Asia Pacific meeting planners plan new events, China hits 2019 levels and the looming impacts of reduced corporate travel.

Asia Pacific meeting planners plan new events
Monday, 28th September 2020

A survey on the expectations of Meetings & Events in the new normal, half of those surveyed are planning to continue with offline events (50%).

However, there is a high volume of concerns around government regulations (45%), and safety and hygiene standards of venue (30%), amongst many others >>

New WTTC campaign highlights the social benefits of Travel & Tourism
28 Sep 2020 : A major social media campaign has today been launched to raise awareness of the wide-ranging social benefits of travel by the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) >>

US only region not returned to profit; China hits 2019 levels
28 Sep 2020 : Hoteliers outside the US have cause for muffled celebration: Europe, Asia-Pacific and the Middle East all showed positive gross operating profit per available room in August >>

Virgin, Airbnb talk redundancies
24 Sep 2020 : Virgin Australia CEO Paul Scurrah says he regrets not providing certainty to employees the airline stood down for months – many of them without pay – by making them redundant sooner >>

HIGHLIGHT ARTICLE

The Looming Impacts of Reduced Corporate Travel
Monday, 28th September 2020

Travel bans have proliferated in countries around the world during the pandemic, but even as governments tentatively ease restrictions, companies are making more permanent changes to business trips. How health concerns and cost savings are making long-term changes to the business trip >>

OTAs Should Be Able to Better Predict Their Customers’ Decision Making
How to Pick the Perfect Hotel: Online travel agencies should be able to better predict their customers’ decision making and meet their needs, and through identifying a simple typology of decision-making styles, researchers offer unprecedented insights into precisely how and why Internet users decide which travel products to buy >>

How to Meet the European Union’s Ambitious Climate Mitigation Goals
Last week, the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen made an ambitious proposal that by 2030, the European Union would aim to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55 percent below their 1990 levels >>

Digital Solutions for Small Businesses in the Middle East and North Africa
Small and medium-sized enterprises dominate the business landscape in the Middle East and North Africa region and these enterprises account for more than 90 percent of the region’s businesses and, in some countries, contribute as much as 50 percent of employment and 70 percent of GDP >>

In case you've missed it: Global eNews of September 25, 2020
United Airlines makes COVID-19 tests available to customers, conversational hospitality, overcoming inaction is the key to growth and Macau supported by Trip.com Group >>