Growth scenarios for Asia Pacific destinations, MO announces China expansion and the future of Asia: what a difference a year can make.

Growth scenarios for Asia Pacific destinations
Friday, 19th March 2021

In 2021 for example, the top destinations within each of the three major regions of Asia Pacific, by individual recovery rate and under each of the mild, medium and severe scenarios, show that the best performances are likely to come from Mexico, Chinese Taipei and Fiji. Nevertheless, even those destinations at that time are still projected to have IVAs well under the levels they each received in 2019 >>

GBTA supports a Digital Green Certificate
19 Mar 2021 : GBTA supports The European Commission’s proposal to introduce a common, inter-operable and mutually-recognised digital green certificate to kickstart a return to business travel >>

MO announces China expansion with signing of Hangzhou
19 Mar 2021 : Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group has announced that it will manage a new luxury hotel in Hangzhou, China, scheduled to open in 2025 >>

Brewery-themed Moxy hotel opens in Edinburgh
19 Mar 2021 : The new 262-key Moxy Edinburgh Fountainbridge, located on the site of a former brewery, is filled with boozy nods to the past >>

HIGHLIGHT ARTICLE

The Future of Asia: What a Difference a Year Can Make
Friday, 19th March 2021

Having been hit by COVID-19 first, Asia is also recovering first and at the pandemics first anniversary, is the region back to full health?

The best answer is that it is too early to know for sure. The pandemic exacerbated existing long-term issues: slowing productivity growth, growing indebtedness, aging population, rising inequality, and managing climate change.

A new paper looks into how the region can navigate these multiple challenges >>

Hoteliers! Future-Proof Your Digital Assets
As the owner of a business, don’t make the mistake of thinking that your digital assets aren’t as important as your physical assets. You may not need to access these pages all the time, but that makes no difference to the eyes of the software giants >>

How On-Demand Grocery Start-Ups are Raising the Bar for Urban Logistics
The location of micro-fulfilment centres is a key factor when time is of the essence for a new generation of delivery firms >>

In case you've missed it: Global eNews of March 18, 2021
Hotel bookings reach near-2019 levels after UK & US reopen, Emirates and TAP Air Portugal sign MOU and talent drain from travel will hurt recovery: The time to upskill and reskill is now >>