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DRIVING FUTURE GROWTH & PROFITABILITY 2020
Visionary Leaders Roundtable Singapore,
November 17, 2015 - Florida International University

MIAMI – SINGAPORE (March 1, 2016)- FIU’s Chaplin School of Hospitality & Tourism Management (CSHTM) and its Institute for Hospitality & Tourism Education & Research (IHTER) released a white paper titled Driving Future Growth and Profitability: Asia 2020. In the face of adversity from rising operating cost and a weakening global economy, business leaders at the Visionary Leaders Roundtable in Singapore provides the hospitality industry ideas on what can be done to address the challenges to stay relevant, competitive and profitable.

Authored by Simone Champagnie, executive director - development, at Chaplin School of Hospitality & Tourism Management at Florida International University (FIU); Nathan Dodge, visiting professor at Chaplin School of Hospitality & Tourism Management; and Christine Toguchi, managing director at MacroVision Network Pte Ltd and project consultant for IHTER, the paper explores the insight, ideas and pertinent questions arising from the intellectual exchange that took place at the Visionary Leaders Roundtable at Pan Pacific Singapore last November. Presented by FASTBOOKING, ForwardKeys and Rainmaker, the roundtable brought together industry leaders from around Asia-Pacific who brainstormed ideas for revenue optimization that included, Driving Growth through Better Customer Insight and Analytics, Direct Distribution vs. Third-Party Options, and Optimizing Profits from Total Revenue Management among other relevant topics.

For more information on IHTER and the white paper, contact Jia Zhu at jiazhu@fiu.edu or at 305-919-4136.