Shift towards creating more thoughtful and private spaces
Many hotels are now betting that the routines established in the crisis have permanently changed the ways in which we travel, whether for work or for pleasure (or increasingly for both).
Main challenge for hotels will be rising costs and adapting to supply chain problems
Many of the European countries that are heavily dependent on tourism had hoped to start the travel season early to make up for lost revenue from the pandemic. That’s now looking unlikely.
If a market has a leisure appeal, hotels in that market are doing well
Vacationers, flush with cash and eager to hit the road after two years of pandemic living, are paying up at resorts, roadside hotels and even urban properties – at least in cities with tourism appeal.
US hotels experience spring break slowdown. With fewer students and families on spring break vacations, demand for hotel rooms in the U.S. dipped in the latest weekly performance results.
Spain’s tourism numbers approaching 80% of pre-pandemic levels. Bookings for the long Easter weekend have already reached 90% of 2019 levels.
Asia welcomes travelers, but Japan says, not yet. Countries across region are reopening borders to tourists, but Japan continues to turn them away. And the country is not rushing to change things.
Hyatt introduces Work From Hyatt: Offsite. A corporate retreat concept created for the growing demand from businesses to connect with colleagues in person, after two years of virtual collaboration.
Rob Torres leaves Google for Expedia. Torres joins Expedia Group from Google, where he spent the last 15 years as managing director of advertising and marketing for its travel division.
The Business of Instagram. The company published an 8-page guide with a range of tips and pointers on various Instagram business functionalities.
MEWS: The benefits of rethinking hotel payments. If you can switch the guest mindset so that payments become almost invisible, you’ll create a better guest experience as well as encouraging more spending.
Triptease: Ranking isn’t everything - the goal is to be visible. Many hoteliers assume that you need to rank in the top place on metasearch to deliver the best results. But this isn’t necessarily the case.