At A Glance
Travellers in focus of year-end campaign
“Robinson is anticipating another wave of excitement in the retail industry in the last quarter of 2018, as Christmas and the New Year’s festivities draw near. It is also the high season for both domestic and foreign tourism, when shoppers tend to have higher spending power, making travellers’ items the most sought-after items of the period,” said Orawan Tipsuwanporn, Chief of Omni Merchandising Robinson Public Company Limited.
Robinson has invested more than Bt5 million in launching a year-end “Robinson Travel & Leisure” campaign for traveller-shoppers, to make Robinson the perfect destination for the needs of travellers.The campaign will run between October 24 to November 24 at 47 Robinson Department Stores.
Group reaches 1,000 properties, 200,000 rooms in region
AccorHotels has reached its milestone 1000th hotel for Asia Pacific with the launch of Pullman Tokyo Tamachi, bringing the group to over 200,000 rooms in the region. Asia Pacific now represents over 30 per cent of global rooms and 51 per cent of the global pipeline, which is a strong sign that the company’s growth strategy continues to be focused on Asia.
“For the first half of 2018, 72 per cent of global room openings for the group were in Asia Pacific,” said Michael Issenberg, CEO Asia-Pacific AccorHotels.“We currently open, on average, a new hotel in Asia Pacific every three days, but our goal is to move this to a new hotel every second day by 2020 and one hotel per day globally.”
Issenberg went on to say that in the past three years, the Asia Pacific network has doubled in size, thanks to a combination of organic growth and strategic acquisitions. The portfolio now includes some of the world’s most iconic and respected brands such as Raffles, Orient Express, Fairmont, Banyan Tree, Delano, Mondrian, SLS, Swissotel, and Movenpick. These acquisitions have been transformative for the company and will further cement AccorHotels’ position as a leader in luxury and lifestyle hotels. The recent addition of Mantra Hotels to the network also added a further 19,000 rooms to the region.
AccorHotels currently has more hotels in the pipeline in Asia Pacific than any of its competitors, andthe addition of these new brands will only help to accelerate further growth.
Launch of app, box for online shoppers
“Twister” is catering to the needs of online shoppers’ needs with Twister Online Application and offers the parcel handling solution through the use of Twister box located in front of houses and condominiums.
With the energy-efficient technology which can last up to five years, Twister box is to be installed in 1,000 locations next year to fit lifestyles in the e-commerce era.
Montri Wanna, CEO of Twister Corporation, discloses that the company is preparing for the launch of Twister Online Platform, the new innovation that will match lifestyles in the e-commerce era. With the use of technology, today’s online shopping can be fulfilled by Twister Online Application in the most convenient and time-saving manner possible.
Also, shopping items will be dropped off at Twister Homebox where buyers can receive them at any time without having to stay around at home to accept parcels, or buyers can have them delivered to Twister Sharebox located in the condominium lobby, office building, clubhouse, dormitory or apartment.
However, amid the growing popularity of online shopping, the company has recognised some pain points such as missed deliveries due to traffic congestion, which can be solved by “Twister box”. It can also help reduce logistics cost for logistics entrepreneurs as well as respond to the government’s policy to increase energy efficiency and reduce traffic congestion.
