With the rather apt theme of “Efficiency – Innovation – Sustainability,” the world’s largest industrial fair begins in Hannover, Germany this week.
The Hannover Messe expects to welcome 4,600 enterprises from 63 nations to the event, which can only help the recovering German tourist market. Despite a fall in arrivals to Europe’s largest economic power of [...]
Airlines and hotels are the two pillars of the travel industry, and they share many characteristics. They are heavily consumer-focused industry segments, with more customer interactions than many other industries. They produce and sell two of the most perishable products in the history of economics: a seat on a flight and a night in a [...]
Armani Hotel Dubai, the world’s first hotel developed by Armani Hotels & Resorts, in Burj Khalifa will open on April 21, 2010. An unprecedented luxury hospitality venture, Armani Hotel Dubai is the first hotel to be launched under the collaboration between Emaar Properties PJSC and Giorgio Armani S.p.A.
An integral component of Burj Khalifa, every element [...]
Last November’s “free sale” through its Facebook fan page broke two daily records and saved the airline millions of ringgit in advertising spend. Regional head of commercial Kathleen Tan tells Yeoh Siew Hoon about AirAsia’s social media strategy.
Kathleen Tan, AirAsia’s regional head of commercial, herself did not know how massive social media would become when [...]
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. announced that it has completed the sale of the 198-room W New York — The Court and the 122-room W New York — The Tuscany for $78 million to St. Giles Hotels, LLC, a hotel owner and operator, operating under the St Giles Hotel’s new contemporary brand. The two [...]