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• 20/02/2023 22:36

Travel & Tourism deal activity down by 42% in January 2023, finds GlobalData

The travel and tourism sector's deal activity in January 2023 was affected by challenging global economic conditions and their implications, according to a report by GlobalData, a data and analytics company.

The report revealed that 38 deals, including mergers and acquisitions, venture financing, and private equity deals, were… read more

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• 16/02/2023 09:37

Radisson Hotel Group announces its 9th hotel in Nigeria

Radisson Hotel Group  is bringing its luxury lifestyle brand, Radisson Collection, to Abuja, Nigeria's capital city and governmental powerhouse. Radisson Collection Hotel & Conference Center, Abuja Nigeria  marks the Group's 9th  hotel and 3rd  Radisson Collection in the country, placing… read more

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• 11/02/2023 06:52

ChatGPT: How Conversational Bots will be the New OTAs

In late November 2022, OpenAI unveiled ChatGPT to the world, calling it a trained model that interacts in a conversational way. I’m sorry if the title of this article misleads you, but heads up, this is not an article about ChatGPT. It’s an article about how conversational bots based on Large Language Models (LLMs) can shape the future o… read more

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• 07/02/2023 21:59

Tourism Tidbits: Reviewing Some of the Travel & Tourism Industry’s Basic Principles

We began the year by reviewing some of the fundamental principles of a successful tourism business or industry. Tourism is multifaceted and despite the fact that there is no one form of tourism many of the industry’s basic principles hold true no matter in which aspect of the travel and tourism industry one works. Despite our cultural, l… read more

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• 05/02/2023 20:21

Sheraton Abuja Hotel changes name

The disclosure marks the first corporate action by Capital Hotels since it was acquired by 22 Hospitality Limited in late September.

Sheraton Abuja Hotel will henceforth be known as Abuja Continental Hotel, its owners, Capital Hotels Plc, announced the name change in a regulatory filing seen by PREMIUM TIMES on Thursday.

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• 02/02/2023 14:13

Adjusting for inflation: Should you raise your hotel room rates

If you’ve scanned through the top news stories of the last few months, you’re likely well acquainted with the post-pandemic elephant in the room: record-high inflation. As expected, the collective (and prolonged) halt of global economies, the subsequent critical supply chain disruptions, and the ongoing war in Ukraine has placed signific… read more

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• 30/01/2023 00:54

New tented safari camp is coming to Botswana

African Bush Camps is opening a new camp on the popular Khwai wildlife concession along the banks of the Khwai River near Moremi National Park in Botswana. Khwai Tented Camp will open in mid-2023, welcoming up to 16 guests.

With sturdy canvas walls and roof, each unit -- six doubles and one family tent -- will feature en suit… read more

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• 24/01/2023 22:00

Kasada to develop a dual-branded hotel in the Ddstrict of Angré, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire

Kasada, the leading independent real estate private equity platform dedicated to hospitality in sub-Saharan Africa, announced today that it will build a new dual-branded hotel in Abidjan within the largest retail-led mixed-use development currently being developed by HCCP. The complex, scheduled to open in 2024, will seek to be certified… read more

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• 20/01/2023 06:51

Hotel pipeline activity down around the world, except in Middle East & Africa

Middle East & Africa was the only world region to show an increase in overall hotel pipeline activity at the end of the fourth quarter, according to December 2022 data from STR.

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Europe

• Accomodation
• 16/01/2023 21:22

The Seychelles, the next Destination for Meliá Hotels International

Meliá Hotels International, the leading hotel company in Spain, continues to grow internationally with the addition to its portfolio of its first hotel in the Seychelles. This is a new milestone for the company with its debut in a new superior-quality destination which offers travellers unique travel experiences.

The Meliá … read more