Dusit’s sustainability intentions and includes actionable and easy-to-follow steps that its business units can take to benefit the environment, their people, and their broader communities >>

Women's participation in Travel & Tourism critical to growth of global sector
8 Sep 2023 : With women account for more than 50% of the sector’s workforce, the WTTC reiterated the importance of women’s engagement in Travel & Tourism to catapult its growth and achieve a thriving and resilient sector at the Women Deliver Global Conference, in Kigali, Rwanda >>

HIGHLIGHT ARTICLE

The Importance of Sleep Tech and Smart Mattresses
Friday, 8th September 2023

In an ideal world, every guest who books a room would spend at all the facilities onsite – restaurant, spa, golf, gift boutique, you name it, but that is very often not the case.

No matter how adept hoteliers are at marketing these ancillary spend opportunities. The only touchpoint that reaches all guests is the in-room experience and this is largely affected by how good a night’s rest each guest has >>

Does Your Hotel’s Instagram Grid Inspire?
Previously we discussed how to tell if your hotel gallery is helping or hurting your hotel business, but what about your Instagram feed? >>

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