Can business travel bounce back to boost the hard hit hotel sector?
After many months of video calls replacing in-person meetings, business travellers are slowly getting back on the road.
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The West End Is Ready To Roar Again
Westminster’s 3,700 bars, restaurants and pubs, 56 theatres, 21 LGBTQI+ night time venues and world-class retail and cultural offerings are ready to jump back to life. The hotel industry will be playing a vital part in contributing to the safe and successful reopening this summer.
NH Hotel Group Offers Free Medical Assistance In All Its Spanish Hotels
Within this service, multilingual face-to-face and telephone health assistance is available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
Hilton embraces pent-up demand for a safe summer of travel as hotels celebrate re-opening across England
Today, Hilton is celebrating hotels reopening across England and welcoming back leisure guests for the first time in months, marking a significant milestone in the hospitality industry’s recovery from the pandemic.
Kempinski Hotel Frankfurt Offers Mobile Rapid Coronavirus Testing Station For Business And Event Guests
Added safety for conferences: Anyone holding a meeting, conference, trade fair or even a wedding at Kempinski Hotel Frankfurt can book rapid antigen tests for participants. "We have set up a mobile rapid testing station in the treatment rooms of our Country Club & Spa, where guests can be tested directly before an event or a meeting to determine whether they are infected with the coronavirus," reports Hotel Director Karina Ansos. "This significantly increases safety for all participants, and is in line with the German federal government's testing strategy."
Free COVID-19 Self-Tests For Staff
Deutsche Hospitality is the first major hotel company in Germany to instigate free rapid testing for all its front-line staff. The project will be launched over the next two weeks. A weekly nasal swab or saliva specimen test will be made available to around 3,500 staff who work for the group's brands that are represented in Germany - Steigenberger Hotels & Resorts, MAXX by Steigenberger, Jaz in the City and IntercityHotel. Hotel guests will be able to acquire the tests at the reception if they wish. All tests used will meet the standards of and will have been certified by the Paul-Ehrlich-Institute.
WTTC Praises Greek Government For Its Clear Roadmap For Recovery
Gloria Guevara, President & CEO, WTTC said: "The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) and its Members praise the Greek government for its tremendous efforts and strategic steps taken to restart international travel from 14 May."
Hospitality Knows No Bounds: Rome Cavalieri, A Waldorf Astoria Hotel Surprises Texas Man With Trip To Europe After Braving Texas Power Outages
During the widespread power outages that swept through Texas in February, Dallas resident Ezell Holley was displaced from his home and stayed at a local hotel, which the family jokingly nicknamed the "Waldorf Astoria." Holley would end up receiving an incredible surprise when Rome Cavalieri, A Waldorf Astoria Hotel, one of Waldorf Astoria's 32 global luxury properties, gifted him with a future multi-night stay at the hotel.
Return To Travel? Help Governments To Better Understand The Options
I had the pleasure of asking UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson a pertinent question at a Downing Street press conference.
The 2020 list of bizarre items left behind at Travelodge hotels
Where would you find a life-size R2-D2 robot, a money tree bearing £50 notes to the value of £10,000, a William Shakespeare outfit & skull, a 6ft cuddly polar bear, a case of union jack face masks, a 60 year old marriage certificate, a stethoscope and an adorable Siberian Husky called Saskia - where else but Travelodge's lost and found office.
After Brexit Major Restrictions Hit EU-UK Business Travel
Business travel between the European Union and its former member state the United Kingdom is set to become significantly more complicated from Jan. 1. The UK left the EU on Dec. 31, 2019 but little changed in the transition period that runs to Dec. 31, 2020. However, annexes included in the 1259-page trade agreement between the EU and UK published on Christmas Eve confirm that once the transition ends many activities carried out by short-term business visitors will require work permits and in some cases the passing of an economic needs test.
How will travel to the EU change for Britons after Brexit?
The impact of Brexit on European travel after 31 December 2020 is going to be a complicated one. A recent survey by Discover Ferries, which represents ferry operators in the UK and Ireland, reports that only one in three people felt confident about travel changes after the end of the transition period. Only 6% of respondents were aware of all the changes affecting EU travel in 2021.
The Alpina Gstaad: Switzerland’s Cutting-Edge Luxury Hotel With A Unique Purpose
2020 is slowly coming to an end. At the same time the winter season in the Swiss Alps is right about to kick-off. Known as one of the most sought-after ski-holiday spots in the world, The Alpina Gstaad is looking forward to opening its doors and welcoming guests (back) to this elegant resort.
Travelodge UK CEO exits as the majority of hotels stay
In what has been the most actively watched hotel-firm financial restructuring of 2020, Travelodge (United Kingdom) has retained the majority of its hotels under its new company voluntary arrangement, but is seven-year CEO Peter Gowers will leave at the end of the year.
2020 Travelodge Bizarre Requests Audit Results
Earlier this month, Travelodge, the UK's first budget hotel chain has revealed the top35 most interesting and bizarre requests that the company's 575 UK hotels teams have received during the last 12 months. With the company welcoming millions of business and leisure customers annually, the range of requests varies across the regions and seasonally. This year the hotel teams have even encountered a few interesting requests around social distancing.
Travel Memory Deficit: Research Reveals What Brits Miss Most About Travel and How They Plan to Make Up for Lost Time
Research conducted by Hilton shows that travel creates some of our most unforgettable, favourite memories, and right now people are feeling that loss more than ever. The survey revealed what Brits miss most about travelling, with the chance to create new memories topping the list of the most longed for experiences. Almost two thirds (64%) claim this is the part of travel they yearn for the most, with Generation Z feeling the most cheated of the chance to create new travel memories in 2020 (73%).
A Passionate Professional from Puglia has a face-to-face with the Pandemic! Lessons from Italy
The current Pandemic is behaving whimsically with different people! Himmat Anand, a hotel owner friend has been sticking to his promise of reopening his Tree of Life resorts one after the other. He is also opening new resorts in a couple of locations in the portfolio of his second brand of hotels - A Dog's Story.
By L. Aruna Dhir, Author of Bestselling Memoir - "Hotel Adventures with the Stars" and Columnist, YouTube Show Host of "High Priestess of Hedonism", L. Aruna Dhir
Why UK hotel property owners need a CVA alternative
If it were a stable world, we would understand why UK hotel property owners would submit to the current CVA proposal.
By Thomas Magnuson, Co-Founder & CEO Magnuson Hotels, Magnuson Hotels
UNWTO Recognizes Safe And Responsible Restart Of Tourism On The Canary Islands
The Secretary-General of the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) has paid an official visit to the Canary Islands to recognize the reopening of the destination and the steps the local authorities have taken to keep both visitors and tourism workers safe as the sector restarts.
CrossBorderMedCare Selects CoronaPass to Help Restore the Greek Hospitality Industry
CrossBorderMedCare will be using Bizagi's CoronaPass™ solution to help reinvigorate the hospitality industry in Greece. This important announcement comes as Greece reopens its borders to travellers today. Hospitality, travel, and tourism are among the sectors hardest hit by the stay-at-home measures that were encouraged to slow the spread of COVID-19 across the globe. By some estimates, the industry worldwide is projected to lose $1.2 trillion.