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This conference brings together HFTP members and hospitality industry professionals from across the region for professional education and networking. It will take place April 24-25, 2020 in Houston, Texas USA.
Torsten M. van Dullemen has been appointed as General Manager of Mandarin Oriental, Washington DC. Van Dullemen is also Area Vice President of Operations for the Northeast United States overseeing Mandarin Oriental, Boston and Mandarin Oriental, New York.
Over the years, my partner, Marty Orlick, Chair of JMBM's ADA Compliance and Defense Group, has written about service animals used by persons with disabilities, and what hospitality staff needs to know about how to accommodate them. For example, what should the hostess of your restaurant do when a miniature horse enters your establishment with its disabled owner? What kind of animals qualify as service animals, anyway? And what is the owner's responsibility?
Located just 1.5 hours from Tokyo, the mountainous town is accessible by the Hakone Tozan Railway which opened in 1919, quickly cementing the town as a popular travel destination.
OYO will be connected to almost 900,000 travel agents globally, through the GDS connectivity solution powered by Sabre Hospitality Solutions’ innovative SynXis platform, that will help OYO generate increased bookings and open up additional revenue opportunities for its asset owners worldwide.
Europe hotel occupancy rose 0.4% to 72.2% in 2019, and a 1.8% ADR increase to €113.36 ($125.60) drove RevPAR up 2.2% to €81.90 ($90.74).
His expansive career includes an 11-year tenure with Wyndham Hotel Group in multiple senior and executive level roles, including Senior Vice President & Managing Director for Latin America, where he managed a portfolio of more than 115 hotels and seven brands in 11 countries.
Finalists to be Recognized at 'Night of a Thousand Stars' Gala Supporting Hotel Industry Foundation
Hotels in the Asia/Pacific region reported occupancy dipped 1.3% to 69.3% in 2019 while ADR dropped 2% to $98.73 and RevPAR fell 3.2% to $68.38.
AHLA Leads Dialogue at USCM on Coordination, Innovative Tools to Stop Traffickers