Taiwan Market Outlook: Hotel market poised for growth

Posted on: 5 February 2013
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According to this research, limited high-end hotel supply in Taiwan, coupled with a positive tourist arrivals outlook, provide opportunities for Taiwan’s hotel market to bloom.

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Tourism in the global south: Landscapes, identities and development. Lisbon, 24-25 January 2013

Posted on: 1 February 2013
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This event aimed to discuss the tourism impacts in the post-colonial global south from a multidisciplinary approach. An abstracts of presentations is available online.

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World Tourism Barometer: January 2013

Posted on: 31 January 2013
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The World Tourism Organisation has published the latest World Tourism Barometer, showing that international tourist arrivals grew by 4% in 2012 to reach 1.035 billion, a record number. Emerging economies (+4.1%) regained the lead over advanced economies (+3.6%), with Asia and the Pacific showing the strongest results. Growth is expected to continue in 2013 only slightly below the 2012 level (+3% to +4%).

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Pioneering growth and profitability trends in the travel sector

Posted on: 29 January 2013
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This study includes findings from interviews with 30 travel industry thought leaders and, combined with macroeconomic forecasts from Oxford Economics, provides insights into how the industry will develop in the coming decade. Focused specifically on the challenges and opportunities facing airlines and agents, the report not only looks at potential new revenue opportunities and drivers of profitability but also changing traveller tastes and preferences, and new models driving future growth.

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Slum tourism and city branding in Medellin

Posted on: 29 January 2013
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Since the 1990s the second biggest city of Colombia, Medellin, is undertaking programmes and projects in informal settlements, to try integrate them both physically and socially to the urban fabric. Public space upgrade and community services such as schools and libraries designed by prestigious architects have enriched the atmosphere and to some extent the quality of life, in these impoverished areas. To the point that the barrios of Medellin are commonly visited not only by Colombians but also by international visitors who want to see first-hand the projects and how the settlements and the city have changed. Medellin, perhaps without noticing or anticipating, has found a role for informal settlements in branding the city, and promoting the tourism to those areas. Read this article for more information.

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Image of Britain post Olympics

Posted on: 24 January 2013
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The January 2013 edition of VisitBritain’s Foresight explores the results from a post-Olympics wave of the Anholt Nations Brand Index Survey, looking at how the world now rates Britain across a raft of key tourism attributes. Findings show that 63% of those who saw coverage of Britain hosting the Games agreed it had increased their interest in visiting for a holiday and that 75% think that there are lots of interesting places to visit outside London.

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Global Report on Aviation: Responding to the needs of new tourism markets and destinations

Posted on: 16 January 2013
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The exponential growth in international tourism arrivals seen over recent decades would not have been possible without the innovation and expansion of the air transport industry, which today accounts for more than half of cross-border tourist arrivals worldwide.  Over the next twenty years, growth in international arrivals is forecaste at 3.3% annually. However, for this to happen, policy makers, Official Tourism Organizations, airlines, airports and tourism service providers will have to develop and intensify their relations. This report, published by the World Tourism Organization, outlines how such partnerships are taking shape around the world.

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Indian Hotel Industry Survey 2011-2012

Posted on: 15 January 2013
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The Indian Hotel Industry Survey analyses the performance of Indian hotels across parameters such as facilities, manpower, operational performance, and marketing trends.

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Thriving or surviving: European Cities Hotel Forecast 2013

Posted on: 14 January 2013
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In this second edition, PricewaterhouseCoopers provide its outlook for 19 of Europe’s most important gateway cities, representing 650,000 hotel rooms and over 85 million international arrivals. The report includes: a review of 2012; the outlook for 2013; the latest trends, issues and challenges for the sector over the next 12 months; the latest economic, travel and supply outlook; and individual city by city forecasts including key hotel KPIs and long term trend data, supply outlook and opportunities in 2013.

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Overseas Travel and Tourism: 3rd quarter 2012

Posted on: 11 January 2013
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The Office for National Statistics has published the latest tourism statistics for the 3^rd quarter of 2012, drawn from the International Passenger Survey. This quarter saw the UK host the London 2012 Olympic Games and Paralympics. Estimates conducted by The Office for National Statistics are that a total of 470,000 overseas residents visited the UK with a primary purpose relating to the Olympics or Paralympics (to watch, work or participate) during this period and a further 215,000 people attended a ticketed Olympics or Paralympics event although their main purpose for visit was not related to the Olympics. Despite this inflow of Olympics-related visits less people visited the UK in quarter 3. The total of 8.9 million visits (for any purpose) to the UK by overseas residents was 3% lower than in the same period in 2011.

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