6 December 2011

The target date for publication of the 2012 edition has been set: 15 January 2012.


10 November 2011

The Hotel Yearbook 2012 is in preparation now.  As in past years, the new edition will feature articles and input from a host of high-level executives and analysts around the world, each looking at his or her area of expertise and providing a glimpse into the scenarios for the coming year.

Among the articles in the 2012 edition:

·           Stephen Joyce, CEO of Choice Hotels, provides a 2012 “wish list” for the US hotel industry.

·           Michael Hirst of CBRE Hotels interviews Kurt Ritter, CEO of Rezidor, Ryan Prince, Vice Chairman of the International Realstar Group, and Kingsley Seevaratnam, Executive VP for Europe of Westmont Management Ltd on their different approaches to hotel ownership and management next year.

·           Sir David Michels, Board member of both Jumeirah and Strategic Hotels, discusses the global outlook for 2012.

·           Hong Kong-based Giovanni Angelini, former CEO of Shangri-La and now head of his own consultancy Angelini Hospitality, sends us an extensive report on the outlook for Chinese outbound travel, and what hotels must do to prepare and capitalize on it.

·           Prof. Rohit Verma of Cornell Hotel School shares the findings of his research on the key issues that will make a difference to the industry in the year ahead.

·           Legal issues that will have an impact on hotel owners and operators in 2012 are discussed in 3 separate articles by:

o   Tom Page of CMS in London (EU issues)

o   Ulrike Glueck of CMS in Beijing (China issues)

o   Scott Preston and Letvia Arza of Preston Arza in Los Angeles (Americas issues)

·           Allen Toman of Como-based Reality Advisors looks at the economic trends that will make 2012 an interesting year for us all.

·           Three executives from Aareal Bank – Bettina Graef, Michelle Weiss and Christof Winkelmann – discuss next year’s lending outlook.

·           This year we offer readers three extensive regional outlooks, prepared exclusively for us by the experts at Horwath HTL around the world.  A “situation report” and “outlook” for each of the following countries/areas will provide Hotel Yearbook readers with an excellent overview of the local developments and expectations for 2012 in:

o   Europe – UK (Alexandra van Pelt), Germany (Rüdiger Knospe), France (Philippe Doizelet), Netherlands (Marco van Bruggen), Russia (Michael O’Hare), Spain (Maria Rosa Barcia), Italy (Zoran Bacic), Ireland (Eimear Harney), the Balkans (Miroslav Dragicevic), Scandinavia (Erik Myklebust), Poland (Janusz Mitulski), and Hungary (Marius Gomola)

o   Asia-Pacific – China (Damien Little), Japan (Koji Takabayashi), Singapore (Robert Hecker), India (Vijay Thacker), Australia (John Smith), Malaysia (Sen Soon Mun), Indonesia (Rio Kondo), Thailand (Shyn Yee Ho), Maldives (Shyn Yee Ho), Vietnam (Van Phan), the Philippines (Jerome Siy), and the UAE (Hannes Schied)

o   Americas – USA (Mark Beadle and Joel Hiser), Canada (Joel Rosen), Brazil (Mariano Carrizo), and the Caribbean (Sotero Peralta)

o   In addition, Horwath’s Michelé de Witt looks at South Africa, and Maria Rosa Barcia writes on Spain's newest trend: condo-hotels.

·           Trevor Ward, Managing Director of W Hospitality in Lagos, Nigeria, takes us on a tour of the hotel industry’s upcoming chances and developments in post-conflict states in Africa.

·           Tony Oliveira of HotStats shares a statistical analysis of the performance of the hotel sector in key European markets.

·           Olivia Kaussen and Adrian Flück of CBRE’s Munich office anticipate interesting times ahead in Germany, where a wave of hotel leases are about to come up for renegotiation.

·           Dan Cordeiro, Principal at HotelBrandedResidences.com, writes about this exciting new segment – and particularly what to watch out for.

·           Rohit Talwar of London-based Fast Futures shares his futurist’s view of the meetings industry as well as a general overview of key trends affecting hotels in 2012.

·           Lyndall De Marco, internationally respected expert on sustainability, interviews Starwood’s Even Frydenberg about the company’s approach to Corporate Social Responsibility.

·           Prof. Peter O’Connor of ESSEC anticipates a broad uptick in the use of social media across the hotel industry in 2012.

·           Designer Dexter Moren, head of Dexter Moren Associates, describes interior trends in the leading-edge London market.

·           Prof. Ian Millar of the Ecole hôtelière de Lausanne is joined by five technology specialists for a roundtable discussion on trends, costs and challenges expected in the coming year.  The participants in this extensive dialogue:

o   Xavier Chabredier of Starwood

o   Almir Kalender of QDHP Swiss Management

o   Bryan Mulliner of Protea Hotels

o   Terry Price of The Grove Park Inn Resort & Spa

o   Stefan Zimmermann of Badrutt’s Palace Hotel

·           Gene Ference, President of Ference Leadership, writes on the principal trends that will have an impact on how hotel managers can more effectively lead their operations.

·           Ugo Toselli of the Paris-based sustainability consultancy ECO2 Initiative, outlines his expectations for some critical issues arising in the EU next year.

·           Professors Hilary Murphy and Ines Ghorbal of EHL look closely at next year’s IT spending in light of the current economic landscape.

·           Michaela Papenhoff, CEO of h2c in Düsseldorf, describes how IT developments are enabling a new wave of communication capability that could transform managing hotels – and looking after guests.

·           Keith Kefgen, CEO of HVS Executive Search, and his associate Dr. Jim Houran examine the role of intuition in how senior managers make decisions.

·           A fascinating survey of hotel school students worldwide reveals what they think of the top hotel groups.