Friday 10 July, 2020
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ENGAGE webinar review: Travel buyers
v travel sellers, who wins?
The first in a fortnightly series of ENGAGE webinars for travel buyers and suppliers of accommodation to corporate travellers was hosted yesterday, by Mark Harris of the
Travel Intelligence Network.
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• A trip to London earlier this week really brought it home to me how hard the hospitality and travel sectors have been - and continue to be - hit by the effect of the pandemic.
The trains were empty, the roads were very quiet, the streets were subdued and the atmosphere
was very surreal indeed. I was in town to interview hoteliers for our sister site Boutique Hotel News, and was full of admiration for those who have been brave enough to open while the city, and
indeed the UK as a whole, has effectively been closed for business, particularly where overseas visitors are concerned.
There is a school of thought that leisure travel will recover much faster than business travel when restrictions are finally lifted to all countries. But the serviced apartment sector is dependent on corporate clients for much of its demand, and the planning for recovery needs to start now.
There were some interesting, and indeed encouraging, thoughts from the panellists on our first ENGAGE webinar for travel buyers and providers yesterday. Hotelier and developer Tony Mathuru called for more cooperation across the sector, while travel buyer Linda Anderson of Beazley Group expressed cautious optimism, saying: “Initially people will be anxious to resume travelling, they will have reservations, particularly about international travel. I think it will come back quickly when it starts, but the first trip will be a difficult one for many people.”
Click here to read a review of the webinar and to see a recording, and click here to see my colleague Piers Brown's thoughts about the need for London and UK cities to hastily open up for business.
• Don't forget to register for the next in our Urban Living webinar series, which takes place on July 15th, at 14:00 BST when we will be discussing the hotelisation of real estate.
Joining me for the discussion will be:
• Giles Horwitch-Smith, managing director, Res:harmonics
• Hans Meyer, co-founder, managing director, Zoku (tbc)
• Brett Million, strategic partnerships director, NewFlex
• Benjamin Oeckl, CEO, BelForm
• Jacob Wedderburn Day, CEO and co-founder Stasher
Click here to register for the no cost webinar.
Future topics include:
• Wednesday July 22nd: Student housing/Build-to-Rent: developers changing the game with technology
• Wednesday July 29th: Distribution disruption: will the OTAs bounce back?
• Wednesday August 12th: Money v meaning (social purpose)
• Wednesday August 26th: Placemaking and working with the community
The next ENGAGE webinar will take place on Thursday 23rd July, at 11.00am BST, and is titled Has video killed the meetings star? Video conferencing has become the norm, but with lockdown gradually easing, what does the future hold for the meetings sector? Click here to find out more and register.
If you are interested in being a guest speaker in any of the webinars, please contact george@internationalhositality.media
George Sell, editor
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