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Creativity tapped to stretch leisure season past summer
Hoteliers in the U.S. would typically see business travel pick up in the fall, but now they are left strategizing ways to stretch the summer leisure season to offset the loss of corporate demand because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Travelers Cite Increasing Sense of Safety in Spite of COVID-19 Trends
Even as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to disrupt a return to workplaces, schools and sports arenas across the country, travelers report an increasing sense of safety with most types of travel activities in the most recent MMGY Travel Safety Barometer report.
Relief groups turn to hotels to shelter West Coast fire evacuees amid coronavirus pandemic
Fearing one disaster will feed another, relief groups are putting some people who fled their homes during the West Coast wildfires into hotels to reduce the spread of the coronavirus, stringing up shower curtains to separate people in group shelters and delivering box lunches instead of setting up buffets.
Article by Rebecca Boone and Sara Cline for USA Today
Social Distancing Technologies in Hotels: What Are Our Guests Telling Us?
The current COVID-19 pandemic has caused unprecedented challenges for many economic sectors. One of the most highly impacted industry by the pandemic is the hospitality industry.
Article by Agnes DeFranco and Cristian Morosan for Hotel News Resource
UNWTO Expects Domestic Tourism to Return Faster and Stronger Than International Travel
As restrictions on travel begin to ease globally, destinations around the world are focusing on growing domestic tourism, with many offering incentives to encourage people to explore their own countries.
Kimpton Pittman Hotel Opens in Historic Dallas Landmark
Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants has opened a new property in the Knights of Pythias Temple building, with help from Perkins+Will, Busta Studio and the Dallas Historical Society.
ICC and World Travel & Tourism Council Issue COVID-19 Restart Guide
The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) and the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) have published a set of recommendations for safely re-opening customer-facing businesses in the age of COVID-19.
Industry groups partner to encourage travel planning
In a bid to boost travel planning and bookings in the wake of the COVID-19 downturn, the U.S. travel industry has launched a united campaign to encourage people to start planning their next trips.
What recovery may look like for Caribbean, LatAm hotels
A slow but steady return of leisure travel and growing cooperation among competitors offers some hope to the hotel industry in the Caribbean and Latin America still struggling with the drop in demand brought about by the coronavirus pandemic.
The nation’s largest event exclusively for hotel owners, the 2023 AAHOA Convention & Trade Show brings together the who’s who of the hotelier's industry for networking, learning and connecting on the trade show floor.
Since 1997, the Canadian Hotel Investment Conference has established itself as the definitive source for information, insight and opinion on today's Canadian lodging market.
Join Skift as they gathers leaders from across hospitality for this two-day, in-person forum to discuss the future of accommodations, how consumers behavior is creating change across the industry, and the convergence of hotels and short-term rentals.