Royal Caribbean reinvents safety drills, Europe’s largest Holiday Inn Express opens, our own iron curtain and how to gracefully leave your job for a new opportunity.

Royal Caribbean reinvents safety drills
Tuesday, 28th July 2020

Royal Caribbean Group is replacing one of the least-loved but most important parts of a cruise vacation – the safety drill – with an entirely new approach to delivering safety information to guests.

With Muster 2.0, the key elements of the safety drill – including reviewing what to expect and where to go in case of an emergency, and instructions on how to properly use a life jacket – will be accessible to guests on an individual basis instead of a group approach that has been followed historically >>

Phuket hotels reopening sentiment largely positive
28 Jul 2020 : According to data from the Phuket Hotels Association, twenty-seven member island properties are open in the lead-up to the Thai public holidays next week >>

IHG opens Europe’s largest Holiday Inn Express
28 Jul 2020 : IHG announces the opening of Holiday Inn Express® Amsterdam – North Riverside, the largest Holiday Inn Express® in Europe >>

Ascott Residence Trust sells Guangzhou and Paris assets
28 Jul 2020 : Both assets are divested above valuation as part of ART’s active portfolio reconstitution strategy. ART is expected to realise total estimated net gains of about S$23.2 million upon the completion of both transactions >>

Hyatt announces face coverings requirement for guests
22 Jul 2020 : Beginning yesterday, July 27, for the foreseeable future, all Hyatt hotels in the US and Canada will require face coverings within indoor public areas, which include meetings and events spaces, restaurants and bars, and fitness centers >>

HIGHLIGHT ARTICLE

Our Own Iron Curtain
Tuesday, 28th July 2020

Welcome back: we finally did it!

The rest of the world (or, at least, the part worth visiting and conducting business with) is closing its borders to anyone proudly carrying a US Passport, so what used to be a door opener and a cause for respect worldwide has become a scarlet letter. How we got from there to here is irrelevant. What is relevant is how we will be coping with it >>

How to Gracefully Leave Your Job for a New Opportunity
A recruiter contacts you about a new opportunity, you decide to take a chance and submit your resume and the next thing you know, you’ve flown through the interview process and landed a new job! >>

Unemployment in Today’s Recession Compared to the Global Financial Crisis
There has been much discussion in recent months about how workers who transitioned to working from home—and those who were deemed 'essential'—are less affected by the layoffs and job losses brought on by lockdowns than are workers in 'social' jobs that require closer human interaction, like restaurant workers. However, our research suggests that this does not tell the full story >>

Your Next Hotel Stay Might Be Different
As hotels gradually reopen their doors to guests around the world, we can expect some big changes to the guest experience >>

In case you've missed it: Global News of July 27, 2020
Global hotel performance remains stagnant, hydrid workplace model, industries to work for if you have a hospitality background and 2020 state of hotel website traffic >>