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You Won’t Believe How Many Airlines Haven’t Survived Coronavirus. How Does It Affect You?
Although things have been starting to pick back up in travel, it’s no secret that the airline industry has been hard hit by the coronavirus pandemic. The International Air Transport Association is saying that global losses could reach billions of do…
Is the Travel and Hospitality Industry Prepared to work with the Pandemic? Part One – Slaying the Beast!
Yes, you read that right! There is no grammatical error in the heading. To overcome and outdo the challenges brought to our threshold by the novel Coronavirus, we need to, henceforth, work with and not just in the Pandemic. COVID 19 has been unique …
InterContinental Hotels Group PLC Pre-Close Update
Status of hotel re-opening programme The pace of hotels reopening has continued to accelerate through the second quarter, with only 10% of the global estate currently still closed. In the Americas region, around 5% are closed; these are predominantl…
Why More Travel Brands And Destinations Should Amplify LGBT+ And Diversity Efforts As We Enter A “New Normal”
We’ve seen that the COVID-19 pandemic has triggered global diversity efforts, rallying together as minority groups have been negatively targeted. In a time where people are hypersensitive when making decisions, especially around travel, it is the re…
European flight bookings reveal ‘London is falling’
London, UK – Flight booking data shows London has fallen to the bottom of the top 10 most booked European cities, as border restrictions and UK quarantine regulations choked travel, according to joint research by the World Travel & Tourism Council (…
Vintage Hotel Group Selects Go Moment’s Ivy Smartconcierge to Enhance Guest Satisfaction
SANTA MONICA, California (June 30, 2020) – Go Moment™, the world’s leading provider of real-time artificial intelligence guest communication solutions for the hospitality industry, today announced Canada’s Vintage Hotel Group, as one of its newest c…
Health, Safety And Hygiene Procedures – Our 10 Commitments
Swiss Belhotel International has announced plans to implement new health and hygiene measures to reassure travellers of a renewed focus on guest wellbeing in the wake of COVID-19 (coronavirus). The company has placed 10 additional Health and Safety …
21st Century Healthy Hotels and Resorts
Premise The rapid onset of the novel coronavirus and resulting COVID- 19 has stopped the world-wide economy, thus adversely affecting business and industry at large. Specifically, the hospitality industry has been hard hit as the vast majority of ho…
Hospitality Sector: Building Resilience In Uncertain Times
5 practical tips on how to build a strong operational infrastructure to cope with the unexpected. Hurricane Katrina, 9/11, climate change, COVID-19. From global pandemics to rising seas and terrorist attacks, tourism destinations and properties are …