By Alice Sinia With travel grinding to a halt as a result of the COVID-19 outbreak, the hospitality industry knows first-hand the financial impacts of this global pandemic. As the country now focuses on reopening, pest…
OTEC’s Joe Baker compares hotel owners and managers to sports coaches. “Our athletes have been in an off-season world for the last 3 months. Before we can get them on the field performing at their peak during games,…
TORONTO — Reetu Gupta, president and CEO of both Easton’s Group of Hotels and The Gupta Group, shares some personal stories of how discrimination affected her father, herself and the origins of their companies.
Electrostatic Spray (ESS) Disinfection has been a wildly well received PR approach to delivering a safe, disinfected environment for guests for Marriott and other hotels. As the adage goes, “The devil is in the…
In response to requests for supply of PPE, Jason Cheskes has spent dozens of hours examining the marketplace to provide hoteliers with up-to-date solutions for these needs. Cheskes suggests operators consider placing…
This isn’t the first time the travel industry has suffered. Traditional travel agents have been in emergency mode many times during the last two decades or so. Frances Kiradjian of BLLA looks at how this could help our…
Once hotels start to resume operations, they may want to rethink service delivery, notes Peter Mitham. This could mean leveraging technology to limit face-to-face interactions with guests, or reducing seat counts in…
COVID-19 brings new threats to hotels. The low average daily rates caused by the virus tend to attract high-risk guests or those looking to exploit hoteliers. To stay protected during these uncertain times, it’s crucial…
In spite of the hardships around us all, Joe Baker of Centennial College has never before seen the kinds of unity he is seeing now. Industry and government messages are crystal clear – the tourism industry is vital to…
By David Eisenstadt and Carol Merry The rapid spread of the coronavirus have required that companies the world over quickly prepare communications strategies for their various stakeholder audiences, with a focus on…
