covid pandemic
Travel Recovery Means Protecting Your Labor
Larry and Adam Mogelonsky | April 13, 2022
By Larry and Adam Mogelonsky As we pull out of the pandemic and into a recovery situation, this inevitably leads to even more travelers. But the labor shortage will persist in many key markets, meaning that your lean team will have to do more with less. Automation is essential, but there’s still the possibility of burnout, particularly as select managers or associates may struggle to keep up with big occupancy swings. Compounding this shortage, there will be legacy effects for the hotel industry that you must consider as you adjust your organizational culture. The pandemic has caused many across all sectors to reevaluate their work-li...
Making Tourism Stronger and Ready for the Future
UNWTO | January 4, 2022
Working together Over the past year, much progress has been made in rolling out vaccinations and in both detecting and treating COVID-19. We have also seen significant progress made in finding the right balance between keeping people safe and keeping the vital lifeline of tourism intact, as illustrated by UNWTO’s effective collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO) since the very start of the pandemic. A collaborative and multilateral approach is and must remain at the centre of capitalizing on the lessons we have learned in such a short space of time. Ensuring harmonized travel protocols has been our message since day ...
