UK slashes quarantine to five days, Singapore looks ahead to the future of travel, Middle East hotel pipeline continues to decline and how to select a crisis management consultant.

UK slashes quarantine to five days
Friday, 27th November 2020

The UK government’s latest move that will slash the travel quarantine lockdown if passengers test negative on the fifth day, will provide a much-needed economic boost and is a step towards reviving international travel.

However, while many holidaymakers will embrace the reduced quarantine and will be able to afford the test, which will cost between £65 and £120, WTTC says it won’t be enough to resuscitate meaningful business travel >>

Singapore looks ahead to the future of travel
27 Nov 2020 : SingapoReimagine will serve as an inclusive platform for the global and local tourism communities to share ideas on how to reset and revive tourism >>

New World Development announced '11 SKIES' a mixed-use development project at the Hong Kong Airport
27 Nov 2020 : New World Development unveils '11 SKIES' - the first destination to combine wellness and wealth management, together with retail, dining and entertainment in Hong Kong >>

Middle East hotel pipeline continues to decline
27 Nov 2020 : According to the latest published Construction Pipeline Trend Report for the Middle East state that at the end of the third quarter of 2020, the hotel construction pipeline in the Middle East declined again to 579 projects/168,042 rooms >>

HIGHLIGHT ARTICLE

Update on What's Happening Now and What We Can Expect
Friday, 27th November 2020

All of us are worn out from the stress of coping with COVID-19, so I thought it might be valuable to check in and see where we are. While France appears to be a bright spot of relative COVID calm, cases of the coronavirus are still spiking in most of the United States and many places elsewhere in the world. It seems like every day the US is breaking new records for cases and/or deaths >>

COVID-19’s Impact on Values
The hotel sector is most certainly managing its way through the trough of the current downcycle, and a tough winter lies ahead for the US lodging industry, although brighter skies should emerge next year >>

The Whole Sometimes Cost More Than the Sum of the Parts
Lou Hammond Associates, one of my favorite hospitality PR firms, happens to represent the 113-year-old Fifth Avenue Association. The association was the first endeavor of its kind to realize the need to create mutually advantageous ties between and among its members >>

In case you've missed it: Global eNews of November 26, 2020
Oakwood debuts The Unlimited Collection, flights between China and South Korea re-opened, the new rules of engagement and the technology kick we needed >>