Restrictions on tourism travel starting to ease, EarthCheck establishes global hygiene taskfore, launch your hotel's marketing strategy and revenue success stories to inspire.

Restrictions on tourism travel starting to ease
Monday, 1st June 2020

New research indicates that the world is slowly opening up again, with destinations cautiously easing travel restrictions introduced in response to COVID-19.

As the United Nations specialized agency releases its Global Guidelines for Reopening Tourism, signalling a transition into gearing up for stronger and better recovery, 3% of all global destinations have now taken steps to ease travel restrictions >>

Accor 'Reignites the Love of Travel' with global campaign
1 Jun 2020 : With restrictions now easing across many destinations, and the number of reopened hotels in the Accor network projected to climb steadily over the coming months, Accor is investing in the resurgence of the travel and service industries and economic recovery in the communities where it operates >>

US hotel occupancy and ADR levels trending upward
31 May 2020 : US hotel gross operating profit per available room fell 117% during April 2020, in a year-over-year comparison with April 2019, the industry reported the following data >>

Ascott to future-ready lodging offerings
30 May 2020 : Ascott will review the design of its lodging products and services to ensure they are future-ready for continued growth in a post COVID-19 landscape and launches ‘Ascott Cares’ to raise standards of cleanliness to continue to provide safe homes for guests >>

EarthCheck establishes global hygiene taskforce
29 May 2020 : International sustainability company EarthCheck has mobilised a global tourism taskforce to help the tourism and travel industry meet the health and hygiene challenges now demanded >>

HIGHLIGHT ARTICLE

How Hotels Are Adapting For The ‘New Normal’
Monday, 1st June 2020

Duetto’s CEO, David Woolenberg, hosted the first in a new webinar series called ‘One World, One Industry, One Conversation’ on May 27. The discussion focuses on how hotels are adapting strategies, communicating with guests and altering their revenue tactics >>

Relaunch your Hotel's Marketing Strategy
As the long-awaited reopening day approaches, you need to be equipped with the knowledge and resources necessary to craft a solid marketing plan >>

Revenue Success Stories To Inspire
No two hotels operate exactly the same and that is because no two hotel guests are the same and as such, no two hotel revenue strategies can ever be the same either, so change and adaptability are key requisites to a successful revenue strategy and profit margin >>

Post-Pandemic Values Transformation
Recently, the Barrett Values Center (BVC) produced an infographic to graphically show the results of their recent research about how individual and organizational values have shifted as a result of our having lived through this global pandemic crisis >>

Preparing for Hotel Recovery with Balanced Revenue Management Decisions
There’s no denying that the current world-changing pandemic has brought the travel industry to a screeching halt and we have seen a once-in-a-lifetime near-total stoppage of tourism, owing to travel bans, hotel, and cruise ship quarantines, and grounded flights in many regions of the world >>

In case you've missed it: Global eNews of May 28, 2020
Signs of a hotel rally emerge as COVID-19 persists, WTTC launches global safety stamp, transform the impossible into new opportunities and an integrated future – controlling the room >>