Pacific Island Airlines: Flying on empty?, Virgin opens in New Orleans and the next big hospitality trend: slow tourism.

Pacific Island Airlines: Flying on empty?
Friday, 20th August 2021

With virtually no international travel since March 2020, national airlines in the Pacific face mounting financial difficulties.

For Pacific Island countries this shock is particularly severe given the weak financial condition of national carriers prior to the pandemic, the reliance of these countries on airline connectivity to support tourism, and limited fiscal space to provide ongoing or future financial support to these airlines. Recovery from this crisis presents an opportunity to overhaul governance and oversight of national airlines to mitigate future risks >>

Virgin opens in New Orleans' Big Easy warehouse district
20 Aug 2021 : Virgin Hotels opens the doors to New Orleans yesterday, located in the city's artsy Warehouse District, the new hotel delivers thoughtful yet playful references to the city >>

JLL Hotels & Hospitality launches South Korea business
20 Aug 2021 : JLL becomes the first international advisor to offer a dedicated hospitality real estate practice in South Korea >>

Johannesburg gets Africa’s second Radisson RED hotel
20 Aug 2021 : The first Radisson RED hotel in South Africa’s Gauteng province and only the second to hit African soil after the successful opening of its Capetonian counterpart in 2017 >>

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What is Slow Tourism? The Next Big Hospitality Trend
Friday, 20th August 2021

Slow tourism is forecasted to continue to grow in popularity, becoming an alternative to more traditional holidays and is estimated to grow at a 10% compound annual growth rate.

Now what is Slow travel, where did it come from and how could hoteliers adapt? The trend of 'Slow Travel' has become increasingly popular over the past years, however through COVID19 it accelerated immensely and has almost become a new norm without people even realising >>

The Golden Key to Employee Engagement
If I told you there was a 'silver bullet' to leadership success, you would probably think I was not thinking clearly >>

Future of the Workforce in Business Travel
We spend a lot of time these days talking about and advocating for the return of business travel; from boarding planes to get from Point A to B, to going back to hotel nights and ground transportation options >>

In case you've missed it: Global eNews of August 19, 2021
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 >>