The benefits of hyper-personalization are well known to the travel industry. Making your customer feel loved, launching unbeatable granular marketing and ensuring relevancy will undoubtedly deliver huge gains for your organization. continue reading →

Company’s food experts forecast up-and-coming products, ingredients, and influences continue reading →

It’s a known fact that Google has goals of becoming the complete funnel for many of the searches and transactions we make online. They’ve already made great strides with their airline system and they have their sights squarely aligned with the hotel/travel space. continue reading →

We aren’t just living in a mobile age - we are living in an ‘on-demand’ economy, and it is revolutionizing business models and the corresponding consumer experience across every industry. With digital platforms and apps empowering instant gratification, paired with efficient and intuitive technological properties to cater to a personalized and data-driven experience, the supply which meets the demand of customers is readily available, 24/7. continue reading →

Analysts at Lodging Econometrics (LE) report that in the third quarter of 2018 the total U.S. construction pipeline stands at 5,376 projects/650,576 rooms, up 7% from 2017’s 5,011 projects/608,837 rooms. continue reading →

The U.S. hotel industry reported occupancy declined 0.7% to 62.9% during the week of 28 October through 3 November. ADR rose 0.7% to $124.81 but RevPAR was mostly flat (-0.1% to $78.54). continue reading →

During the week of 28 October through 3 November, Canadian hotel occupancy dipped 0.3% to 59.5%, while a 0.8% ADR increase to 145.94 Canadian dollars ($111.37) grew RevPAR 0.4% to CA$86.85 ($66.28). continue reading →

Wellness tourism grew from a $563 billion market in 2015 to $639 billion in 2017, or 6.5% annually, more than twice as fast as tourism overall (3.2%). And it’s forecast to grow even faster through 2022 (7.5% yearly) to reach $919 billion. continue reading →

After a steep drop in October, the index is down 10.5% through the first 10 months of 2018. continue reading →

Travel to and within the U.S. grew 1.6 percent year-over-year in September, according to the U.S. Travel Association’s latest Travel Trends Index (TTI) - marking the industry’s 105th straight month of overall expansion. continue reading →