Competition
Thailand launches COVID19 resource centre for events industryedit
Bio Spectrum Asia – Online
COVID19 includes government insight and measures on the status of the COVID19 infection in Thailand and worldwide, as well as online resources for organisers and visitors seeking to benefit from regular updates.
Dubai Continues to Engage with Indian Trade Partnersedit
Travel Trends Today – Online
The Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing (Dubai Tourism) is focused on assuring travelers and trade partners of the citys ability to not only receive guests safely and allow for a wellrounded destination experience; but also be able to ensure that the health and wellbeing of all communities within the city remains uncompromised.
Industry
ASEAN Agrees to Use visitseasia.travel Website as Official Platform for All Tourism and COVID19 Related Updatesedit
IT News Online – Online
The decision was reached following a proposal by current Chair of the ATTCT, Malaysia, to maximize a shared website of ASEAN tourism to disseminate COVID19 related updates during a Special Video Conference Meeting of the ASEAN Tourism Communication Team (ATCCT) on the Coronavirus Disease (COVID19) on June 4, 2020.
CII survey on business activity: Pent-up demand driving sales, but hurdles remainedit
The Economic Times – Online
Labour shortages, lack of public transport for workers, higher production and delivery costs and a liquidity crunch prevented a faster resumption of activity, the survey showed. A majority of those surveyed across India indicated a rise of more than 25% in production compared with levels during the lockdown. The sales pickup has also been in the same range with 31% respondents indicating 25-50% rise from the lockdown.
Virtual Reality Could Be Big Asset to Travel Companiesedit
Travel Pulse – Online
One of the things that emerged from the coronavirus pandemic – and the shutdown of almost all travel for the better part of three months – was virtual tours.
From whole cities to national parks to landmarks to museums, the ability to ‘tour’ somewhere helped keep travelers in touch with their wanderlust. Now that the world is slowly opening back up, one company says the idea of virtual reality (VR) should still play a role in the travel process.