Tag: COVID-19

April 6, 2021

Meetings and conferences generate big business for hotels. The pandemic made a big mess of that. On the rebound, hoteliers are eager to see that demand segment return. The arrival of COVID-19 vaccines – coupled with a societal eagerness to […]

April 1, 2021

Travel recovery finally appears to be well on its way, with a growing number of hotel markets experiencing week-to-week improvements in bookings and occupancy. Given the widespread success of vaccinations, expected to soon reach critical mass, combined with continued precautions […]

March 31, 2021

The devastating impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on global tourism has carried on into 2021, with new data showing an 87% fall in international tourist arrivals in January as compared to 2020. The outlook for the rest of the year […]

March 23, 2021

Airlines and others in the travel industry are throwing their support behind so-called vaccine passports to boost pandemic-depressed travel, and authorities in Europe could embrace the idea quickly enough for the peak summer vacation season. Technology companies and travel-related trade […]

March 12, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic has had an unprecedented impact on tourism to and within the United States. In 2020, overseas visitation to the United States declined 81% to its lowest level in 35 years, while the share of global travelers planning […]

March 10, 2021

You have planned a big online event. Now you need to market it and entice people to come to your event. A killer virtual event description is necessary to convince people to attend your event. Without this, no one will […]

February 8, 2021

Including a 100.6 percent decline in December, U.S. hotel profitability fell 84.6 percent in 2020, according to STR‘s latest monthly profit-and-loss data release. December gross operating profit per available room came in worse than any month since June in both […]

February 3, 2021

Alexandria, Virginia – The Global Business Travel Association (GBTA) – the world’s largest business travel association – released its annual BTI™ Outlook, a detailed analysis of business travel in 2020, with projections for 2021 and beyond. The BTI Outlook, now […]

February 2, 2021

OAKLAND, CALIF. – 2021 is bringing many changes to the way the hospitality industry operates, but not in ways we expected just a year ago. Like a sudden blackout, COVID-19 disrupted every aspect of modern life, and operators’ day-to-day lives […]

January 29, 2021

In the past year, the hospitality industry has undergone a significant transformation to adapt to the changing demands of guests. Hilton has been at the forefront of ensuring that as travel resumes, hotels are ready to welcome guests back in […]