Carnival Cruises plans to phase-in service, Vietnam rising to reopen travel markets and the rise of sanitised travel.

Carnival Cruises plans to phase-in service
Tuesday, 5th May 2020

Carnival Cruise Line advised guests and travel agents of plans to phase in a resumption in the North American service this summer, beginning on August 1 with a total of eight ships from Miami, Port Canaveral and Galveston.

Taking a measured approach, focusing our return to service on a select number of homeports where the liner has more significant operations that are easily accessible by car for the majority of the guests. >>

Vietnam rising to reopen travel markets
4 May 2020 : Vietnam’s remarkable reopening of its domestic travel sector is expected to be replicated by focusing on short-haul Asian markets in a quest to restore their international tourism profile.

The country has effectively demonstrated a Covid-19 leadership model in Southeast Asia with a focus on the all-important driver of airlift demand >>

Economy hotels lead the way in housing essential workers
5 May 2020 : Economy and select-service hotels have emerged as leaders in the hotel sector, housing essential workers on the frontlines of the coronavirus pandemic while taking steps to keep guests and employees safe >>

What 'the new normal' will look like as we start to travel
5 May 2020 : The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) has outlined what the 'new normal' will look like as countries begin to end their COVID-19 lockdowns and ease travel restrictions >>

Early signs of positive trends across all regions
5 May 2020 : Latin America is at the back end of the crisis. First there’s Asia, then EMEA and North America, and then LATAM >>

HIGHLIGHT ARTICLE

The Rise of Sanitised Travel
Tuesday, 5th May 2020

Welcome to the age of sanitised travel! Get our newest report featuring over 70 new areas on the day of travel summarized in key stages of travel. Read the full report with details of the key changes in travel >>

Emotional Skills: Key to Hotel Customer Loyalty in 2030
Achieving customer loyalty is becoming increasingly difficult in the hotel industry and emotional skills can make the decisive difference here >>

Hotel Industry 2020 – The New Normal
Welcome to the Twilight Zone or the surreal existence of those of us in hospitality with empty hotels, they are slowly and not so surely picking up but we will return to a 'new normal' soon >>

Avoiding Loan Loss Reserves and Preserve Equity Capital
Although the CARES Act did provide some narrow and temporary relief to covered financial institutions for certain accounting standards relative to loan-loss reserves and their ability to delay the adverse effects of said standards for two years, and to subsequently phase loan-loss-reserve increases over three years, lenders will ultimately have to deal with losses and their balance-sheet impacts >>

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