Industry News & Reports

Date: November 2018 Location: Global What: Minor Hotels, Bangkok, has taken a 10% stake in the Global Hotel Alliance, (GHA) with an investment worth US$3.2 million.

Date: October 2018 Location: London & Paris  

Date: October 2018 Location: HQ in Seoul, Korea Name: Lotte Hotels

Date: October 2018 Location: Global What: Would You Rather — the greatest game to grace the slumber party scene (don’t @ me) — is an essential test of character. Whether you’d prefer to drink your own pee or lick peanut butter off of a hobo’s foot speaks volumes about your constitution. But new research on millennial…

Date: October 2018 Location: UK What: The UK hospitality sector has reached a total annual turnover of £102bn and a year-on-year growth of 4%, Who Said: The Office for National Statistics (the British Government) The data represents the first time that all businesses in the ‘Accommodation and Food Services Activities’ category have turned over in excess…

Date: October 2018 Location: UK Name: Blue Badge Access Awards

Date: October 2018 Location: London Who Said: JLL and London & Partners What: According to findings from a new report monitoring hotel capacity across European cities, London is set to add 11,600 rooms (representing 8% uplift) to its hotel market by 2020, providing business and leisure visitors planners with an even greater choice of accommodation.

Date: October 2018 Location: USA What: Comment at the 2018 Lodging Conference

Date: September 2018 Location: Name: CEO Millennium & Copthorne Hotels

Date: September 2018 Location: Palu, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia Name: Hotel Roa Roa

Date: September 2018 Location: USA and Canada By Whom: Cornell University’s Center for Hospitality Research

Date: September 2018 Location: USA Who Said: STR What: The U.S. hotel industry reported mostly negative year-over-year results in the three key performance metrics during the week of 2-8 September 2018, according to data from STR.

Date: August 2018 Location: North of England, UK Name: Report by Savills

Date: August 2018 THPT Response: All the obvious things… however we came across a firm that added an interesting dimension to DD. GPW is a political risk, investigations and dispute consulting firm with offices in London, Dubai and Singapore.

Date: July 2018 Location: New York, USA What: Too few hotels!

Date: July 2018 Location: Global Who Said What: Frank Wolfe, the CEO of Hospitality Financial and Technology Professionals

Date: July 2018 Location: Spain Who Says: CBRE

Date: July 2018 Location: India Name: FabHotels & OyoRooms…and others

Date: June 2018 Location: Global Name: Global Serviced Apartments Industry Report