Special Report I : Key Markets in 2010

In this digital report, 18 highly placed contributors examine some of the most interesting and dynamic hotel markets in the world and share their expectations concerning the factors and developments that will have an impact there. Their articles touch on many issues ranging from economic conditions, changes in the legal/regulatory environment, new market entrants, and consumer trends.
 
The countries/regions covered, and the authors writing about them, are as follows:

      • USA.  Jan Freitag, Smith Travel Research, Hendersonville TN
      • California.  Chip Conley, Joie de Vivre Hotels, San Francisco
      • Brazil.  Ernesto Marino, BSH, São Paulo
      • Caribbean.  Enrique de Marchena, Caribbean Hotel & Tourism Assn., Miami
      • China.  Damien Little, Horwath HTL, Beijing
      • Dalian.  China from the eyes of the General Manager of ain international hotel in
        a second-tier city.  Nicolas Solari, Hotel Nikko, Dalian
      • Germany.  Matthias Lowin, Feuring, Mainz
      • United Kingdom. Liz Hall, PricewaterhouseCoopers, London
      • France.  Philippe Doizelet, Horwath, Paris
      • Switzerland.  Emanuel Berger, Victoria Jungfrau, Interlaken
      • Spain.  Victor Marti, Horwath, Madrid
      • Russia.  Michael O’Hare, Horwath, Moscow
      • Eastern Europe.  Marius Gomola, Horwath, Budapest
      • Turkey’s new love affair with golf.  Mehmet Onkal, BDO, Istanbul
      • UAE.  Philippe Doizelet, Horwath, Paris
      • India.  Vijay Thacker, Horwath, Mumbai
      • Asia’s resort pipeline.  Matt Gebbie, Horwath, Singapore
      • Libya: a newly open market.  Macy Marvel, Ecole hôtelière de Lausanne, Lausanne  

In addition, our Special Report: Southern Africa takes an in-depth look at South Africa, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Angola and Mozambique.