Airbnb… friend or foe?

Historically there has been one hospitality contender in tourism and that has been the formal hotel industry sector but that is now changing with the more affordable alternatives in the informal short term rental sector.  These are making huge inroads into the accommodation environment.  Not to discount other booking platforms, but Airbnb is fast attracting …

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AUTUMN OVERTURES… TIME for TRAVEL?

AUTUMN OVERTURES… TIME FOR TRAVEL?? Plan yesterday! Act today! Reflect tomorrow! Memories time-immemorial! Just like Sleeping Beauty, the world is starting to wake up! Except it’s two years of being “travel asleep”, not one hundred!  Thank goodness.  Now is the time to make up for lost time! Get up, get going, get out! We are …

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PAST… PRESENT… FUTURE

REFLECTION!!For travel, tourism and hospitality as a whole, 2021 has probably been more difficult than 2020 was. Many businesses, if my own experience is to be considered, managed to negotiate 2020 with the help of savings and some government funding and support, such as TERS savings etc, but come 2021, all those sources of funding …

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