Vaccination Leaderboard: where is your country ranked, Abu Dhabi lifts quarantine and inspiration is the new transaction.

Vaccination Leaderboard: where is your country ranked at?
Monday, 6th September 2021

Ranking based on the percentage of population that is fully vaccinated.

Singapore has outpaced other Asian countries in vaccinating its population with the 4th highest full vaccination rate in the world. Its fully vaccinated population has reached more than 77%, and over 80% have taken the first dose >>

Abu Dhabi lifts quarantine measures
6 Sep 2021 : Unvaccinated travellers from 'Green List' countries also able to enter Abu Dhabi with no quarantine >>

Las Vegas casino & hotel market 2021 mid-year update
5 Sep 2021 : The Las Vegas market benefited from pent-up demand, government stimulus checks, limited international travel options, increased vaccination rates, and the easing of COVID-19 restrictions during the first half of 2021 >>

Choice Hotels expands in Saudi Arabia
4 Sep 2021 : Choice Hotels Europe has repositioned itself as Choice Hotels EMEA as it continues its master license agreement with Seera Hospitality to open at least ten hotels in the Kingdom within the next five years >>

IHG signs Holiday Inn Resort Halong Bay, Vietnam
6 Sep 2021 : IHG has partnered with Ha Long Bay Hotel Joint Stock Company to create a spectacular new resort in Halong City >>

HIGHLIGHT ARTICLE

When All You Can Do is Talk About it, Inspiration is the New Transaction
Monday, 6th September 2021

This week, in a company Zoom call, I felt I was watching a science fiction movie when I heard my NA colleagues talk about flying here and driving there and how it felt like Covid never happened.

On social media, my friends in Europe posting pictures of their holidays in Portugal, Greece, Croatia and talk about 'as if it never happened'.

Yet the mass media continues to bombard us with news that 'it’s still happening and it’s getting worse' while on social media we’re getting the opposite picture – somewhere in between lies the truth, I suspect >>

Report On Indonesia ECommerce
Metamorphosis in a post Covid world: Indonesia’s eCommerce ecosystem is fast evolving to meet the challenges and opportunities from Covid-19 >>

MythBusters: Delta Edition
As I mentioned in Part One and Part Two of this article, there are many mixed messages floating around in the hospitality industry about how/what hoteliers need to do to become profitable in the 'new normal' that we’re all facing >>

In case you've missed it: Global eNews of September 03, 2021
Universal Beijing Resort announced its official grand opening, Europe set for record number of new hotel rooms and tricks to turn a bad interview around >>