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The Long Awaited Road to Recovery: Hotels, Airlines, and Consumers in Our Transitional Reality

August 3, 2021

The travel industry is finally on its long-awaited road to recovery — U.S. travel restrictions are easing for vaccinated individuals and international travel is resuming in higher numbers. While leisure travel intent for this summer looks promising, less than one-third of travelers have solidified travel plans by booking their full trips.

Uncertainty surrounding vaccine coverage, infection rates in various areas, and quarantine mandates continue to keep prospective travelers vigilant. With a slew of trips still not fully booked, hotels and airlines can tailor their strategies to consumers’ preferences to influence their decisions.

This white paper explores what recovery looks like for the hotel and airline sectors, analyzes consumer trends and how to increase their comfort in travel, and examines the post-pandemic staffing situation in the travel industry.

Readers will also learn about:

Consumers’ travel budget plans
Why digital nomads are a lucrative market
How Salesforce can assist with mitigating staff shortages and scheduling
Features travelers appreciate in public and private lodging accommodations

Spotlight

Aranwa Hotels Resorts & Spas

Aranwa Hotels Resorts & Spas is a collection of hotels that offers the most attractive destination guide in Peru. The perfect combination of culture and wellness, as well as the most authentic experiences in terms of spas, hospitality and tourist services of the highest quality, are found in each of our hotels. “Aranwa” in Quechua means “legend”. A word that captures history and myth, charm and mystery, the beauty of nature and the sophistication of modernity, all these sensations that our guests can experience in a unique way in our hotels.Within the collection, each hotel is different; In this way, guests enjoy the best of each tourist destination with the unique distinctive touch of Aranwa that invites them to discover, enjoy and rest. In October 2008, the first hotel, Aranwa Sacred Valley Hotel & Wellness, was inaugurated, located in the Urubamba Valley, on the banks of the Vilcanota River

OTHER WHITEPAPERS

2022 Deloitte travel outlook

whitePaper | June 1, 2022

As travel moves toward recovery, new forces will shape its futureThe COVID-19 pandemic disrupted several industries, but travel fell particularly hard and fast. US air passenger volume plummeted by more than 90% in March 20201and in April 2020 U.S. hotel occupancy dove to 25%.2 Travel showed its resilience when relief arrived in the form of vaccines. Pent-up demand surfaced quickly; Americans’ intent to make bookings doubled across most travel categories from February to September 2021.

Reimagining Tourism in the Era of the Metaverse

whitePaper | December 6, 2022

The tourism industry, with travel and hospitality as two of its major components, is no longer the same as it was. Consumer behaviors toward tourism have significantly changed, influenced by the desire for safety and social contact and the accelerated shift to digital. Travel planning now happens with just a few clicks — from selecting a travel location and checking safety protocols to receiving information on flights and lodgings. For businesses, this means tougher asks from customers and greater competition for wallet share, especially as digital evens out the playing field between small and large companies.

Concept of Operations for Uncrewed Urban Air Mobility

whitePaper | September 30, 2022

a Concept of Operations (ConOps) for uncrewed, passenger carrying, urban air mobility (UAM) operations involving highly-automated, electric aircraft. While the concept is presented within the context of the United States national airspace system (NAS), it is intended to provide a blueprint for such operations globally. This ConOps is intended to facilitate stakeholder engagement, concept maturation, and ultimately industry consensus for how to enable such operation

Restarting Permissible Business Travel

whitePaper | May 24, 2021

Optimism is growing for a return to business travel. 79% of Travel Managers and GBTA members say they would be “very comfortable” or “comfortable” traveling after receiving the COVID-19 vaccine. 55% of Travel Managers say business travelers are “willing” or “very willing” to travel for business, up from 49% at the start of 2021. To help you lead the restart of business travel for your organization, here are 7 key steps to consider.

Maximizing revenue across the traveler’s journey

whitePaper | January 22, 2020

The travel technology world is thriving, with a considerable amount of innovation occurring in Ireland. To highlight this, Enterprise Ireland, the trade and development agency of the Irish government, commissioned Atmosphere Research Group, an independent and objective travel industry market research firm, to prepare this Thought Leadership Paper. Atmosphere Research interviewed 10 of Enterprise Ireland’s portfolio companies, forming our own opinions about each firm. The report also includes data from Atmosphere’s proprietary studies of travelers in five countries that Enterprise Ireland selected:

HARMONISING AIR TRAVEL

whitePaper | May 4, 2022

As we begin to imagine a post-COVID reality, the imperative is to attract once again the millions of people now discouraged from booking flights as a result of confusion over travel requirements, and also to ensure as an industry we are prepared for future health crise The Harmonising Air Travel White Paper is ambitious and far sighted, and was created in consultation with a broad range of aviation stakeholders.

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The Long Awaited Road to Recovery: Hotels, Airlines, and Consumers in Our Transitional Reality