US and Canada hotel results, ensuring your business continuity, impact of pandemics at a corporate level and words matter! use the right ones.

US and Canada hotel results
Monday, 13th April 2020

Economy hotels continued to run the highest occupancy, while interstate and suburban properties once again posted the top occupancy rates among location types.

This shows there are still pockets of demand while more than 75% of the rooms around the country are empty >>

News from around the APAC region
13 Apr 2020 : Hotel industry and travel news from around the Asia Pacific region: InterContinental Hong Kong to be rebranded back to the Regent Hong Kong, Lone Star acquires Japan hotel chain Unizo and more >>

All national parks in Thailand to closed till further notice
10 Apr 2020 : The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) would like to inform international and domestic tourists that all national parks and forest parks in Thailand are closed to visitors until further notice >>

Stay Home Today, #TravelTomorrow
9 Apr 2020 : #TravelTomorrow encapsulates this message of solidarity and hope, through which the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) calls for shared responsibility among travellers and the tourism sector around the world to deal with the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic >>

HIGHLIGHT ARTICLE

Ensuring Your Business Continuity
Monday, 13th April 2020

In this unprecedented time of worldwide shutdowns and from-home working, food industry personnel continue to journey daily to their fields, production plants, and retail and restaurant establishments to harvest, produce, stock, prepare, and distribute food.

Although those daily operations have changed and complexities have increased with the pandemic, the need for food safety and quality has not, in any way, diminished.

One key area of food safety on which we need to focus to ensure business continuity >>

What Long-Distance Relationships Can Teach Us About Social Distancing
Just because you can’t see someone in person doesn’t mean you have to lose touch, long-distance relationships can teach us some things about finding creative ways to stay connected >>

Words Matter! Use The Right Ones
This guest post from crisis pro Janie Jordan highlights the importance of avoiding negative language in your crisis communications.

While it’s more natural for many people to use words like don’t, not, won’t, or can’t when describing situations, substituting more positive or at least neutral ways to express the same ideas has a surprisingly beneficial effect >>

How Do You Really Know If You're Doing a Good Job?
I could have titled this article 'Box of Donuts Research,' but you would have no idea what that means, I’ll explain in a moment >>

Giovanni Angelini Series: Impact of Pandemics At Corporate Level - Part 3 of 3
Demonstrate/show of stability, professionalism, care, guidance, clear communication and avoiding panic/anxiety and confusion are simply basics for any corporate activities during difficult times.

Develop trust and show determination on "we-can and we-will" come out of this unusual situation stronger than before. And remember that you as a leader, can’t help your team or anyone else if you’re not in control >>