Asia Pacific hotel market continuing to undergo structural change, Melia signs first hotel in Laos and more...

Asia Pacific hotel market continuing to undergo structural change
Wednesday, 26th June 2024

Latest research shows that with the Asia Pacific hotel market continuing to undergo structural change, hotel owners and operators are fine-tuning operational and branding strategies.

Major global hotel operators are expanding rapidly across Asia Pacific, with almost half of the new hotels in the development pipeline being developed in conjunction with five hotel groups, including Marriott, Accor, IHG, Hilton, and Wyndham >>

Minor to introduce NH Hotels & Resorts brand to Bangkok
26 Jun 2024 : NH Bangkok Sukhumvit Boulevard will be the first NH in Bangkok, second in Thailand, as Minor Hotels maps the brand’s expansion outside of Europe and the Americas >>

Sabre debuts the next evolution of its retailing solution
26 Jun 2024 : With the addition of standalone offers, not bound to a room reservation, and automated fulfillment powered by Nuvola, SynXis Retailing is the most comprehensive retailing solution in the market >>

Melia signs first hotel in Laos
26 Jun 2024 : Increasing presence to seven countries in Asia. The onetime palace of a Lao prince is moving into the portfolio of hotels managed by the Spanish hotel group, Meliá Hotels International >>

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Know Your ‘Omes’ for the Coming Merger of Hotel Tech and Welltech
Wednesday, 26th June 2024

When most of us are primed with the term 'hotel technology', we conjure thoughts of the PMS, guest profile data, inventory distribution, cabling infrastructure, energy management, credit card processing, cybersecurity and the like.

But as more and more brands start to integrate advanced wellness practices into their spas or rooms to drive guest satisfaction, longer LOS and total revenue, hoteliers and IT professionals would be wise to have a cursory understanding of the vast world of technologies that are helping evolve and expand the footprint of wellness at hotels >>

Developing the Huma Island Resort and Spa
This case study summarizes the development of a luxury resort in the Philippines, which was built using a mix of in situ and prefabricated construction methods >>

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