The Pacific Asia Travel Association PATA is hosting a free webinar tomorrow, Thursday 6th February 2020, to look at current data and insights from ForwardKeys. The webinar is timed for 1600 Bangkok time. To register, contact zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_x2EQ6-F-TLC1pavWKMb9KA ForwardKeys analyses global aviation capacity, flight searches and over 17 million flight booking transactions a day, to provide a look into the current [...]
Category: What the media say
Amazing Experiences guru Doug Gollan discusses transporting Carlos Ghosn
Miami-based media veteran and man-around-the-world Doug Gollan specialises in private jets, and anything out of the ordinary. His website http://www.dgamazingexperiences.com covers such helpful suggestions for uber-luxury travellers as his choice of Top California resorts: 1. Post Ranch Inn, Big Sur 2. Brewery Gulch Inn, Mendocino 3. Solage, Calistoga 4. Resort at [...]
Should restaurants offer free WiFi or not?
Having free and available WiFi in a dining outlet, says Larry Mogelonsky, is essentially inviting patrons to glue themselves to their screens instead of focusing on the meal at hand. This delays menu browsing, which in turn, affects how fast customers order as well as their appreciation for what’s ultimately selected. Moreover, because a device [...]
What is Disney up to in Orlando?
Walt Disney World recently purchased an additional 235 acres of land to add to its Orlando hub, but there’s no word yet as to what the plot will be used for. The company made the acquisition through the Compass Rose Corporation, a subsidiary. The land, located just west of Disney’s Oak Trail Golf Course, was [...]
Go for Chinese – but in USA/Canada
This article from Jing Daily was written for the fashion market but is highly relevant to luxury travel: While many brands focus their efforts on reaching mainland Chinese consumers, the five million-plus Chinese residents based in the U.S. make for a massive — and overlooked — market opportunity. Despite growing up in China, Chinese consumers tend to [...]
Read more: learn from luxury goods sector thoughts
This article appeared on https://www.businessoffashion.com/ - and it shows that luxury fashion and goods are closely related to luxury travel, tourism and hospitality: 'Over the past decade, the luxury goods sector has expanded at a healthy rate of approximately two times global GDP growth, largely powered by the rise of China, where new waves of [...]
News: Japan wants more luxury hotels
According to Asia Gaming Brief, https://agbrief.com, Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga revealed over the weekend that the government was planning to assist the private sector in the financing of about fifty luxury hotels throughout Japan due to demand created by the increase in tourism. “We’ll offer financial aid through the Development Bank of Japan [...]
Telegraph reader survey names Oberoi as #1
Apparently 40,000+ readers of London-based The Daily Telegraph think Oberoi is the best hotel group. It is worth noting that the Telegraph is owned by Sir Frederick and Sir David Barclay, who also own The Ritz, London. It is fair to say, says Mary Gostelow, that many of those newspaper readers are boomers who favour [...]
How can fashion get away with continuing losses?
It was reported (Daily Telegraph UK, 27 November 2019) that Victoria Beckham, who started her eponymous fashion label in 2008, has made its 11th annual loss - which means it has NEVER MADE A PROFIT. In 2018 the losses leapt 20% to £12.3 million, on sales of £35 million. That is quite a feat (presumably [...]
Eliminate food waste? Stop such mountainous portions…
There is general consensus among concerned Americans that food waste must be tackled, and managed. Nikki Ekstein, Bloomberg’s travel editor, talked about this challenge with Albert Herrera, SVP of global product partnerships for Virtuoso, and Harsha Chanrai L’Acqua, Founder and CEO of Saira Hospitality, on 21 November 2019. Also, Rockefeller Foundation MD Devon Klatell held a [...]