ARTHUR DEANE NEVER imagined that the digital nomad lifestyle—traveling the world while working remotely—was for him. As a senior manager for tech giant Google, he thought being in an office was essential for the job. But the pandemic changed that. F…
Keep The Change: Will Business Travel Evolve For The Better?
The question facing many global businesses now is how travel will change. 9/11 changed the airline industry, the 2008 recession changed spending mindsets. Change is inevitable, of course. Pre COVID-19, CWT was looking after enough travelers every da…
The Future of Airbnb
In the travel wreckage caused by the pandemic, home-sharing has emerged as battered, but with a steady pulse, as rental houses became social-distancing refuges for the travel-starved. Home rentals have outperformed hotels in 27 global markets since …
Travel and hospitality will take another three years to recover, says Booking Holdings CEO
In an interaction with ET’s Samidha Sharma, Booking Holdings, president & chief executive Glenn D Fogel talks about his business, the pandemic driving growth for alternative accommodation, why it will take a long time for the travel industry to reco…
Airbnb Launches City Portal: A First-of-its-Kind Resource for Governments
Over the last five years, dating back to the launch of the Airbnb Community Compact, Airbnb has outlined and acted on our commitment to working with governments. From Seattle to Hamburg, and Cape Town to Porto Seguro, and Japan to Vancouver, we have…
The Role Of Technology In Managing Operational Complexities In The Covid-19 Era
The hospitality sector has been hard hit by the COVID-19 pandemic as we saw hotels around the world forced to close their doors for an uncertain and extended period of time. Hotels have used lockdown to prepare for reopening, taking into account new…
voco™ opens first hotel in France
IHG® Hotels & Resorts (one of the world’s leading hotel groups) launches their newest upscale brand voco™ in France with the opening of voco Paris Montparnasse. Launched in 2018, voco™ combines the reassurance of a big brand with the informality and…
Second Wave Brings Uncertainty to Business Travel Recovery
Alexandria, VA – The majority of Global Business Travel Association (GBTA) companies expect their employees to return to in-person events in 2021. Almost half (45%) expect attendance to resume in the first half of the year, according to the latest p…
Over 2,000 Students At Swiss Hotel School Placed In Quarantine
All undergraduate students at the École hôtelière de Lausanne (EHL) – one of the most prestigious hospitality management schools in the world – have been placed in quarantine after several coronavirus outbreaks. Until September 28, around 2,500 bach…
What is the ‘New’ Thomas Cook
The ‘old’ Thomas Cook Group PLC was a British global travel group, founded in 1841. The group was the second largest vertically-integrated tour operator in the world after TUI. The group operated in three separate segments: a tour operator, an airli…