Qantas Group will require all employees to be fully vaccinated, Government should pay for expensive PCR tests and when will it be over? planning your hotel's recovery.

Qantas Group will require all employees to be fully vaccinated
Thursday, 19th August 2021

Frontline employees – including cabin crew, pilots and airport workers – will need to be fully vaccinated by 15 November 2021 and the remainder of employees by 31 March 2022.

The policy follows consultation with Qantas and Jetstar employees including a survey sent to 22,000 people to seek their views on vaccination >>

DoubleTree by Hilton brand to debut in Osaka in 2024
19 Aug 2021 : The new-build hotel will mark the debut of the DoubleTree by Hilton brand and the third Hilton-managed hotel in Osaka, joining Hilton Osaka and Conrad Osaka in the city >>

Public areas will become a major trend in big cities
19 Aug 2021 : Public area is a place in a city where people can safely rest outside with their friends or families, worldwide people spend 87% of their time indoors and 6% in their cars >>

Government should pay for expensive PCR tests crippling the Travel & Tourism sector
19 Aug 2021 : Government challenged why consumer must foot the bill for COVID-19 ‘research’ >>

HIGHLIGHT ARTICLE

When Will It Be Over? Planning Your Hotel's Recovery
Thursday, 19th August 2021
IDeaS' Tracy Dong - Exclusive for 4Hoteliers.com

When will it be over? While no one can accurately predict the course of the post-COVID economic recovery, what is clear is that vaccination rates will play a large role in returning travel to normal levels and allowing hotels to plan for the future.

Although at a global level, countries like the US and UK have started to reopen their economies due to high rates of vaccination, the APAC region lags behind >>

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Innovation and Implementation, Why You Need Both
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