Serviced Apartment News teamed up with AltoVita for a series of of four APAC-focused webinars, discussing various facets of the corporate housing, relocation and accommodation sectors in the region.
Hosted over four days, the sessions featured contributors from the investment, operator, technology, design, travel buyer and distribution communities, and included the likes of Oakwood CEO Dean Schreiber; Ascott head of business development Mak Hoe Kit; Ovolo Hotels COO Marc Hediger; Vivi Cahyadi Himmel, co-founder, AltoVita; Paul Gannicott, SVP of technical services at Onyx Hospitality Group; Aaron Lee, founder of Dash Living; Charles Blocker, CEO, IC Partners; Eva Lu, total rewards program lead for APAC at Cargill Investments; Ellen Zisselsberger, mobility lead at KPMG Asia Pacific and Bradley Haines, regional SVP for SiteMinder.
Each session lasted an hour and featured in-depth discussions, moderated by either SAN editor George Sell or Eloise Hanson, news editor at sister title Boutique Hotel News. Sell said: “Hosting the Rising Up sessions in partnership with AltoVita and has been a really enjoyable and informative process. I have learned a lot about this dynamic region, which is home base to the serviced apartment sector’s biggest players, as well as a host of dynamic start-ups and established regional operators. As the corporate travel sector kicks back in to gear after the shock of the pandemic, certain themes became apparent throughout the sessions – notably an increased emphasis on duty of care, evolving working habits, the need for flexible rental terms, intuitive guest-facing technology and smart distribution.”
Click on a session title below to watch a video recording of the webinars:
• Rising Up APAC webinar 1: Investor sentiment
• Rising Up APAC webinar 2: The apartment of the future
• Rising Up APAC webinar 3: A work-from-anywhere future
• Rising Up APAC webinar 4: Smart technology to smart distribution
