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October 29, 2013 Written
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From the desk of Bob Meyer...
10/29/2013
New
Cornell University Study Reports On Analysis Of Going Green
Going green neither boosts nor dents hotel revenues,
according to a study released this week by the Cornell
Center for Hospitality Research. The study monitored sales
and rates at 9,000 hotels: 3,000 that had earned Sabre�s
�Eco-Certified Hotel� label and 6,000 that had not. The
analysis showed that, on average, the distinction made
little difference in sales and rates.
�We can conclude that going green is compatible with
existing quality standards of hotel service and that
advertising green status doesn�t hurt a hotel�s revenues,�
according to Cornell assistant professor Howard Chong. �But
it may not help, either.�
BXI
Trade Exchange Prepares Nationwide Offices Launch
Global Links Corp. (OTC:GLCO), announced that the company�s
wholly-owned subsidiary, BXI Trade Exchange, is preparing to
open 28 offices nationwide during the upcoming launch of its
trade exchange platform.
All offices will open simultaneously upon the platform�s new
launch, and eight additional locations are in negotiation to
open in the near future.
BXI will have trade offices throughout California and Texas
as well as in Oklahoma, Atlanta, New York, Hawaii, Las
Vegas, Austin, South Carolina, Denver, Utah and Alabama. The
company�s goal is to become the first barter exchange to
have 100,000 members and generate up to $50 million in
monthly trade volume.
China
Plans 100 New Airports As Business Travel Explodes
The Global Business Travel Association predicts that China�s
surging economy will push business travel spending to #1 in
the world by 2016. (China�s Beijing Capital International
Airport is expected to surpass Atlanta�s International
Airport as the world�s busiest airport next year � 2014.)
The demand for air travel from China is expected to grow so
fast in the next few years that several of China�s airports
have had to double or triple their capacity, and the nation
plans to build 100 new airports over the next decade.
Hotel
Spa Spending Growing Faster Than Food & Drink Expenditures
Pampering yourself with a message, after checking in to a
hotel, is growing faster than the sale of food and drinks. A
study by PKF Consulting, a consultant to the hotel industry,
reports that hotel spa services (massages, skin care
services and personal training) jumped 5% in 2012 from the
previous year. By comparison, the sale of food and drinks
grew only 2.3% in the same period.
The growth could be due to an improving economy or the
resurgent health trend in the USA, as Americans try to eat
well and stay healthy on the road.
Millennials Will Be
Working Into Their 70s Due To Debt
Millennials, people in their 20s and early 30s, will be
working longer and unlikely to retire until age 73 (over 10
years later than the current average age), because of heavy
student-loan debt, according to a new study. While the
typical graduate has a �seemingly manageable� $23,300 in
education debt nearly 3 in 10 millennials have had to move
back in with their parents because they couldn�t afford to
live on their own. Those are far higher percentages than the
baby boom or Generation X cohorts ever experienced.
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Bartercard International Group (B.I.G.) scooped the pool at the
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