Hilton expands partnership with YTL Hotels with four hotels, addressing the mixed F&B and MICE performance across Asia and more...

Hilton expands partnership with YTL Hotels with four hotels
Sunday, 26th October 2025

Hilton and YTL Hotels have announced multiple property agreements that will bring LXR Hotels & Resorts to Thailand and Tapestry Collection by Hilton to Japan.

New agreements accelerate Hilton's growth in luxury and lifestyle segment with plans to introduce LXR Hotels & Resorts to Thailand, and bring Tapestry Collection by Hilton to Japan >>

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HIGHLIGHT ARTICLE

Addressing the Mixed F&B and MICE Performance Across Asia
Monday, 27th October 2025

What is happening? The post-pandemic recovery of hotel Food & Beverage (F&B) and MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Conferences, Exhibitions) business in Asia has been uneven. While parts of Southeast Asia have bounced back strongly, some markets are still lagging in F&B and event revenues.

For hotels where F&B is a much higher proportion of revenue than hotels in Europe or the US, driving profitability in this area of operations is of greater importance for investors in this region than elsewhere >>

Food for Thought: Why Hospitality is Over Dependent on the OTAs?
52% of all hotel online reservations this year will come from the OTAs. Compared this to the airlines, which “delegate” less than 15% of online reservations to the OTAs. The situation with independent hotels is especially dire: their direct vs indirect online booking ratio is negative — 1:3 to 1:4 and even 1:5 (i.e., only 20% of online bookings are direct) >>

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