Missoni joins the list of designers opening hotels. Today they officially opened in Edinburgh, Scotland and will be opening later this year in Kuwait then South Africa. The Missoni hotels are actually run by Belgium based Rezidor Hotel Group who set up a licensing...
People are eagerly awaiting the new Barcelona Airport T1 in another week or two and the retailers are busily getting ready. The commercial space at T1 is 28,612m2 of which 9,812m2 is to be occupied by a Business centre, VIP lounges and other customer services. This...
Most airports smell fairly average. Nothing too bad but certainly nothing inviting or memorable. Despite how much airports are focussing on the traveller experience, few airports have even considered looking to scent. Only one I’m aware of doing it for revenue...
Travel is down, we all know that, and few are being impacted as much as the cruise lines. Everyone is trying to come up with interesting & compelling new promotional ideas to get bookings. None however are quite as bizarre as TUI Cruises in Germany who is offering...
In most airports around the world, smoking lounges are non-existent or absolutely disgusting. At Cape Town however, British American Tobacco has funded the development of a new state-of-the-art airport lounge which will allow smokers to enjoy a cigarette in an...
Whilst a terminal is about far more than making money, revenue is an important part of the equation – particularly retail revenue. So what does the performance of T5 look like compared to JetBlue’s old terminal and other US airports? The above chart from a...