pandemic recovery
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...
U.S. Road Trips Exceed Pre-Pandemic Levels for the First Time
Arrivalist | March 21, 2022
NEW YORK - March 21, 2022 - Despite rising gas prices and inflation, U.S. road trips have risen above pre-pandemic levels according to Arrivalist, the leading location intelligence platform in the travel industry. As spring break travel nears, for the first time in its two-year history, the 28-day rolling average of Arrivalist's Daily Travel Index peaked above 2019 levels. "We built the Daily Travel Index to help the industry track the pulse of travel's return," says Arrivalist founder and CEO Cree Lawson. "We created the product for a momentous day like today. Is this a tipping point? Can travel hold out? Ti...
Travel Leaders, U.S. Department of Commerce Conduct Roundtable on Business Travel Recovery
U.S. Travel Association | March 9, 2022
WASHINGTON — March 9, 2022 — The U.S. Travel Association today led a delegation of 11 travel industry leaders to the U.S. Department of Commerce for a discussion with U.S. Deputy Secretary of Commerce Don Graves focused on promoting safe business and professional travel in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and opportunities to help the travel and tourism sector fully and evenly recover. At the meeting, Graves voiced his support for the travel industry, saying the Commerce Department will bring “all tools to the table” to help overcome obstacles that remain to the normal resumption of business travel, both domestically and from abro...
Tourism Tidbits: With The Possible End of the Pandemic, It Is Time for Tourism to Help Travelers Make New and Pleasant Memories
Dr. Peter Tarlow | March 2, 2022
By Dr. Peter Tarlow As a special edition of Tourism Tidbits was published last week, this edition turns to other matters. Please pray for an end of the conflict in Europe and for peace not only in Europe but throughout the world. Although during the month of March much of the world is still deep in winter, there is the hope that the worst of the bitterly cold weather is now behind us. There is also the hope that potentially the tourism industry can go beyond all the hassles and lockdowns due to Covid-19 and return to a somewhat normal tourism industry. March is the month when tourism professionals need to remind themselves that th...
Postcards From the Galapagos Islands: Do the Fittest Really Survive?
Dr Peter Varga | January 10, 2022
By Dr. Peter Varga, Dr. Andrea Muñoz When thinking of the Galapagos Islands the first images that we may conjure up are of giant tortoises, marine iguanas, sharks, beautiful tropical beaches, and a laid-back lifestyle where troubles of the outside world are non-existent and one’s daily ‘responsibility’ is to swim with the dolphins. This could have been the case in the past, but not in 2020! The pandemic impact on the Galapagos Islands The Galapagos Islands form an archipelago located around 1,000km from continental Ecuador. It is the country’s most important tourism destination and one of the most attract...
Business Travel Spend Set to Reach Two Thirds of Pre-Pandemic Levels by 2022
WTTC | November 4, 2021
London, UK – November 4, 2021 – Worldwide business travel spending looks set to rise by more than a quarter this year and reach two thirds of pre-pandemic levels by 2022, according to the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC). The forecast comes in a major new WTTC report in collaboration with McKinsey & Company called ‘Adapting to Endemic Covid-19: The Outlook for Business Travel’. It draws on research, analysis and in-depth interviews with Travel & Tourism business leaders to enable organisations to prepare for corporate travel in the post-pandemic world. Business travel was disproportionately affected by COVID-...
What if Labor Shortage Is a Long-Term Threat to the Hospitality and Tourism Industry?
Linchi Kwok | September 27, 2021
By Linchi Kwok The U.S. economy finally shows signs of a strong recovery from the pandemic. Nevertheless, the surging delta variant cases, inflation, and the global supply chain disruption, among other concerns, add considerable uncertainty to the economic outlook. Notably, the hospitality and tourism industry is unlikely to recover any time soon. On the one hand, there is no real sense of recovery until people are traveling for business again. Yet, more companies have postponed the return-to-office plan and let employees continue working from home. On the other hand, the industry is facing an extreme labor shortage that slows do...
Tourism After Lockdown: Temperature Check on Travel
STR | August 4, 2021
The prospects for a swift tourism recovery have been dealt a blow in recent months as the Delta variant has spread rapidly across many parts of the world. While vaccination rates have continued growing in most developed countries, rising COVID-19 cases have forced some governments to reimpose restrictions or, at the very least, slow plans for reopening their economies. With summer holiday season now upon us, there are growing calls for proof of vaccination and continued uncertainties around travel guidance and requirements in many parts of the world. With this in mind, STR set out to examine current attitudes among global travelers. An ...
