According to ForwardKeys, the travel setback caused by the Coronavirus outbreak has now spread beyond China, with other parts of the Asia Pacific region experiencing a 10.5% slowdown in outbound travel bookings for March and April, excluding trips to and from China and Hong Kong.
How Coronavirus is impacting hospitality across Asia
Chinese outbound traveler numbers have taken a hard it, but there is also a drop in global business travelers who are holding off travel to Asia. What can hoteliers do?
Centara responds to pandemic with enhanced safety measures
Enhanced training, expanded sanitization programs designed to prevent coronavirus transmission.
China tourist attractions closed
China tourist attractions temporarily closed, as the government encourages tourists, even the most ambitious ones, to stay home for now.
Coronavirus: Occupancy falls 75% over 2 weeks
Preliminary data and analysis from STR shows a hotel occupancy decline of 75% in Mainland China from 14-26 January 2020. Performance during the Chinese New Year holiday period was significantly worsened by the outbreak of novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV).
Out now – Hotel Staff Briefing: Coronavirus
In collaboration with Sky Touch Global, we’ve created a Staff Briefing Paper to outline some facts about 2019-nCoV (novel coronavirus) and provide some guidance on how to respond quickly to this health emergency and take the preventative steps to protect your guests, staff and business.
How to protect your hotel guests and staff from Coronavirus
Hotel operators should respond quickly and start introducing preventive measures including infection prevention, awareness raising and risk communication.
