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November 10, 2016

Miniature Egg™ Chair Exhibition at Newly Opened Radisson Blu Resort Hua Hin

Radisson Blu, one of the world's most prestigious brands in the hotel industry with nearly 300 hotels in 69 countries, confirms its flair for style and refined interior design, bringing to Asia Pacific's newest Radisson Blu resort in Hua Hin, Thailand, the Miniature Egg™ Chair Exhibition.The exhibition, which will be showcased to the public at Radisson Blu Resort Hua Hin's lobby, from Friday, Nov 25 to Wednesday, Nov 30, 2016, is Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group Asia Pacific's venue of choice for the exhibition as Hua Hin grows its vibrant arts and culture scene.

Radisson Hotel Group

November 7, 2016

Choice Hotels Partners with China's Largest OTA, Expanding Reach in International Markets

Choice Hotels International, Inc. (NYSE: CHH), one of the world's largest hotel companies, announced today a new global agreement with Ctrip, the largest online travel agency in China. In addition, Choice Hotels has added a series of new amenities to the Comfort Inn and Comfort Suites brands to cater to the increase in Chinese tourism. These two initiatives highlight Choice Hotels' focus on better serving the U.S. inbound Chinese travel market.

November 3, 2016

STR partners with the AAoA

STR, a data benchmarking and analytics specialist, has partnered with the Accommodation Association of Australia (AAoA), the representative body for the Australian accommodation industry, in a joint effort to advance hotel industry growth in Australia."This is an excellent opportunity for our organisations to come together and help the accommodation industry reach new heights", said Matthew Burke, Pacific business development manager for STR. "The level of professionalism and performance in the industry will only continue to grow as we combine STR's strong sample, expertise and offerings for hotel operators and industry stakeholders with the AAoA's vast experience in providing services and advocacy for accommodation providers across the country."Within the partnership, the AAoA will benefit from STR's reporting sample and marketplace insights, covering more than 1,500 hotels in Australia. In turn, STR will receive opportunities to drive further awareness of its range of products and services for Australian accommodation providers. "The Accommodation Association welcomes the new partnership with STR", said AAoA CEO Richard Munro. "One of our aims is to provide accommodation industry professionals with the tools and support to set them up for success, and we believe that STR brings an effective combination of data reporting offerings and client services to further enhance accommodation businesses.""There is significant potential for growth, in emerging and established markets alike", Burke said. "Through our benchmarking and profitability reports, our goal is to enable hotels and accommodation providers across all categories to optimise their performance and revenue strategies by making better data-driven decisions. Through partnering with the AAoA, we'll be able to help more businesses to do just that.""Australia is one of our core markets, and we are fully invested in not only continuing our work in the country, but expanding it", said Jesper Palmqvist, STR's area director for the Asia Pacific region. "We could not be more excited to partner with the AAoA, and I'm confident that this relationship will help further bolster opportunities and standards across the Australian accommodation industry."STR's data sample in the hotel industry comprises more than 55,000 hotels and 7.4 million hotel rooms around the globe.

October 31, 2016

PolyU Study Finds Hong Kong to Feel Pressure from China’s Free Trade Zones

The further development of China's new free trade zones (FTZs) is likely to affect Hong Kong's tourism industry in various ways, according to Ph.D. student Mingjie Ji, Associate Professor Mimi Li and Professor Brian King of the School of Hotel and Tourism Management (SHTM) at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. In a recently published paper, the researchers review the areas that are most at risk from the development of FTZs. They conclude that although Hong Kong may lose some mainland tourists, it stands to benefit if it adopts a cooperative approach to seeking closer socioeconomic integration with the mainland.

Hong Kong PolyU

Hong Kong, Hong Kong (SAR)

October 31, 2016

HSMAI’s Asia Pacific aims to provide hoteliers with the tools to set strategy for 2017

Improving revenue at your hotel is not just about the right price, it's about lowering costs and increasing the spend of the customer on-property. Integrating digital marketing, and online customer experience analytics, into the hoteliers' strategy is important because it helps close the 360-degree customer engagement, retention and acquisition cycle. Hoteliers have learnt how to track conversions, and the source of traffic, now we're set to learn the next step in analytics – actioning insights from online customer behaviour. Hoteliers have this data available to them, it's time to learn how to use it to continuously improve!

Bankok, Thailand

October 20, 2016

Jw Marriott Hotel Hong Kong Announces Asia Edition Of “conversations With Christie’s” Event Series

JW Marriott Hotels & Resorts and Christie's are delighted to announce a special preview exhibition of fine and rare timepieces on Friday, 18 November at the JW Marriott Hotel Hong Kong, as part of Conversations with Christie's – a global event series from the two luxury brand partners.

Hong Kong, Hong Kong (SAR)

October 20, 2016

Online Travel ‘Reimagined’ at Web In Travel

Web In Travel (WIT) gathered speakers and participants from its first edition, to discuss, 12 years later, what changes they had seen and how they imagine the future business of online travel. The WIT pioneers spoke alongside new and emerging players from across Asia, to discuss how they are innovating and disrupting the business of travel in their geographies. WIT 2016 attracted 100 speakers, featuring senior executives from global companies such as AccorHotels Asia Pacific, Expedia, Kayak, Booking.com, Google and TripAdvisor, alongside Asian companies including as Ctrip, MakeMyTrip, Alitrip, Rakuten and Agoda. "As the online travel industry matures and technology evolves, changes are happening rapidly and we need to adapt," said Yeoh Siew Hoon, founder of WIT. "With WIT this year, we wanted to bring together people who have participated in WIT for years with mavericks who have fresh ideas and energy, to inspire everyone attending to raise this industry to its next level."Building on previous editions of WIT, the conference kicked off with a Bootcamp for travel start-ups. From a record number of entries, the most diverse in terms of geography and business models that WIT has received, seven entrepreneurs competed for the chance to present their ideas at WIT, and three emerged at the conference – Cape, Backstreet Academy and Sports Where I Am. Of the three, Cape won the Start-Up Pitch Competition for their flight-booking platform that focuses specifically on selling standby tickets, generating incremental revenue from last-minute seats sold. Cape won a place in the Travelport Labs Accelerator programme, which comes with seed funding of US$30,000 and US$120,000 worth of cloud credits under the IBM Global Entrepreneurship programme."The travel startup ecosystem is maturing in Asia," said Jason Nash, global vice president of marketing and product incubation, Travelport. "Their thinking is fresh and their ideas very innovative. Cape was outstanding in their presentation and bringing their ideas to fruition. We look forward to mentoring them and seeing their business come to life." The conference also awarded best in class in online travel with its annual WITovation Awards, powered by Sojern, which honours visionaries for their excellence in digital marketing and customer experience in travel.

webintravel.com

Singapore, Singapore

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October 11, 2016

Phocuswright Launches Second Annual Phocuswright India

Travel industry research authority, Phocuswright, announces the launch of the second annual Phocuswright India, the Asia Pacific counterpart to its preeminent United States- and Europe-based conferences. The two- day event, held February 28 – March 2, 2017, takes place once again at The Leela Ambience Gurgaon Hotel & Residences, Gurgaon, India, and features travel innovators, executive keynotes, panel discussions and debates, as well as exhibition and networking opportunities.Building on the success of last year's conference, which gathered 400 attendees, Phocuswright Indiabrings together travel leaders to network, learn and build strategic partnerships with the industry's most influential leaders, innovators and visionary thinkers. Registration opens today."We're happy to be back at the Leela Ambience for the second installment of Phocuswright India," says Lorraine Sileo, Phocuswright's senior vice president, research. "We have more speakers, more innovators, more industry leaders and more content – prepare for great education sessions and even greater networking opportunities. This year really is bigger and better than before."The theme of the 2017 Phocuswright India, Funnel Revolution, encapsulates the key driving forces defining the Asia travel market. The Funnel Revolution invites you to contemplate:

October 4, 2016

Mantra Legends Hotel Launches New Interactive Experience For Delegates

Popular Gold Coast conferencing and function venue Mantra Legends Hotel, Surfers Paradise has launched a new and unique interactive meetings experience for conference delegates. From interactive activities to memorable food experiences, Mantra Legends Hotel conference delegates will now receive access to a host of stimulating experiences during their event to optimise their conference experience and add a fresh twist to the hotel's impressive conference space and facilities.

Surfers Paradise, Australia

September 26, 2016

Hoteliers Stay Ahead of Rapidly Changing Industry at Revenue Strategy Forum Hong Kong, co-hosted by Duetto and Hotel ICON

Revenue Strategy Forum (RSF) Hong Kong brought together more than 100 revenue management innovators, hotel executives and thought leaders from one of Asia's most prestigious hospitality schools to share best practices for thriving in an increasingly complex distribution landscape. Co-host Hotel ICON welcomed RSF Hong Kong back for its second year and accommodated an expanded lineup of speeches, networking and hands-on educational sessions.

Hong Kong, Hong Kong (SAR)

September 20, 2016

PolyU Study Finds Tourists Resilient to Hong Kong Weather

Tourists are quite resilient and rarely change their plans when they encounter poor weather while visiting Hong Kong, according to Professor Bob McKercher of the School of Hotel and Tourism Management (SHTM) at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University and his co-researchers. In a recently published study, the researchers tracked visitors' movements for almost two months to see whether the weather caused any changes in their behaviour. They found that unlike tourists to non-urban destinations, Hong Kong visitors tend to continue with their plans regardless, although "perceived comfort levels" do affect satisfaction for a small number of visitors.

Hong Kong PolyU

Hong Kong, Hong Kong (SAR)

September 19, 2016

Visit Sunshine Coast And Mantra Group Partner To Increase Visitors To The Sunshine Coast

Visit Sunshine Coast (VSC) and Mantra Group have formed a 12 month business partnership agreement to attract more visitors to the region. Visit Sunshine Coast CEO Simon Latchford and Mantra Group Regional General Manager Winston Hall signed the deal at a business breakfast today at Mantra Mooloolaba Beach, marking a new era of partnership between the two organisations.

September 13, 2016

New Park Regis travelling app brings the best of Sydney to guests’ pockets

Sydney hotel Park Regis City Centre has recently launched a new online travel service app providing guests with a one- stop-shop for traveller information in the Sydney region. The new app named Digital Butler, is a free digital service connecting guests with information on hotel facilities, suggested dining outlets, transportation guides and many other Sydney based activities.

Sydney, Australia

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September 8, 2016

Top 2016 locations for Chinese millennial travellers

Outbound Chinese travellers could number around 174 million by 2019, spending $264 billion annually. This sum is roughly equivalent to the GDP of a developed country like Singapore. Chinese millennials is the generation that constitutes the largest share of China's travellers, as they already constitute 40% of Chinese outbound travels. Chinese millennials are thirstier than previous generations for the international experience. Indeed, the average wealthy Chinese millennial has been to 13 countries and travelled abroad 3.3 times for leisure in the past year alone for an average of 25 days. With respect to Chinese millennials, it is advisable to view them as "travellers" rather than "tourists", as they prefer to respond to opportunities to plan their own customised trips. Chinese millennials mostly travel for the purposes of leisure or exploring the world. In this article we shall present the most popular travel locations for Chinese millennial travellers.

Daxue Consulting

August 25, 2016

Members Earn More Miles and Can Travel Even Faster with Marriott Rewards’ New Korean Air Partnership

Marriott Rewards, Marriott International's award-winning loyalty program, is partnering with global aviation innovators Korean Air to give members even more ways to earn miles. This new partnership will offer Marriott Rewards members the flexibility to earn Korean Air SKYPASS miles when they stay at more than 4,300 hotels across 17 distinctive global brands within the loyalty program's portfolio. Marriott Rewards members can also convert their Marriott Rewards points into SKYPASS miles that they can use for flights on South Korea's largest airline.

Korea, Republic of

July 27, 2016

HSMAI Names Revenue Management Professionals of the Year, Vanguard Lifetime Achievement Award Honouree for 2016

The Hospitality Sales and Marketing Association International (HSMAI) is honoured to name Dr. Ravi Mehrotra, who co-founded IDeaS Revenue Solutions in 1989, with the Vanguard Award for Lifetime Achievement in Revenue Management, for his accomplishments and contributions to the hospitality industry and the revenue management discipline.

July 22, 2016

ISHC Now Accepting Nominations for the 2016 Rising Star Award South Asia to be Presented at HIFI

The International Society of Hospitality Consultants (ISHC), in partnership with the Hotel Investment Forum India (HIFI) is now accepting nominations for the Rising Star Award South Asia to be presented at HIFI on 17 November 2016 at the JW Marriott Hotel Mumbai Sahar.

July 14, 2016

SHTM Study on Hotel Loyalty Programmes: What May and May Not Work

Hotels should consider developing customer loyalty programmes that balance economic and social rewards to establish "sustainable relationships" with their customers, according to Dr Jin-Soo Lee, Dr Nelson Tsang and Dr Steve Pan of the School of Hotel and Tourism Management (SHTM) at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. In a recently published study, the researchers explore how customers perceive different types of rewards and how those perceptions influence customer loyalty. Their particular concern lies in how that loyalty is expressed in terms of customer behaviour that supports the company.

Hong Kong PolyU

Hong Kong, Hong Kong (SAR)

July 4, 2016

Internet Moguls launches version 3.0 of Revenue Management Solutions

Internet Moguls launches version 3.0 of Revenue Management Solutions Asias' most trusted hotel marketing agency Internet Moguls, today, unleashed their Revenue Management version 3.0 for 8 countries that they serve. Chief Mogul and Author of various white papers and studies on the subject, Avi Arya, said that "I think we've hit the sweet spot in this new version of our solution for small and mid-sized hotels, the right mix of revenue management tools and backed by 24 hour trained revenue management experts coupled with an army of digital marketing experts with an award winning creative team , gives the hotel a No excuses solution; So plug into our network, a 7 day set up and the hotel owner and general manager is free to do what they do best and transfer the revenue promises made to the CFO to an able team of professionals and systems , with a track record of delivering over 20 million in revenues for over 550 hotels across the globe. I am the son of a small hotel owner and I understand their problems and the Moguls Revenue and Digital Solutions are made for small and mid-sized hotels who struggle to find honest partners that have a time tested infrastructure of people + systems . We're very excited because before this press release went out we got a few "it's working Avijit , why the hell didn't you launch this earlier " mails from clients. I would love to talk to hotels who think we understand their problems and can help them , email me at [email protected] and here is a video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzZ9NdnX8nw that we made for you look forward to hearing from you."

Internet Moguls

New Delhi, India

June 22, 2016

Now Accepting Nominations for the 2016 Rising Star Award Asia Pacific to be presented at HICAP

The International Society of Hospitality Consultants (ISHC), in partnership with the Hotel Investment Conference Asia Pacific (HICAP) is now accepting nominations for the Rising Star Award Asia Pacific to be presented at HICAP on 21 October 2016 at the InterContinental Hong Kong.