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eTN Inbox: Food for thought

Hi Nelson!

Love reading your e-mails. Please keep them coming.

You asked for comments regarding the current conditions impacting the travel and tourism industry, and I'd like to share mine.

Japan

Japanese hoteliers turn backs on foreign tourists

Japan's mission to boost the number of overseas visitors suffered a setback this week after hundreds of hoteliers and inn owners said they would turn away foreign guests.

Hoteliers vote Japanese world's best tourists - poll

Going on holiday soon? It would help if you became more like the Japanese.

Japanese, who were voted by hoteliers as the world's best tourists in a global travel survey released this month.

Revenue Per Available Room Report

European hoteliers experience mixed bag

According to an STR Global HotelBenchmark Survey, European hotels got off to a slow start in 2008, with revenue per available room (revPAR) up by only 1.1% to €68 for the first four months of the year. Although hotel performance in general is static, there are still several success stories across the continent.

Uganda Hoteliers

Upcoming grading worries hotel pretenders

KAMPALA, Uganda (eTN) - Would be “hoteliers,” often people who found the money to get into the sector but lack qualifications to run hospitality establishments (and in addition often employ unqualified labor), are getting increasingly worried about the implications of the recently passed tourism bill.