New global mobility hierarchy emerges as International travel resumes, guidelines for safe return to work, time to outsource your revenue management and HR in Normal 2.0.

New global mobility hierarchy emerges as International travel resumes
Thursday, 15th October 2020

As coronavirus-related travel restrictions begin to lift, the latest research from the Henley Passport Index shows that the pandemic has completely upended the seemingly unshakeable global mobility hierarchy that has dominated the last few decades, with more change still to come.

At the beginning of the year, for instance, the US passport was ranked in 6th position on the Henley Passport Index and Americans could travel hassle-free to 185 destinations around the world.

Since then, that number has dropped dramatically by over 100, with US passport holders currently able to access fewer than 75 destinations >>

IOSH and WTTC release guidelines for safe return to work
15 Oct 2020 : Institution of Occupational Safety and Health and World Travel & Tourism Council release guidelines for safe return to work with memorandum signed to ensure safe recovery for travel & tourism sector >>

ONYX expands Vietnam portfolio
15 Oct 2020 : Welcome to the capital of Vietnam, Hanoi — a city where history lives on in its age-old architecture, pavement cafes, and wide tree-lined boulevards >>

Beijing sees spending boom during National Day
13 Oct 2020 : Beijing received 100 million tourists during the National Day holiday, the numbers marked increases of 8.4% and 2.9% respectively over the holiday period last year >>

HIGHLIGHT ARTICLE

Trivago Launches Its Commissionable Model. What Is It and How Does it Work?
Thursday, 15th October 2020

trivago joins the rest of the large meta-search engines in launching a CPA model as an alternative to the classic CPC (cost per click). A novelty that will be much welcomed by an industry that is looking for alternatives that guarantee the profitability of investments in digital marketing, while achieving the highest volume of sales on their own official website.

What is trivago CPA and how is it different from classic CPC? >>

HR in Normal 2.0
For years my consulting and speaking focus was exclusively Human Resources, I lived and breathed HR. As we all have been struggling through staying same during the few ups and many downs of COVID-19, I have been thinking about the challenges that my HR friends must be facing >>

Travel Check-In: A Global Perspective
This report, the second in our Recovery Insights series, provides an in-depth analysis of the global travel story from the air and the ground >>

It’s Time to Outsource your Revenue Management
Covid-19 has exposed weaknesses both in hotels managing Revenue Management internally as well as the traditional outsourcing model and Revenue Management software providers >>

In case you've missed it: Global eNews of October 14, 2020
Hotels Recovery Guides Asia Pacific, reimagining F&B, two mindset shifts for modern travel and a long, uneven and uncertain ascent >>