PolyU develops the first self-adaptive platform for tourism demand forecasts across the Greater Bay Area

Total international visitor arrivals to the Greater Bay Area (GBA) are forecasted to recover to the pre-pandemic level at close to 130 million by the end of 2024, and the total number of inbound visitor arrivals to Hong Kong to recover to the 2018 level of 65 million by 2025. These are some of the findings released by the School of Hotel and Tourism Management (SHTM) of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) today at the launch of a new forecasting platform under the project entitled The Development of an Automated and Self-Adaptive Tourism Demand Forecasting Platform for the Greater Bay Area (GBA-TDFP).

Customer Spotlight: Village Accommodation Group

Village Accommodation Group, New Zealand owned and operated, manages a range of accommodation properties across many sectors of hospitality in 3, 4 and 5-star markets; including boutique luxury hotels, studios, apartments, and executive townhouses. Amongst the properties they manage are the uniquely designed mid-century Ohtel 5-star boutique hotels on Oriental Parade in Wellington, and the vibrant Viaduct Harbour in Auckland.

Royale Paragon Hospitality Group in the Philippines taps Hotelogix to accelerate future growth

Hotelogix, a globally leading cloud-based hospitality technology provider, said that Royale Paragon Hospitality Group in the Philippines has adopted its cloud-based multi-property management system. With Hotelogix’s robust platform, the management aims to expand its portfolio by quickly adding new properties while gaining efficient centralised control over group-wide operations.