Europe’s hotels prepare to reopen, 50 Best launches 'Bid for Recovery', revenge travel: the one-night stand and how to leverage a job rejection.

Europe’s hotels prepare to reopen
Thursday, 18th June 2020

Across Europe, countries and hotels are slowly re-opening: In Germany, hotels reopened on May 29, the country has reopened its borders to tourists from Luxembourg, and will reopen borders with Switzerland, France, and Austria as of June 15.

The DACH countries are among the first in Europe to see hotels reopen. What top tips would these hoteliers give to others who are just starting to prepare for a resumption of operations >>

Business underway in Thailand as exhibitions open
18 Jun 2020 : Thailand's exhibition industry is to resume business under 'new normal' conditions, following the third-phase easing of lockdown measures and the reopening of convention and exhibition centers >>

Preliminary May data for Sydney hotels
18 Jun 2020 : Reflecting the ongoing impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, Sydney showed continued lower hotel performance in May 2020, according to preliminary data from STR >>

50 Best launches 'Bid for Recovery', gastronomic experiences with the world's top chefs
18 Jun 2020 : The organisation behind The World's 50 Best Restaurants announces that its 'Bid for Recovery' Auction will debut on 3 July, offering food and travel enthusiasts the opportunity to bid for once-in-a-lifetime experiences with the world's best chefs >>

Emirates resumes services from Hong Kong
17 Jun 2020 : Following the UAE Federal Government's announcement to lift restrictions on transit passenger services, travellers from Hong Kong can connect to any destination on Emirates' current network of 30 destinations in the GCC, Asia Pacific, Europe and the Americas >>

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Revenge Travel: The One-Night Stand
Thursday, 18th June 2020

What’s most disturbing about the hotel practices is they don’t seem to learn from past downturns. They fail to engage, or address their existing customers and at the end of the day would prefer to fill up the hotel with low-priced, one night-stands.

One thing about one-night stands is tomorrow is another day and someone out there will only drop the price more than you can >>

Unity In Crisis: KP Ho, Executive Chairman, Banyan Tree
At WiT 2009, themed 'Tough Love' because the world was coming out of the global financial crisis, Ho Kwon Ping, known for not pulling his punches, called out of the rise of China and the clash of civilisations.

A decade later, we revisit him in his home in Singapore to catch up with him on how he thinks Covid-19 will further change the state of play between East and West and more >>

How to Leverage a Job Rejection Into a Better Opportunity
Rejection bogs you down and kills motivation. Like all forms of rejection, it’s easy to take it personally and lash out at the company responsible. Where did things go wrong?

Everyone at some point, even the BEST talent, will get a rejection at some point. What’s important is that you don’t dwell on this. Recalibrate and use this to secure a better opportunity >>

In case you've missed it: Global eNews of June 17, 2020
European price war threatens deepened cash-flow crisis, Ascott achieves 139% YoY growth, regain distribution control and re-thinking corporate events for a brave new world >>