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There is no doubt that COVID-19 has had an unprecedented impact on the travel and tourism industry. With massive layoffs and closures, many hospitality professionals have noted that they had never seen such a detrimental event to the industry in the…

As growing numbers of countries around the world ease restrictions on travel, the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) has launched a new Tourism Recovery Tracker to support global tourism. This represents the latest concrete action undertaken by the …

London, United Kingdom – Following various meetings with governments around the world and a letter signed by 120 CEOs of private companies, addressed to the Heads of State of the G7, the World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC, for its acronym in Eng…

(CNN) — In the current COVID-created travel maze, passengers face constantly shifting rules as airports, countries and even airlines impose their own restrictions on who can cross international borders. Testing has been adopted by various places as …

There is no doubt that the COVID-19 pandemic has had a most dramatic effect on the hotel business throughout Europe and words like ‘unprecedented’ and ‘unique’ are used liberally to describe the situation. Performance data from STR for the first hal…

Direct Booking Platform, Triptease, partners with HiJiffy to provide best-in-class automated chat and communication service for hotels. Hotels are losing $58 billion in revenue per year due to poor customer care, estimates HiJiffy With Triptease and…

StayNTouch, TrustYou, and OpenKey announce the release of a new eBook for hoteliers, “Budgeting During a Crisis: What is Mission Critical for the Guest Experience?”. In view of the COVID-19 pandemic, the three contactless technology providers partne…

What do you do when you think no one is watching? Are you chewing gum, twirling your hair, or resting your foot on the wall behind you? Do you tell off-color jokes because you think no one can hear you? Is your posture one of confidence or submissio…

To answer this, hoteliers must empathize with the current plight of company managers, event planners, conference organizers or anyone else involved in authorizing a room block reservation. They all want to host meetings, weddings, tradeshows and so …

FRANKFURT – The first in-person award ceremony post-lockdown was recently held with apaleo winning second place for “Best Travel Technology” at the Travel Industry Club Award Night 2020. We proudly accept, especially because we are in good company a…