Reading Time: 3 minutes• How is Booking.com growing its serviced apartment, aparthotel and oliday home offering in the region? “Our mission is to empower people to experience the

Reading Time: 5 minutes• OTA-only serviced apartments Could OTAs start their own serviced apartments? Could OTA-only serviced apartments spring up with outsourced lead generation and reservations to OTA,

Reading Time: 4 minutes• How is the German serviced apartment market performing? “The market is performing very well. Compared with 2016 we have seen a 22 per cent

Reading Time: 4 minutes• What is your background? “Our team comes from Apple, and we have also held senior roles in operations, product, and marketing at successful startups

Reading Time: 4 minutesWebsites like Airbnb and HomeAway provide an easily accessible way to reach short term travellers looking for an alternative to more traditional hotels. The platforms

Reading Time: 7 minutes  • Andrea Coscelli, UK Competition and Markets Authority There has been a lot of grumbling about OTAs across the sector for several years now,

Reading Time: 3 minutesAfter a welcome from ASAP CEO James Foice, and an entertaining and thought-provoking key note speech from mountaineer Cathy O’Dowd – the first woman to

Reading Time: 3 minutesThe results have been illuminating and occasionally surprising, revealing both similarities and discrepancies in sentiment from region to region, depending on the topic. The surveys

Reading Time: 4 minutes• What is your background and why did you start the company? “Previously as a European brand manager, I was on the road a lot.

Reading Time: 3 minutes• Who is the team behind Homeweaver, and when did the company launch? “Homeweaver is a new startup based in Hong Kong. All of our