• Newsletter September 29: building bridges
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| | | | | | Airbnb partnership aims to boost
boutique hotel sector in Thailand
Thailand: Airbnb has partnered with the Thailand Boutique Accommodation Trade Association (TBAA). Read more...
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The Hoxton to open second US property next month
US: The Hoxton is to open its second US property, in Portland, in late October.
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Point A Hotels welcomes its 500,000th guest
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Utopian Hotel Collection launches this month
UK: September sees the launch of Utopian Hotel Collection, a collection of luxury, independent hotels.
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New Bedford Harbor Hotel joins the Ascend Hotel Collection
US: The New Bedford Harbor Hotel, managed by the Waterford Hotel Group, is the latest member of the Ascend Hotel Collection portfolio.
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| | | | Building bridges
Airbnb is certainly doing its best to build bridges with the hotel sector, even if it is against a backdrop of scepticism, and even hostility, in some quarters.
Its attempts to determinedly woo boutique hoteliers to its platform and away from the OTAs were scaled up in March of this year when it wrote an open letter to hotels, claiming it will charge lower commissions than the likes of Expedia and Booking.
In some territories, particularly in the US, hotel trade bodies are actively lobbying against Airbnb, but in Thailand it has managed to team up with one - the Thailand Boutique Accommodation Trade Association (TBAA).
The industry-first partnership aims to "promote creative, people-powered Thai hospitality". Through the partnership, Airbnb and the TBAA will bring boutique hotels onto Airbnb's platform and connect them to its international network of travellers, which has seen more than 300 million guest arrivals since it was founded 10 years ago.
Airbnb is the first travel platform in Thailand to sign a Memorandum of Understanding with the TBAA, and it would be no surprise if it is working behind the scenes on similar deals in other countries.
For all the latest Airbnb and vacation rental sector news, take a look at our new website Short Term Rentalz.
George Sell, editor, Boutique Hotel News
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Jane Longhurst underlines the importance of maintaining standards through accreditation to secure your hotel repeat business.
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| Quick Q&A: Michael Buono, Mulberry Development
Michael Buono, CEO of New York developer and contractor Mulberry talks to BHN about attention to detail and evoking emotion in a building's end user.
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