How Accor wants to transform the way everyone uses hotels Deal by deal, AccorHotels is taking bold steps to bring the traditional hotel company into the future and its newest pilot is absolute proof of that. Source: Hotel Marketing How Accor wants to transform the way everyone uses hotels
Airbnb buys Tilt, signaling its growing interest in group travel Airbnb has closed on its acquisition of Tilt, a startup for crowdfunding and peer-to-peer payments. Tilt cofounder and CEO James Beshara will join the Airbnb team, as will Tilt employees with expertise in group payments, an area that Airbnb plans to build out. Source: Hotel Marketing Airbnb buys Tilt, signaling its growing interest in group travel
China to overtake US as top business travel market Spending on business travel in China hit $290 billion last year and will grow by at least 10 percent this year, according to a report from Ctrip Corporate Travel, a subsidiary of Ctrip. Source: Hotel Marketing China to overtake US as top business travel market
The hotel of the future could be a human-centered non-hotel Global design firm Gensler won the Sleep Set competition at Sleep 2016, the annual hotel design event, with a radically different conception of what guest rooms – and hotels – may become. Source: Hotel Marketing The hotel of the future could be a human-centered non-hotel