Dr Giuliano Bianchi
Macroeconomics in 2022: How Can Hospitality Leaders Learn From the Past?
Dr Giuliano Bianchi | January 5, 2022
By Dr. Giuliano Bianchi The COVID-19 pandemic has drastically altered the world’s economic situation leading many economists to predict that it will have as significant an impact as the great depression of the 1930s. As such, many of the field’s fundamental principles must be reconsidered for the coming years, including several which received less attention in recent years since learnings from the Great Recession have superseded them. In order to properly educate students and managers about the relationship between economic theories and practical implications on the hospitality industry, such shifts must be incorporated into macroecono...
Coronavirus: What Impact on the Swiss Hotel Industry
Dr Giuliano Bianchi | February 12, 2020
Following the outbreak of the coronavirus there will inevitably be a shutdown of Chinese tourists. How bad is this for the Swiss tourism industry? Forecasting the Effects of Coronavirus on the Swiss Hotel Industry A novel coronavirus (formally known as 2019-nCoV) has sprung up over the last few weeks, with its epidemic center in Wuhan, the capital of Hubei province (China). Little is known about this virus, but we do know that has an incubation period of 2 to 14 days and a mortality rate of 2.07%, according to CNN. While urgent research is being carried out, authorities are taking steps to contain the spread of the virus by closing air traf...
