The hotel industry rebounded slightly after two weeks of declines, gaining nearly a percentage point in occupancy during the week ending 6 November. The uptick was expected given that history shows a similar pattern after a Halloween Sunday.
To reach the next phase of performance recovery, the hotel industry needs business travel and groups to return in a big way. There have been early signs of that return in the U.S., and fortunately, the latest data for Europe indicates a similar return may be on the way. In-person conferences and events are slowly taking place across Europe as international restrictions continue to ease, such as the long-awaited end to the U.K. amber list on 4 October.
Despite a strong summer rebound, international tourist arrivals to Europe are forecast to be 60% below 2019 by the end of 2021 - European tourist arrivals were still down 77% half-way through the year relative to 2019
AAA predicts more than 53.4 million people expected to travel, the highest single-year increase since 2005
Corporate travel in the Middle East and Asia Pacific set to lead the way with fastest recovery
The agencies continue to provide the travel and tourism industries with insights from their nationwide marketing research on the evolving impact of the pandemic on leisure travel
How has the pandemic changed Americans and their relationship to travel? Different affinities to wellness and work, travel that is more sustainable and more about connection with friends and family. As we move forward, it is also clear travel advertising has the opportunity to be much more inclusive.
Europe Travel & Tourism sector lags global recovery
A happy ending is in sight to the Big Apple’s hotel industry catastrophe - just wait until 2026!
New research from the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) reveals the Middle Eastern Travel & Tourism sector should grow by 27.1% this year, slightly behind the global average of 30.7%.
Every country around the world has had to work through significant challenges since the start of the pandemic in 2020. For Chile, challenges were nothing new as protests that began in October 2019 were already affecting hotel performance around the country. The pandemic and those protests are still ongoing late into 2021, but Chile’s hotels are slowly but surely moving toward performance recovery.
The launch of the Phuket Sandbox on July 1, 2021, is an important step on the road to recovery from COVID-19 and a measure that many other destinations in the Asia-Pacific region could soon mimic. In conjunction with HotStats, HAMA AP has conducted a preliminary analysis of performance in the first two months of the Sandbox operation.
Premier Inn owner Whitbread has said it will pay millions in wage rises and bonuses to try to combat what it calls persistent staff shortages.
High testing costs and continued travel restrictions hinder accessibility of travel and create elitist system - With only 34% of world population fully vaccinated, immunisation inequality threatens economic recovery
The Caribbean’s Travel & Tourism sector is recovering at a faster rate than any other region in the world, with its contribution to GDP expected to rise more than 47% this year, compared to just 30.7% globally, reveals new research from the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC).
Sector’s contribution to GDP and jobs are set to reach pre-pandemic levels by end of 2022
UK closest to global benchmark since March
Canadian and Mexican Borders Slated To Welcome Travelers on Nov. 8
HVS was joined by 60 delegates in person and at least another 300 online for the latest in their series of webinars on the preparation for the industry as it emerges into the post-pandemic world.
Americans’ travel marketability continues to gradually recover from the Delta-variant damage but travelers are feeling more financial stress lately and some uncertainty about vaccine protection. Meanwhile, the reopening of the U.S. border to vaccinated international visitors is generating excitement for travel. And with the rash of poorly-behaved passenger incidents on airplanes lately, the concept of a national no-fly list of trouble-making passengers enjoys wide consumer support.
International visitor spend looks set to plunge by almost 50% on 2020 figures, making the UK one of the worst performing countries in the world 2022 performance could be better but still hangs in the balance
PwC Consumer Sentiment Survey - Autumn 2021
Early evidence shows that despite the delta variant and still-high cases of infection in the U.S., Americans are planning to continue to travel from now to the end of the year.
With travel demand expected to return slowly, TUI is turning to alternative markets such as the growing trend for a combined travel and remote working experience as it launches a new ‘workation’ package in a bid to become a leading provider of this new travel service, says GlobalData.