FRENCH CITIES CALL FOR MORE REGULATION OF FURNISHED TOURIST ACCOMMODATION

Daniel A. Tanner -
A group of 34 elected officials, including the mayors of Lyon, Lille, Marseille, and the first deputy of the City of Paris, who are members of the association France Urbaine, have expressed their conc ...

THE WORLD'S OLDEST CITY AIMS TO ATTRACT MORE TOURISTS

Tomas Haupt -
Tourism professionals in Jericho, a Palestinian city located in the central West Bank, are optimistic about the future after the inscription of an archaeological site as the UNESCO World Heritage Site ...

HOTEL OCCUPANCY RATES THIS SUMMER EXCEEDED THE PRE-PANDEMIC LEVELS

Laura Maudlin -
According to analysis of Amadeus' Agency360 and Demand360 data, global hotel occupancy this summer averaged nearly 70%, an increase of about 5% over summer 2019. ...

HOTEL TRENDS 2022: NEW TECHNOLOGIES, GREATER PERSONALIZATION

Theodore Slate -
Innovation has always been the watchword of the travel and hospitality industry, which is a sector in constant evolution. Today, digitalization is at the center of all tourism accommodation profession ...

HOSPITALITY ROBOTS: ANY CHANCE OF RESURRECTING THEM?

Richard Moor -
A few years ago, some robots were introduced as revolutionary in the hospitality industry. Most of the robots used in the industry were designed for "public relations", only to greet and inform lost o ...