G7 Leaders urged to restart international travel, Moxy Hotels debuts in Mainland China and are hotels’ pandemic service cuts becoming permanent?.

G7 Leaders urged to restart international travel
Tuesday, 15th June 2021

The World Travel & Tourism Council has called on Boris Johnson and the G7 Heads of State, to lead a coordinated response to restart international travel safely, which it says will be critical to the global economic and social recovery.

WTTC says international travel will be critical to achieve global economic recovery as Travel & Tourism accounts for more than 5% of the economy and over 9% of the workforce of G7 countries >>

Moxy Hotels debuts in Mainland China with Shanghai
15 Jun 2021 : The disruptive hotel brand expands to Mainland China with additional openings slated for Shanghai, Nanjing, Shenzhen and Xi'an in the next year >>

New Hotel Indigo coming soon to The Big Easy
15 Jun 2021 : IHG Hotels & Resorts continues growth with robust Americas pipeline including New York and Latin America >>

The Middle East’s hotel construction pipeline declines
15 Jun 2021 : According to the LE Q1’21 Construction Pipeline Trend Report for the Middle East, the hotel construction pipeline in the region dropped to 534 projects/153,225 rooms, down 12% by projects and 11% by rooms year-over-year >>

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Are Hotels’ Pandemic Service Cuts Becoming Permanent?
Tuesday, 15th June 2021

In the wake of the huge revenue setback received by the COVID-19, hotels have been cutting their services for the guests, laying off their staff, and moving towards automation.

However, as service cuts make way for automation and eventually revenue-generation for hotels, announcing the cuts as permanent might be ambitious >>

Med Spa: A Cure for Ailing Hotels
Hospitality and travel industry have the task of re-imagining their space to include more and different options - often different than business as usual – to attract guests and fill rooms >>

Cancellations Rates: Where Do They Stand and How Can You Overcome Them?
Hotel cancellation rates have been steadily rising for years, in part fueled by a culture of ‘book now, pay later’ created by OTA giants >>

In case you've missed it: Global eNews of June 14, 2021
India hotel occupancy on a continued decline, NYC needs smart home sharing regulation and ways to handle angry customers >>