GWI Launches PositivelyWell, Airbnb signs data sharing partnership, mobile apps could help to contain epidemics and do’s and don’ts for distressed hotels.

GWI Launches PositivelyWell
Monday, 23rd March 2020

In the midst of worries about the global coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, it's all too easy (and understandable) to slip into fears about the unknown and concerns about the suffering a global health crisis could cause.

In light of this, the Global Wellness Institute (GWI) has launched its PositivelyWell campaign to encourage members of the industry and people around the world to replace fear with a focus on wellness >>

Airbnb starts data sharing with European Commission
22 Mar 2020 : Public authorities in Europe will soon have access to independently published data on short-term rentals on Airbnb and other platforms, following the launch of a landmark data sharing partnership with Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Commission >>

Air Cargo essential to fight against COVID-19
21 Mar 2020 : Since the crisis began, air cargo has been a vital partner in delivering much-needed medicines, medical equipment (including spare parts/repair components), and in keeping global supply chains functioning for the most time-sensitive materials. Air cargo is also instrumental in transporting food and other products purchased online in support of quarantine and social distancing policies >>

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How Mobile Apps Could Help to Contain Epidemics
Monday, 23rd March 2020

While keeping this important data secure and private, operators could work with governments and leading mobile Internet companies across the world to develop an electronic ‘passport’, and provide more precise epidemic prevention guidelines.

With the ‘passport’ generated by this app, governments could, in a fluid and timely fashion, set travel, isolation and preventative regulations (like, the requirement to wear a mask) with view to the developing situation in each region >>

Train Your Sales and Reservations Team To Show Compassion For Cancelations
As a hotel sales trainer, it seems very odd to be writing a train-the-trainer article about how to manage cancellations, yet this is absolutely necessary as the lodging industry has been turned upside down temporarily >>

Do’s and Don’ts for Distressed Hotels
This is a time for those with troubled hotel assets to “get back to the basics”. Here is our time-tested list of Do’s and Don’t’s for distressed hotels and other special assets closely intertwined with operating businesses >>

How is A Hotel Operator Facing the Corona Challenge?
By Marloes Knippenberg - CEO of Kerten Hospitality
As I am writing this, the travel industry has been grounded amidst the Corona virus pandemic fears and I myself am being stranded away from home in one of our projects that is to open later this year, it feels like the most unforeseen Global Tourism Critical mass >>

In case you've missed it: Global eNews of March 20, 2020
Retail market in Thailand 2019-2023, IHG’s global RevPAR decreased 6%, realigning the fundamentals and growing customer loyalty during the Coronavirus >>