SUN, sea, and Internet surfing. How can hoteliers utilize social media to turn desire into demand for rooms?This means the days of indulgently flicking through travel brochures and scrolling throug…
India Upscale Resorts See Liquor Ban Eased
The Roseate hotel is an oasis of award-winning luxury in acres of gardens just outside New Delhi’s airport. Situated by a highway and thus under a liquor ban, its location had been a major tu…
Experience these luxury Indian escapades curated by The Leela
LEADING hospitality brand The Leela Palaces, Hotels & Resorts represents the pinnacle of success and prestige in India. Over the last three decades, the group has been delivering its top-flight…
Noisy Chinese tourists may be drowning out alien signals – report
ACCORDING to scientists, droves of Chinese tourists arriving at the world’s biggest telescope might be preventing the giant dish from functioning properly, a report said.According to the Sout…
Disney Doesn’t Own Its Tokyo Parks But Still Finds Them Lucrative
Disney is by far the largest entertainment conglomerate in the world, with massive its parks and resorts unit representing its travel footprint. This segment generated more revenue than industry po…
Top News Stories Localizing the Global Travel Industry From the Skift Gateway Series
The Gateway series features original reporting from our correspondents in Cape Town, Beijing, Singapore, and Caracas. Subjects have ranged from low-cost carriers in Africa introducing people to the…
5 Charts Showing the Rise of Independent Chinese Travelers
Tour buses filled with Chinese travelers are becoming more commonplace in destinations around the world as more than 135 million Chinese are projected to travel abroad this year, making China the w…
Japan: Demand for ryokans stagnant despite spike in arrivals
JAPAN’S ryokans (inns) are a source of immeasurable charm and are a window to life in the countryside.Japan Ryokan and Hotel Association (JRHA) managing director Hideyuki Sato told the public…
Affluent Malaysian suburb hailed among world’s ‘coolest neighborhoods’
MOVE aside, the Berlins and Melbournes of the world. There’s a new player battling for the title of “coolest neighborhood in the world”, and it’s in Malaysia.In the list, Da…
Indonesia: Becoming an instant millionaire might be a thing of the past
WHEN tourists in Indonesia change money for the first time, they often get quite a shock. As of August 2017, US$1 amounts to around IDR13,357, but a fat wallet stuffed with millions of rupiah may s…