After weeks of virtual meetings and family meet-ups, help satisfy the wanderlust you may be feeling by transforming your at-home backdrop to bucket-list travel destinations around the world.So next time you video call your friends and family, instea…
World Travel & Tourism Council launches #TogetherInTravel campaign to inspire the global tourism community
LONDON – The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) is launching a new marketing campaign, #TogetherInTravel, aimed at galvanizing the global travel and tourism community and showing how the sector is a vital part of our zest for life. Going live at …
Airbnb could lose significant portion of host community to long-term rental sites, says GlobalData
Airbnb hosts around the world have been losing the vast majority of their bookings in recent months, many of them need a reliable form of income sooner rather than later. A growing number of hosts have deleted their Airbnb listings to make way for m…
How Hospitality and Retail Businesses can Survive the Coronavirus Shutdown
Policymakers around the world have enforced an unprecedented shutdown of public life to slow down the spread of the coronavirus. As a consequence, entire sectors of the economy have seen their revenues collapse to zero. At the time of this publicati…
Expedia Chairman Barry Diller on travel, airline bailouts, and advertising amid COVID-19 crisis
“Cataclysmic.” That’s how Barry Diller described the current state of the world in an interview with CNBC Thursday. Diller sits in a unique position amid the COVID-19 crisis, leading one of the world’s largest travel companies as Expedia’s chairman …
‘Travel is the prominent part of your life’: Road warriors adjust to being grounded
When Jessica O’Callaghan unpacked her suitcase on March 12, she didn’t realize that was the last time she’d do so for the foreseeable future. “Normally that suitcase is packed, unpacked and repacked,” said O’Callaghan, regional managing director of …
Hospitality Tomorrow Virtual Conference returns with Episode 2 on 12 May
Why are we doing this? Because one thousand of you responded to our survey and said: ‘let’s do it again’ as we need to continue the conversation to assess the changes in our world and people – operationally, financially, and psychologically. Where, …
What is the Impact of COVID-19 on Global Economy?
The current coronavirus situation is profoundly impacting all types of businesses. With temporary cessation of some businesses and activities slowing down for many, the consequences of the pandemic are even worse for the global economy than the ones…
Travel and Tourism marketing should aim to understand how consumer behaviour will change post-pandemic, says GlobalData
Worldwide, this is a dark time for the travel industry. As global destinations remain closed and travel company operations continue to be wound down, the industry will increasingly look to its marketing functions to provide campaigns of hope or more…
Hospitality Net launches World Panel on Wellness, Lifestyle and Spas
Maastricht, the Netherlands – As the hotel industry contends with the immediate challenges posed by the Coronavirus crisis, for some hoteliers this also represents an opportunity to take a longer-term view of their businesses. Hospitality Net™, whic…