Author: Dr. Elinor Garely - special to eTN
Tourism will flourish: thanks to forgetfulness
Is the ability to forget the key to bringing back tourism? It is no secret that crises can severely affect ... Read More
Tourism and Pandemics: Do They Coexist?
What makes COVID-19 different from previous diseases in the speed and reach of the virus and the extent of the ... Read More
Caribbean: Flaws in Paradise
“If you reject the food, ignore the customs, fear the religion, and avoid the people, you might better stay home.” ... Read More
Beach Tourism Unmasked: COVID-19
Tourism is an economic engine for many countries, and it has grown exponentially since the 1970s when less than 200 ... Read More
Ignorance, COVID-19 and Tourism
It is convenient to claim that the tourism industry has been brought to its knees because of COVID-19; however, the ... Read More
Airplanes: Part of the COVID-19 Problem
Since the beginning of COVID-19, many people have stopped flying! Why? The reasons are multiple and complex. Business travel has ... Read More
Truth or Dare in Travel and Tourism: Trust – the Final Frontier
Lies are like candies in a candy store, they come in various colors and sizes and offer different experiences. Some ... Read More
Truth or Dare in Travel and Tourism: Ethics and Lies
Lies are like candies in a candy store, they come in various colors and sizes and offer different experiences. Today, ... Read More
Truth or Dare in Travel and Tourism
Lies are like candies in a candy store - they come in various colors and sizes and offer different experiences. ... Read More
Tourism Impasse: Cannot Stop or Go
The hotel, travel and tourism industry contributed to the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, most notably cruise lines and airlines; ... Read More
Tourism in a Time of Chaos
Chaos Theory Chaos is a term used to describe the world when nothing makes sense; when 2+2 does not equal ... Read More
Cruise Industry Flunks Safety Tests
Seasick A recent study of the global cruise industry and tourism crises revealed a systematic failure within the industry to ... Read More
Is Tourism open or closed? Your fault or their failure?
Is Recovery Doable? The elected and appointed men and women working in Washington, DC, spend most of their time pointing ... Read More
Hotel Management, COVID-19, Government/Politics and You
COVID-19 has become our worst nightmare or our brightest star, it all depends on the part of the economy you ... Read More
Governments Stick It to Hotel, Travel and Tourism Industries
The hotel, travel and tourism industries have been hammered by COVID-19. As strategic partners in the tourism paradigm, hotel executives ... Read More
Does Crime Take a Holiday?
Watching more TV news than ever? Thinking the country is overrun with bad guys looting and destroying storefronts? Thanks to ... Read More
Sea Sick: Is Cruising Still a Happy Business?
The cruise industry before COVID-19 generated $134 billion in travel and tourism revenue prompting the Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) ... Read More
Will meetings return? Can hotels really open safely?… Or should we stay home?
Tourism Encounters a New Paradigm Up to, and including the beginning of 2020, many professionals in the hotel, travel, and ... Read More
Why Tourism is part of the COVID-19 Problem?
COVID-19 appeared first on the Chinese radar screen at the end of December 2019 and became part of the global ... Read More
Covid 19 Dining Out Becomes a Dilemma
Life BC (Before Covid 19) Before Covid 19 dining out was a no-brainer; grabbing a pizza or making a reservation at ... Read More
Getting Beyond COVID-19: Press Releases are Not the Answer
Barriers to a reboot of the hotel, travel and tourism industry grow daily. Why? Perhaps the industry cannot gain traction ... Read More
Tourism Will Reboot When Industry Faces COVID-19 Reality
Invisible But Deadly: COVID-19 When you can see it, there is no challenge to keeping surfaces clean and sanitized. Find ... Read More
If Living is a Priority, Should You Cruise?
Although it is hard for me to believe, each and every year approximately 30 million people spend time and a ... Read More
Hotels and Airlines Claim Deep Cleaning: What Does It Mean?
Generation Clean We have gone through Baby Boomers, Generation X, and the Millennials; now the marketing focus is on deep ... Read More
Hotels and Travel Reimagined. Better? Perhaps. Certainly Different!
“You never want a serious crisis to go to waste” Rahm Emanuel (American politician: adviser to U.S. President Bill Clinton; ... Read More
Air in Hotels Can still be Deadly after Deep Cleaning
Marriott, Hyatt, IHG, Hilton, Wyndham, Corinthia Hotels, and Resorts are getting ready to reopen after the COVID-19 lockdown. Sore already ... Read More
WHO Has the Right Person for the Job
WHO Impacts My Life I developed a tiny cough over the weekend (although I have not wandered beyond the confines ... Read More
Donald Trump: How do I make him go away?
It is almost 4 years since The Donald left Manhattan and took up residency in Washington, DC. As a New ... Read More
In the Time of President Trump: Recognition of the Decider-in- Chief
It appears, in the short term, that decisions made by the men and women working at the White House have ... Read More
Should all Makeup be Halal Cosmetics?
It was not until I was meandering down the Javits aisle at the recent In-Cosmetics event that I even thought ... Read More
What to Wear When How
Many knew there were rules and guidelines for women executives that extended beyond the roles of leaders and managers. We ... Read More
Leading Israel in New York: Dani Dayan, Consul General
Have you wondered who represents the State of Israel in New York? The current Consul General is the Honorable Dani ... Read More
Tiffany Is On My 2020 Travel Schedule
My international travel plans for 2020 will include visits to all the Tiffany shops on the planet. This is going ... Read More
Hotel rooms define the guest experience
Edward Hopper, Hotel Room, 1931 A hotel room can be a very lonely place if the interior design, including the ... Read More
Sardinia: A lifestyle destination
On LinkedIn, I noticed an opportunity for travel writers to join a group to visit Olbia. I immediately replied, expressing ... Read More
Truth on trial
The New York Chapter of The Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) recently considered TRUTH and put it on trial. ... Read More