Second wave drowns APAC profits, global guidelines for restoring air connectivity, post-pandemic dining-out trends and hand sanitizer alone is not enough.

Second wave drowns APAC profits
Friday, 5th June 2020

Asia-Pacific had to contend with round two of the coronavirus in April.

A second wave of cases, in areas such as Singapore and Hong Kong, resulted in a new ramp up of containment measures and the final result was a 124.1% YOY plunge in GOPPAR to a historical low of -$13.92 for the region >>

Urgent implementation of COVID-19 guidelines needed
5 Jun 2020 : The International Air Transport Association urged governments to quickly implement the International Civil Aviation Organization’s (ICAO’s) global guidelines for restoring air connectivity >>

AHLA launches enhanced health and safety protocols
5 Jun 2020 : The American Hotel & Lodging Association introduced Safe Stay, an industry-wide, enhanced standard of health and safety protocols designed to prepare America’s hotels to safely welcome back guests and employees as the economy reopens >>

Asia-Pacific Hotel Operator Guide 2020 – Excerpt
3 Jun 2020 : A refreshed design for the Hotel Operator Guide brings us into a new decade which from the get-go is beset with new challenges, while the industry struggles during the pandemic on an unprecedent scale, many development projects continue to move forward >>

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Post-Pandemic Dining-Out Trends
Friday, 5th June 2020

Five dining-out trends affecting restaurants, bars and consumers that are emerging in a post-pandemic world. While these are signs that we see today, the next 12 months will give us better clarity of the way forward.

Whether or not we can secure herd immunity or provide a vaccine for everyone will determine if we can return to dining and drinking the way we’ve been accustomed to. We may not, however, want to give up some of these new learned behaviors >>

Linear Extrapolation Plus Hand Sanitizer is Not Enough
The end of the hotel breakfast buffet seems to be unavoidable. The removal of all notepads and pens from the rooms and the choice for the hotel guest to decline any cleaning of the room will bring less social contact while also reducing cost, a welcome side effect long known for the re-used towel in the hotel bathroom >>

Virtues and Sins for COVID-19 Hotel Advertising
Recovery for the travel industry has varied widely based on differing responses to the virus and the pace at which restrictions have been lifted >>

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