Shangri-La closes one of its Manila hotels indefinitely, Accor sets ambitious line-up for new hotels, what travelers are now seeking and hotel SEO made simple - Part 1.

Shangri-La closes one of its Manila hotels indefinitely
Thursday, 21st January 2021

Shangri-La announced the temporary closure of their Makati hotel in the Philippines due to uncertain business condition effective February 1, 2021.

The hotel chain also vowed to providing colleagues with career transition assistance to help them get back on their feet >>

Accor sets ambitious line-up for hotel openings in 2021
21 Jan 2021 : While 2020 was a year of unprecedented challenges – not the least of which were felt among the travel and hospitality sectors – Accor maintained a steady pace of development and continued to sign new projects, leading to a robust roster of new hotel openings throughout 2021 >>

Over 100 million T&T jobs could be recovered in 2021
21 Jan 2021 : More than 100 million jobs could return to the global Travel & Tourism sector during 2021, as the world recovers from the crippling COVID-19 pandemic, says the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) >>

Pulse report: Consumer confidence in travel remains low
21 Jan 2021 : The latest edition of the Pulse Report shows that the majority of markets are continuing to feel serious effects of continued uncertainty amongst bookers due to rapid rises in COVID cases across the globe >>

HIGHLIGHT ARTICLE

What Travelers Are Now Seeking
Thursday, 21st January 2021

It’s a fresh new year and we all look at 2021 with a glimmer of hope that things will improve in the travel industry, but the Covid-19 virus is still very much active and impacting our universe, yet travel marketers must keep working with the future in sight. Status quo is not an option.

With this in mind, we would share some interesting findings from a recent study published by Expedia Media Solutions. The extensive data comes from surveys conducted in Q4 2020 with over 11,000 travelers from 11 different countries >>

Hotel SEO Made Simple - Part 1
With the rise of Google’s dominance in the online travel search market, Hotel SEO is undoubtedly one of the most widely-discussed loved and hated topics in the industry today >>

What the Continued Global Uncertainty Means for You
The World Uncertainty Index shows that although uncertainty has come down by about 60 percent from the peak observed at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in the first quarter of 2020, it remains about 50 percent above its historical average during the 1996–2010 period >>

In case you've missed it: Global eNews of January 20, 2021
Prior to the stars, Michelin releases the Bib Gourmand selection in Hong Kong, Hotel Indigo for Sydney and being frugal in 2021 - Is this one of the lessons we learned from the pandemic? >>