How will staycations and domestic travel lead GCC tourism recovery
It is crucial that hospitality companies provide future guests with peace of mind by implementing and virtually showcasing the stringent hygiene and deep cleaning procedures performed rigorously across their properties.
How can G20 drive forward the recovery response to the COVID-19 crisis?
WTTC praised the G20 for freezing the debt of the world’s poorest countries as a major step towards enabling them to bolster their health systems.
How will the UAE domestic tourism sector recover after COVID-19?
Since there is an implementation of social distancing and stay at home policy, families get excited about an unremarkable getaway.
Opinion: How COVID-19 is affecting the hospitality sector
According to Sidharth Mehta, partner, head of building, construction & real estate, KPMG Lower Gulf, COVID-19 is already having a significant downturn effect on the global and regional hospitality sector.
UNWTO’s 23 recommendations to revive tourism
The recommendations for action are the first comprehensive set of actions governments and private sector actors can take now and in the challenging months ahead.
WTTC urges G20 leaders to save the travel and tourism sector
Gloria Guevara, WTTC President & CEO, said: “The Coronavirus pandemic has put the sector in unprecedented danger of collapse, which is looking increasingly likely unless a global rescue package is agreed to bolster what has become the backbone of the global economy.”
The impact of the Coronavirus on the hospitality sector
Where are we now in the midst of this pandemic? What does the future have in store for the global economy? These are just two of many questions we’re all asking as COVID-19 slowly dismantles the international hospitality sector. As we wrestle with the challenges, our trusted consultants guide us...
Lebanese restaurants seeking incentives and exemptions to face COVID-19
According to Ramy, at this stage, it is absolutely imperative for the government to provide alternatives as liquidity shortage is known for a fact.
COVID-19: UNWTO calls for financial and political support to recover tourism losses
UNWTO expects that Asia and the Pacific will be the worst affected regions, with an anticipated fall in arrivals of nine to 12 percent.
Vision 2030: The Key to Saudi Arabia’s Tourism Success
KSA has moved to market itself as a global tourism destination with speed and ambition. Philip Wooller, area director, Middle East & Africa at STR, and speaker at the recent Saudi Arabia Hospitality Investment Conference in Riyadh, tracks the Kingdom’s achievements to date and plans for the future in an operating climate now facing unprecedented challenges.