The Wanderlust Report

whitePaper | May 20, 2021

Forecasting is a decision-making tool that helps businesses cope with the impact of the future’s uncertainty by examining historical data and trends. Businesses across every industry need to forecast components of their operations, and that is particularly important, and challenging, in times of uncertainty. Actionable forecasts in the Travel and Hospitality industry bring particular value: how many guests will arrive and when, how to staff accordingly, adjusting inventory positions, modelling the impact of promotions/events on business performance, optimising pricing/revenue management, and projecting revenue/cash flow. Forecast too high and the business will be inefficient with resources: likely buying too much product, facing potential spoilage or waste, while also missing opportunities to invest capital elsewhere.

whitePaper | November 2, 2022

Travel & Tourism (T&T) has enjoyed immense success over the past seventy years. By driving economic growth, shaping communities and connecting people worldwide, the sector has unlocked countless social benefits.Having grown rapidly since the 1950s, T&T took off in the 2000s withii the advent of affordable international travel. Today, it accounts for around 10% of global GDP and up to 70% of GDP in some countries (see Figure 2).Not surprisingly, T&T is now considered strategically important, both nationally and internationally.

whitePaper | June 21, 2022

consumer trends, will chart the new age of travel. It is, therefore, imperative that the industry not only meets the ongoing requirements, but also anticipates its talent requirements for the future. By 2029, it is expected to account for about 53 million jobs.

whitePaper | December 16, 2019

The holiday season is quickly approaching, it’s essential that your destination or your hotel have the right Digital Marketing strategy guidelines laid out to boost engagement, visits and direct bookings.

whitePaper | July 8, 2022

after two long and challenging years, business travel is poised to return to its pre-pandemic highs ahead of schedule. At UATP, we’ve always been bullish on the rebound of the business travel. We have never believed that our industry could be replaced with Zoom meetings or Teams calls. Business is best conducted face-to-face – that’s just the best way to do it

whitePaper | November 1, 2019

The world of business travel expenses can be a minefield: keeping track of all those invoices and receipts, especially if they come in at different times from different suppliers, some by email, some printed, and some even written out by hand, can be a challenging and time consuming process. In order to sort through the paperwork and ensure your accounts add up, you need to not only keep organised, but have clear guidelines in place for to what you can and cannot expense, as well as any budget limits.