Shifting views on travel: Price no longer priority, Hyatt House debuts in Africa and guests’ priorities are changing.

Shifting views on travel: Price no longer priority
Tuesday, 10th August 2021

Despite a period of uncertainty, people are making travel a financial priority. More than a third have larger travel budgets now compared to 2020.

In fact, nearly one in five respondents globally expect travel to be the activity they spend most on in 2021, on par with major spending items such as home renovation and ahead of entertainment, buying or taking care of a car or healthcare. Additionally, more than third say they would trade a pay raise for more vacation days >>

Hotelbeds adds Prioticket's portfolio
10 Aug 2021 : Hotelbeds announced a new deal with Prioticket, the innovative, global platform serving the experiences industry worldwide. In return, this agreement enables Prioticket to increase their distribution reach to Hotelbeds' network of more than 60,000 travel trade buyers in over 140 source markets around the world >>

Hyatt plans to debut of the Hyatt House Brand in Johannesburg
10 Aug 2021 : Set to open in October, Hyatt House Johannesburg Sandton will mark the launch of Hyatt’s extended stay brand in Africa >>

HIGHLIGHT ARTICLE

Your Guests’ Priorities Are Changing. How Can You Facilitate Them?
Tuesday, 10th August 2021

Although we can’t say the pandemic is over just yet (as some people continue to anxiously await their vaccines and keep on top of news on variants) people still want to travel, still want to go on holiday >>

Will 2021 Really be the Year of Recovery for Hotels?
One of the first soldiers to fall to the attack of the coronavirus pandemic that enveloped the entire world in 2020 was the hospitality and tourism industry, but ever the survivor, it adapted to the demands of the time and began its journey towards recovery >>

Down-Sizing? Temporary Closure? Re-Opening? What Do You Do With Revenue Management and Marketing?
Flexibility is the key to overcome apprehension with uncertainties such as new and unexpected travel restrictions leading to the need for postponement or even last-minute cancellation. Work with your revenue strategy team and eventually collaborate with your digital marketing partner to come up with a marketing plan for this >>

Sustainable Hotel Business in the Post COVID-19 World
Exclusive Feature - Revisiting the basics and understanding the challenges that matter – in pursuit of a resilient future >>

In case you've missed it: Global eNews of August 09, 2021
Raffles continues global expansion with new openings in 2021 and beyond, Dubai's set to host major business events and the return to face-to-face events >>