2019. As we lived through it – it did not seem to be remarkable. Travel and tourism executives and pundits were optimistic as there were increases in people leaving their zip codes and out shopping for new travel experiences. One industry event that did not appear to be out of the normal range of actions […]
Guardian of Italian Luxury: Lust not Love
I was recently asked what I would buy with my lottery winnings (should I be so lucky) if real estate, yachts, and airplanes were not allowed. My thoughts immediately turned to Italian luxury fashion, fixtures, furniture, and experiences (including wine, spirits, and travel). Italy is at the head of the line in the highly competitive […]
Hospitality industry offers a roadmap to hospital and ER services
Can you survive in an ER orHospitals in New York? Dr. Elinor Garely has gotten sick in Mexico, parts of Africa, Italy, and the Caribbean – and survived! The experience of Hospital ER services in New York is un-American and inhuman. Having recently experienced ER departments and in-patient medical services in Manhattan, she was not sure if […]
Tourism in a Time of Chaos
Chaos Theory Chaos is a term used to describe the world when nothing makes sense; when 2+2 does not equal 4, leaving us completely and totally confused. Sometimes the “butterfly effect” is used to explain the phenomenon: the idea is that the flapping of a butterfly’s wings in Argentina could cause a tornado in Texas […]
Is Tourism open or closed? Your fault or their failure?
Is Recovery Doable? The elected and appointed men and women working in Washington, DC, spend most of their time pointing fingers at each other, creating mayhem, dissention, confusion and ultimately disasters, wrecking (perhaps destroying) the world economy. One of the biggest losers in this “He said. She said” fiasco is the tourism industry and its […]
Hotel Management, COVID-19, Government/Politics and You
COVID-19 has become our worst nightmare or our brightest star, it all depends on the part of the economy you call home. If your revenue stream relies on success in the hotel, travel and tourism industries, you may be seriously disappointed. Beginning in January 2020, this virus changed segments of the economy that are unlikely to fully […]
Tourism Will Reboot When Industry Faces COVID-19 Reality
Invisible But Deadly: COVID-19 When you can see it, there is no challenge to keeping surfaces clean and sanitized. Find dark particles on the desk top from construction, dust bunnies hiding in corners that escaped the vacuum, cobwebs on windows that have not been opened in weeks, wine stains on the rug from the party […]
Hotels and Travel Reimagined. Better? Perhaps. Certainly Different!
“You never want a serious crisis to go to waste” Rahm Emanuel (American politician: adviser to U.S. President Bill Clinton; U.S. President Barack Obama, and former Mayor of Chicago). If not better, hotels and travel reimagined are easily different. Not Same Same Dr. Eran Avraham, left, and Dr. Izaak Cohen from Bar-Ilan University walk through […]
Air in Hotels Can still be Deadly after Deep Cleaning
Marriott, Hyatt, IHG, Hilton, Wyndham, Corinthia Hotels, and Resorts are getting ready to reopen after the COVID-19 lockdown. Sore already reopened. Trust me, management says when it comes to safety, resilience and cleanness. Can The Air We Breathe still be Deadly? Marriott, Hyatt, IHG, Hilton, Wyndham, Corinthia Hotels and Resorts are getting ready to reopen or are already […]
Hotel rooms define the guest experience
Edward Hopper, Hotel Room, 1931 A hotel room can be a very lonely place if the interior design, including the furniture, fixtures, walls/floor coverings, and window treatments are less than wonderful. All too frequently it is depressing to check-in to a hotel, pass through the registration process, scan the keycard to open to the door, […]