Resilience

April 28, 2021April 27, 2021

Insights that the travel sector should take from ‘Seaspiracy’

Blog, Resilience and Recovery, Responsible Tourism, Travel Industry

Although as an industry we may be focussed on more current crises like COVID, for which we are coming up with innovative solutions already, we must not ... Read more

February 26, 2021February 26, 2021

Tourism’s recovery plan for 2021

Blog, Resilience and Recovery, Travel Industry

The Roadmap out of coronavirus, unveiled by Prime Minister Boris Johnson, prompted the rush to book, with consumers understandably wishing to have a holiday to look forward ... Read more

February 12, 2021February 15, 2021

How to Include Casual Travellers in Tourism’s Recovery Process

Blog, Resilience and Recovery, Travel Industry

Casual travellers are the backbone of the tourism industry, and they shouldn’t be left behind in developing plans for recovery. ... Read more

February 11, 2021February 9, 2021

Can tourism help us rethink nature’s value?

Blog, Resilience and Recovery

Our relationship with nature is so broken that we need to write laws to protect our ‘peaceful enjoyment’. We are so unable to appreciate the real value ... Read more

January 11, 2021January 11, 2021

Five strategies you need for your travel business in 2021

Blog, Resilience, Resilience and Recovery, Travel Industry

As we begin the New Year in a UK-wide lockdown, where they’re might be jetting off to next is likely far from consumers’ minds. But as the ... Read more

November 13, 2020November 12, 2020

Making connections at WTM Virtual

Blog, Resilience and Recovery

For the last eight years I have been to every single session of the responsible tourism programme at World Travel Market. ... Read more

October 29, 2020October 29, 2020

The long run evolution of aviation activity following COVID-19

Aviation, Blog, Resilience and Recovery

Airlines’ business models, technology developments, new products and services, sustainability approaches… discover some of the factors that will shape and transform the global aviation industry after COVID-19. ... Read more

September 1, 2020September 7, 2020

Which trends should guide tourism’s recovery?

Blog, Resilience and Recovery, Responsible Tourism

As we imagine our new place in the world, how might such trends change the world? How should they influence our planning? Are we trying to build ... Read more

August 28, 2020August 28, 2020

Join the UK travel industry’s fight to #SaveTravel

Blog, Resilience and Recovery

The #SaveTravel campaign seeks to make the UK government recognise and respond to the unique challenge facing travel companies large and small. ... Read more

August 20, 2020August 19, 2020

Travel Talk and Insight: Adventure Tourism Post-COVID and Beyond

Adventure, Blog, Resilience and Recovery

To help us navigate the terrain of adventure tourism post-COVID, I sat down with a legit adventurer, CEO and Tour Manager of Outdoor Activities in Romania, Mr. ... Read more

August 4, 2020August 26, 2020

Will 2020 define the future of tourism?

Blog, Resilience and Recovery, Responsible Tourism

Cut emissions in half by 2030. This is what defines the future of tourism. Not what tourism looks like in 2020, but what it needs to look like in ten ... Read more

July 27, 2020August 19, 2020

Will video be vital in getting people to trust in the cleanliness and hygiene provisions for booking a holiday?

Blog, Hospitality, Resilience and Recovery

A growing number of travel and tourism companies are turning to video to get their safety and hygiene messages across. ... Read more

June 28, 2020August 17, 2020

Seven Points for Tourism Management Organizations to Consider as the Industry Recovers

Blog, Resilience and Recovery

The WTA’s Nine-Point List of Assets & Attributes for Wellness Destinations, along with how each point might apply to any geographic destination as the industry recovers, is ... Read more

June 24, 2020November 18, 2020

World Tourism Cities Federation: Case Experience Sharing on Restarting Urban Tourism after the COVID-19 Pandemic

Arabian Travel Market, Blog, Destinations, Resilience and Recovery

The global COVID-19 pandemic has severely hit the healthy and sustainable development of world tourism. How to support the recovery of tourism market after the pandemic is ... Read more

June 19, 2020August 17, 2020

Stringent hotel protocols unveiled as hospitality industry re-opens

Blog, Hospitality, Luxury, Resilience and Recovery

Cleanliness is the new godliness. This is the path that the hospitality sector is headed as major hotels chains and resorts make their re-opening plans known. ... Read more

June 15, 2020October 13, 2020

Domestic tourism to the rescue

Blog, Resilience and Recovery, Responsible Tourism Spotlight, Travel Industry

As international travel comes to a standstill with closed borders and struggling airlines, experts around the world are looking up to domestic travel as a means to ... Read more

June 4, 2020August 14, 2020

I have glimpsed the future of tourism – and it’s not at all bad

Blog, Resilience and Recovery

Tourism and travel employs one in 10 of the world’s working population and is estimated to be worth a staggering US$8.9 trillion – that’s 10.3 per cent ... Read more

May 26, 2020August 13, 2020

New travel initiative is shining a light on travel companies helping during COVID-19

Blog, Resilience and Recovery

A newly launched initiative is shining a light on those travel companies helping during the COIVD-19 outbreak. ... Read more

May 18, 2020August 13, 2020

The Cruise Industry Feels the Brunt of the Coronavirus-led Travel Shutdown

Blog, Resilience and Recovery

Travel bans imposed across the globe, hundreds of thousands of flight cancellations, thousands of cancelled cruise voyages and port closures have led to a sharp drop in ... Read more

May 11, 2020September 30, 2020

How do we redesign tourism for a sustainable future?

Blog, Resilience and Recovery, Responsible Tourism

As we look at ways to achieve a sustainable future for tourism, we should ask what tourism can do to support a sustainable future. How can we ... Read more

April 27, 2020August 13, 2020

How can we ensure tourism’s recovery benefits those that most need it?

Blog, Resilience and Recovery, Responsible Tourism

Recent tourism initiatives and campaigns give me hope that the industry’s recovery can be marked by the same generosity and resilience that has been shown through the ... Read more

April 22, 2020May 29, 2020

Webinar – Developing resilience in the face of Covid 19

Video

The Global Travel & Tourism Resilience Council has partnered with World Travel Market to provide the travel industry with insights and thought leadership during this time of ... Read more

April 6, 2020August 13, 2020

Eight things the hotel industry can do to aid revenue recovery

Blog, Hospitality, Resilience and Recovery

Hotels have been attempting to mitigate lowering the rates and putting new measures in place with an aim to revive the hotel industry and contribute to revenue ... Read more

March 25, 2020August 13, 2020

Finding resilience in travel Industry – despite COVID-19

Blog, Resilience and Recovery

The Global Travel & Tourism Resilience Council has partnered with World Travel Market to provide the travel industry with insights and thought leadership during this time of ... Read more

January 4, 2016September 18, 2017

Business as Usual and the need for Resilience

Carbon & Water, Responsible Tourism

The last couple of months have seen dramatic weather events in all parts of the globe. Bush fires in Australia, flooding in India, Sri Lanka, Uruguay, Honduras, ... Read more