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Shipping containers can be used in so many different ways. Around the world people are using them as storage sheds, converting them into homes, and now even using them as hydroponic grow rooms for herbs & vegetables. Check out this article we found on Naples, Florida's Ritz-Carlton Hotel and how they're sourcing their very own vegetables.
Good news for the business travel industry also means good news for the hospitality industry. Check out this article from www.travelpulse.com on the the rise in Business travel.
81% of us keep our smartphones somewhere close during all waking hours and over half of all Millennials would rather lose their sense of smell than their technology.
Here's an interesting article we read recently about Sudima Auckland Airport Hotel, who achieved carbon neutral status last year by measuring its greenhouse gas emissions through the internationally accredited programme in accordance with the ISO standard for reporting greenhouse gas emissions and removals, and by taking the additional step to put in reduction plans and offset all remaining emissions.
The retail and hospitality industry is continuing to exceed national SME growth, with almost 40 per cent of SME business operators in the sector reporting a revenue increase in the past 12 months, and nearly as many expecting more growth in the year ahead.
Its always interesting to see stats that compare us with other countries. Check out how the hospitality industry in New Zealand is doing compared with the rest of the world.
Clarity is featuring an interesting article in this months Accom Management Guide Magazine. Check it out!
We've been having several discussions recently around bookings and some of the relating articles we've found are well worth a read. This one discusses how 2015 was a record year for bookings through global distribution systems, the channel used when guests book through traditional travel agents. Surprising? Apparently it was predicted that travel agent bookings were bound to decline.
As large as the hotel industry has become and as steady as it has grown over the years, the technology powering it has not kept pace. Innovation has come from companies focusing on the consumer side of travel.
Although OTAs ranked higher than hotels when it came to "influence of interaction on satisfaction with a brand" as well as "using/buying the brand", the hotel sector came on top when consumers were asked which organisations they trust.
The hotel industry is urging the U.S. government to reject the proposed merger between Expedia and Orbitz Worldwide, arguing the combined company would control the online booking market and be able to impose higher costs on the industry. The Justice Department is reviewing the $1.3-billion transaction, which was announced in February and came just weeks after Expedia completed a takeover of another online travel site, Travelocity.
The surge in visitors from Tourism New Zealand’s key international markets continues with holiday arrivals the highest ever for the month of June and total annual arrivals peaking, just short of three million international visitors.
Figures released today by Statistics New Zealand show total visitor arrivals for the year up nine per cent and holiday arrivals up 10 per cent, compared with the same period last year.
