It's been almost a year since my last business trip. I'm excited as I'm writing this article because I'm about ready to take the first trip since the COVID-19 lockdown.
Unclear messaging and price positioning was keeping this mixed-use development from reaching its revenue potential.
"2020 brought to the forefront the uncertainty of life. This state of mind made us question the quality of our lives and focus on our vulnerability. The result is an all-time high level of interest in our health and wellbeing."
The Indian hospitality sector has grown rapidly in the past couple of decades and is a key employment generator for the country. According to WTTC, travel & tourism sector contributed 6.8% and 8% to the country's total GDP and employment, respectively, in 2019.
Since the earliest days of the Covid-19 pandemic, our Hotelier PULSE research reveals that the majority of Hoteliers expect domestic travel to be the strongest contributor to recovery. Despite ever-changing travel restrictions and cautious consumer behaviors relating to Health & Safety and travel bookings, this trend has not changed.
I try not to make housecalls for shortness of breath, chest pain, loss of consciousness, and severe abdominal pain.
We are all trying to find silver linings from this now nearly year-long unimaginable situation that has somewhat stopped us in our tracks. We find comfort and sanity in things like spending more time with our families, picking up new or dormant hobbies, appreciating and improving our homes, keeping up with goings on around us, and so many others.
Q1 of 2021 is not going to be profitable, fun or exciting for us in the hotel industry. The goods news is Q2 will come up quickly and having been through six recessions in hospitality, all the signs of a recovery are finally here.
Tourism security has traditionally been about protecting visitors from themselves, from other tourists and from locals who seek to rob and or steal from them, commit fraud against them or in one way or another verbally or physically assault the visitor.
Dear hotel owners and managers, Recently, we sent a survey to thousands of your colleagues, with two goals: to ask them about the major changes the sector experienced in 2020 and to find out what key actions they are taking as we start a new year.
"The perception of sustainable business practice is intrinsically linked to the way it is communicated. Acceptable actions and solutions are framed through language choice and messaging approach. The unexpressed concern that “green” is interpreted as cost-cutting and reduced quality must be eliminated."
COVID-19 and the subsequent global travel lockdown has impacted the hospitality industry in an unprecedented way - culminating in widespread job losses and hotel closures.
