South Africa’s 5-star segment on the mend
South Africa?s 5-star hotel sector, after experiencing substantial decline between 2009 and 2011, recorded a national average RevPAR annual increase… Read More »South Africa’s 5-star segment on the mend
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South Africa?s 5-star hotel sector, after experiencing substantial decline between 2009 and 2011, recorded a national average RevPAR annual increase… Read More »South Africa’s 5-star segment on the mend
Hcareers released its?Q3 2013 Hospitality Hiring Report. Job growth continues for the hospitality sector with a 20 percent increase over… Read More »20% job growth for the hospitality sector over Q3 2012
Siemens Building Technologies Division and Carlson Rezidor announce cooperation on energy saving program in Radisson Blu and Park Inn by… Read More »Siemens and Carlson Rezidor partner in energy saving program, targeting 25% savings
Representatives of Al Tamiuz Hotels & Resorts, the hospitality business unit of a large and diversified Saudi company owned and… Read More »New 5-star hotel on Jeddah Corniche
There are so many beautiful and culturally rich cities in Europe that it’s almost impossible to pick favorites. Nevertheless,?Cond? Nast… Read More »Top 10 Cities in Europe
Singapore ? The Asia Pacific travel market is expected to reach almost $352 billion this year, according to the latest… Read More »World?s biggest: Asia Pacific travel market to hit $352 B this year
For years Americans have led the world in business travel spending. That is about to change. With China’s economy surging,… Read More »China poised to surpass U.S. on business travel spending by 2016
An influx of new restaurants and the grand opening of Omni Nashville Hotel have combined to create an unexpected challenge… Read More »Nashville hospitality industry struggles to fill staffing needs
Extended stay hotel company Value Place Development LLC will invest $65 million in metro Atlanta over the next two years… Read More »Value Place to develop 10 hotels across Atlanta
Global luxury hotel chains are expanding their presence in China’s second-tier cities, as more well-heeled Chinese splurge on accommodation as… Read More »Luxury hotels increase presence in China’s second-tier cities
The U.S. hotel industry reported increases in all three key performance metrics during the third quarter of 2013 in year-over-year… Read More »Third-quarter numbers positive for U.S. hotel industry
China and Korea are the countries with the highest percentage of people who interact with businesses daily via mobile devices,… Read More »Report finds U.S. and Europe lag in B2C mobile app usage
Carey Watermark Investors Incorporated (CWI) announced today that it has acquired the Hawks Cay Resort, the largest destination resort in… Read More »Carey Watermark Investors acquires Hawks Cay Resort
Big growth in the number of Chinese visitors to New Zealand helped boost overall tourist spending by half a billion… Read More »Chinese tourists boost spending by $500m in New Zealand
Swiss International Air Lines has named its Airbus A320 HB-JLT ?Grenchen? after the town in Northwest Switzerland. The aircraft is… Read More »SWISS names its first sharklet Airbus A320 "Grenchen"
GBTA publishes the results of its fourth?GBTA BTI? Outlook ? China 2013 H2?report.?The GBTA commissioned Rockport Analytics, LLC to create… Read More »China remains on track to become the world?s largest business travel market
The number of hospitality jobs is up 7% from last year and 38% from 2009 with 45,000 new job adverts… Read More »Number of UK Hospitality Jobs Up 38%
The BRIC nations ? Brazil, Russia, India and China ? are expected to be the primary driver of tourism growth… Read More »BRIC nations drive global tourism growth
French hospitality major, Accor, has lined up plans to launch projects in north east India. This is in addition to… Read More »Accor to open hotels in north east India
According to Hotel SCORES?, an annual syndicated tracking study conducted by?Phoenix Marketing International?among members of Hotel Frequent Guest Programs (FGP),… Read More »Phoenix Marketing International?s recent study shows hotel companies missing marketing opportunity with mobile apps