Ennismore plans 18 openings with more than 5,600 rooms in 2024, Asia's path forward in 2024 and more...

Ennismore plans 18 openings with more than 5,600 rooms in 2024
Thursday, 14th December 2023

2024 will see our lifestyle and leisure brands pop in new neighbourhoods in two of the world’s most exciting and dynamic cities, London and Dubai, as well as discovering new cities, including Budapest, Jakarta, Jeddah, Nice and Perth.

What’s more – if 2024 is the year of adventure, why not beat boring with Dis-loyalty, the new travel & food membership that offers bigger savings for going somewhere new – including our lifestyle collective hotels >>

European hotel transactions news
14 Dec 2023 : Hotel news and transactions from around the European region: Van der Valk acquires Radisson Blu Palace Hotel in Spa, Belgium, Mallorca deals and more >>

Hotel market report: Asia's path forward in 2024
14 Dec 2023 : Earlier this week I was talking to a regional commercial head of Asia for one of the world’s largest hotel chains and the view forward into 2024 is one of concern, to say the least >>

Commemorating 120 years of flight, while reflecting on the year past and what’s ahead
14 Dec 2023 : As I pen this Check-In column, my last for 2023, it’s hard not to be startled at how fast the year seems to have flown by! Maybe you feel the same? >>

Choice Hotels launches hostile bid to acquire Wyndham
13 Dec 2023 : The deal is valued at approximately close to $8 billion on a fully diluted basis and approximately $9+ billion, with the assumption of Wyndham’s net debt >>

HIGHLIGHT ARTICLE

The AI Awakening
Thursday, 14th December 2023

Generative AI has introduced tantalizing new possibilities in both the public and private spheres. Think how these “machines of the mind” can improve health care diagnoses, close education gaps, tackle food insecurity with more efficient farming, drive planetary exploration—not to mention eliminate the drudgery of work.

Yet the initial excitement surrounding AI has given way to genuine and growing concerns >>

Word Of the Year For 2023 Is 'Authentic': Is Being So More Important Than Ever Before To Our Guests?
As the final days of slip away, how interesting it is that Merriam-Webster’s 'Word of the Year' for 2023 is 'Authentic', meaning it was the 'most searched' on their site >>

In case you've missed it: Global eNews of December 13, 2023
NEOM launches its 'Food Company', second EDITION for Tokyo and more >>