More and more countries adopt the WTTC Safe Travels stamp, events industry kicks off towards net zero carbon and more...

More and more countries adopt the WTTC Safe Travels stamp
Friday, 1st October 2021

New Zealand, Switzerland, Czech Republic and Oman among the latest countries to adopt the WTTC Safe Travels stamp, while 400 destinations around the world now hold the globally recognised stamp >>

The events industry kicks off towards net zero carbon
1 Oct 2021 : The International Congress and Convention Association, is proud to announce the launch of a new initiative – Net Zero Carbon Events – to connect the events industry globally to the rapidly growing movement towards net zero by 2050 >>

Thailand extends ‘special tourist visas’ for one more year
1 Oct 2021 : The Thai Cabinet has approved a one-year extension of the ‘special tourist visa’ (STV) scheme for long-staying visitors until 30 September, 2022 >>

Transaction news from around Europe
1 Oct 2021 : Hotel industry and travel news from around the European region: Castleforge acquires Crowne Plaza Royal Terrace, Edinburgh and more >>

HIGHLIGHT ARTICLE

Best in Class Versus Best in Industry
Friday, 1st October 2021

Here is an interesting idea. Most businesses are competitive, they want to be better than their competition and sometimes they try to out-service their competition. Sometimes they lower their prices to beat their competition. The point is that they are only looking at the competition. What if they looked beyond the competition? What if they looked at the world? >>

Trends in Recruiting and Careers: Part 1
Job seekers are seeing longer, more dispersed hiring processes. Instead of 5 people from the team getting together for the interview, candidates are meeting with everyone individually. This makes sense in some ways >>

What Travelers Value in 2021
As we emerge from over 18 months of this ongoing pandemic, we observe significant changes in customer needs and wants >>

In case you've missed it: Global eNews of September 30, 2021
China outbound: We gotta get out of this place, Hilton launches large-scale franchise model in Asia and more >>