Investors look to alternative lenders amidst ongoing uncertainty, 44% of Americans are planning trips, reopening of Las Vegas Casinos and the rise of display in the world of meta.

Investors look to alternative lenders amidst ongoing uncertainty
Tuesday, 7th July 2020

Covid-19 has caused uncertainty for both landlords and tenants, with occupiers across all real estate sectors now seeking flexibility in their lease contracts.

And with more risk aversion and traditional lenders retrenching to long income assets, borrowers in need of financing on assets with short-term income are turning to alternative lenders >>

Only 44% of Americans are planning trips in 2020
7 Jul 2020 : Only 44 percent of Americans are planning overnight vacation or leisure travel in 2020, with high interest in road trips, family events, and long weekends over the summer months and encouragingly. 68 percent of these expectant travelers say they are likely to stay in a hotel in 2020 >>

Frasers Hospitality reopens properties worldwide
7 Jul 2020 : Frasers Hospitality is reopening its worldwide property portfolio with #FraserCares driving robust new measures dedicated to ensuring the health, safety and well-being of guests and staff >>

WTTC welcomes UK's decision to re-open borders
7 Jul 2020 : WTTC cautiously welcomes the government’s decision to relax the international arrival rules on July 10 to enable travellers and holidaymakers to travel again, consumers and those who work within the Travel & Tourism sector have been eagerly awaiting this news >>

IATA proposes alternatives to quarantine
29 Jun 2020 : The International Air Transport Association urged governments to avoid quarantine measures when re-opening their economies and is promoting a layered approach of measures to reduce the risk of countries importing COVID-19 via air travel >>

HIGHLIGHT ARTICLE

Reopening Asia: How the Right Policies Can Help Economic Recovery
Tuesday, 7th July 2020

In the absence of a second wave of infections and with unprecedented policy stimulus to support the recovery, growth in Asia is projected to rebound strongly to 6.6 percent in 2021. But even with this fast pickup in economic activity, output losses due to COVID-19 are likely to persist.

We project Asia’s economic output in 2022 to be about 5 percent lower compared with the level predicted before the crisis; and this gap will be much larger if we exclude China, where economic activity has already started to rebound >>

Reopening of Las Vegas Casinos During the Pandemic
Gaming operators are facing a challenging environment, which includes higher operating costs while trying to generate revenue with reduced capacity. The opportunity to improve the efficiency of casinos and casino-resort properties is present even in this challenging environment >>

The State of Hotel Advertising: The Rise of Display in the World of Meta
For any hotel advertising campaign, one needs to balance visibility and return on ad spend. To summarise this study, we have gathered some best practices from our marketing consultants and analysts that can be used as a guide for any hotel wanting to optimise their online advertising spend and increase returns >>

How to Attract Gen Z Talent
Despite talent acquisition managers targeting Millennials for the past decade, the newest generation has entered the workforce and although you may think that the same tactics can be applied to Generation Z, these are fundamentally different groups >>

In case you've missed it: Global eNews of July 06, 2020
Accor intensifies the development of its lifestyle brands, Singaporeans still want to travel, personalization can spark customer loyalty and hotels focus on tech, training & 2021 >>