2020 has been anything but business as usual. As companies continue to adapt to the demands of isolation measures and social distancing mandates amid the coronavirus pandemic, those industries which are notoriously built upon a high-volume, in-person model are, understandably, expected to pivot.
By the time Nevada's Governor Sisolak ordered the closure of Nevada's non-essential businesses and urged residents to implement social-distancing measures to reduce the spreading of COVID-19 on March 17, 2020, the National Hockey League (NHL) and National Basketball Association (NBA) had suspended their 2019-20 regular seasons, and Major League Baseball (MLB) had suspended its Spring Training and delayed the start of the 2020 regular season.
"“In my experience, hospitality schools do pretty well in differentiating themselves from general business education. When I meet hospitality graduates, whether through the panels I participate in or our Talent Tank internship program, I've generally been impressed by their astute approach and the meaningful connection they have with the 'real' world compared to general business graduates."
Waiting on the government's go-ahead, travel bubbles and a lack of domestic tourists are the overriding concerns for a Bali travel industry trying to battle through the COVID pandemic according to key leading speakers at the recent 'Bali Tourism - The Way Back' virtual event organized by Delivering Asia Communications and C9 Hotelworks together with the Bali Hotels Association and Horwath HTL.
AAHOA has announced that its 2020 Convention & Trade Show will not proceed in person due to new health and safety guidelines for combatting COVID-19 issued by the Florida Department of Health. The event originally was scheduled to be held April 12-15 at the Orange County Convention Center and was rescheduled for Aug.
As associations and companies prepare to return to meetings and events, assurances are required that related travel and social interactions are safe. Hospitality Financial and Technology Professionals (HFTP®) announced today that it will the first hospitality industry conference to deploy telemedicine to support attendees and exhibitors of its "Best of HFTP" conference October 26-29, 2020 in San Antonio, Texas USA.
Hospitality Financial and Technology Professionals (HFTP®) is pleased to announce two champions of hospitality technology: Michael Blake, CAE and Henri Roelings as the 2020 HFTP International Hospitality Technology Hall of Fame inductees.
Thailand's domestic-led tourism recovery was at the forefront of a virtual online event "TTF2020 - Special Bangkok Edition" today that tapped more than a 1,000 leading domestic and international travel and hotel industry participants.
The 2020 edition of the Hotel Data Conference will feature a hybrid format and limited in-person attendance to accommodate for social distancing measures and travel challenges around the COVID-19 pandemic.
"The hospitality industry is in the midst of what I call a Golden Age of Travel. As middle classes expand around the world, more people are traveling than ever, and they are craving unique, authentic experiences."
As COVID-19 continues to alter societies and economies, everyone is wondering what the future will look like. The novelty of meeting on video screens is going the way of learning to bake banana bread: It's wearing off, and we're wondering when we will meet again.
The future of successful real estate investment lies with better alignment between owner and occupier. While many sectors of operational real estate - the fastest growing area of property investment - have been devastated by the COVID-19 pandemic, it paradoxically remains the future.
