GERMAN TOURISM REGIONS EXPECT A GOOD EASTER TURNOVER

Nils Kraus -
Easter marks the beginning of the travel season for German tourism. People visit relatives or go on vacation. After two years of Corona pandemic, hotels and restaurants in Germany hope that as many gu ...

THE END OF THE WORLD TOURISM FORUM LUCERNE

Andrew J. Wein -
Since 2008, the World Tourism Forum Lucerne (WTFL) has been a permanent fixture in the annual tourism calendar, and over the years has been able to welcome important personalities in its own, ever-exp ...

CHINESE TOURISM: NOT LIKELY TO RECOVER THIS YEAR

Larry Brain -
In 2021, global tourism had 448 million tourists and $637 billion in spending, a third of the pre-Covid level. In perspective, the volume of global tourism is now equivalent to that of the 1990s in te ...

HOW THE TRAVEL INDUSTRY WILL CHANGE AS THE METAVERSE GROWS

Laura Maudlin -
If you’ve been online recently, you’ll have heard big things about the rise of the metaverse: a fully immersive VR world in which you can connect and interact with real people. ...

HOSPITALITY ROBOTS: ANY CHANCE OF RESURRECTING THEM?

Richard Moor -
A few years ago, some robots were introduced as revolutionary in the hospitality industry. Most of the robots used in the industry were designed for "public relations", only to greet and inform lost o ...