Rupee Devalued

Seychelles hoteliers have an issue with exchange rates

Three individual hoteliers and hotel managers raised their concern with this correspondent during a recent visit to the Seychelles, when discussing investments and capital expenditure to keep their ho

Kenya Hotel Occupancy Rises

Hoteliers in Nairobi pleased with 2009

Occupancy levels in Kenya’s capital city have risen to the 2007 levels once again, following two years of downturn in the market.

Professional Hoteliers Gather

Asia-Pacific Regional Meeting of Preferred Hotel Group successfully held at Regal Airport Hotel

The Asia-Pacific Regional Meeting of Preferred Hotel Group took place at the Regal Airport Hotel from October 27 to 29, 2009.

Hospitality Industry

R.O.A.R.: Lay blame where blame is due, but it’s not the hotels

For the past 6 months, most of us in the hotel industry have sat by watching the effect of Wall Street’s excesses, or the “AIG effect” impact the meetings industry.

eTN Inbox

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.