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Friday, Feb 19, 2021

Will the Hospitality and Travel Industry Recover in 2021?

*Spring will soon be here. People are celebrating the Lunar New Year. Do you see a brighter future in 2021?* Without a doubt, 2020 was a challenging year for most. Besides lockdowns, many companies le...

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Friday, Feb 19, 2021

Hilton Banking On “Resilient Business Model, Spirit Of Innovation” And “A Clear Purpose” To Overcome Pandemic

*HILTON* is confident that its “resilient business model, spirit of innovation” and “a clear purpose” will tide it through this challenging period. “Ultimately, we believe that will be this swift, res...

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Friday, Feb 19, 2021

Is hospitality ready to service the digitally savvy travel consumer?

Today’s typical online travel consumer – your past, current and future hotel guest - is exposed to more than 250,000 digital micro-moments a year, from social media interactions to messaging to quick ...

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Friday, Feb 19, 2021

As Bitcoin surges, will cryptocurrency become an accepted form of payment in travel?

The wild ride of Bitcoin has dominated headlines in recent weeks. The cryptocurrency’s value stands around $50,000 for one Bitcoin this week – compared to about $10,000 a year ago and around $400 five...

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Monday, Feb 15, 2021

David Curmi reflects on role as Air Malta Chief at airline’s ‘most difficult time ever’

*The ex MAPFRE MSV Life CEO says deciding to step down after 20 years was “a difficult decision”.* After 40 years in the insurance business, 20 years of which were spent at MAPFRE MSV Life, David Curm...

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Sunday, Feb 14, 2021

The Future of Travel in the Covid-19 Era

*What You Need To Know* We may not know much about when it will be safe to resume traveling internationally, or how soon after that countries will begin to lift travel restrictions. What we do know is...

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Sunday, Feb 14, 2021

MHRA REPORTS interviews Hon. Robert Arrigo

The tourism, travel and hospitality on-line talk show *MHRA REPORTS* will have as its’ next guest the *Hon. Robert Arrigo, shadow Minister for Tourism* in Malta.  *Andrew Agius Muscat* will engage wit...

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Saturday, Feb 13, 2021

The priority for workplaces in the new normal? Wellbeing

Businesses should treat wellbeing as a tangible skill, a critical business input and a measurable outcome. Forward-thinking companies will embrace wellbeing as an index of learnable actions and daily ...

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Saturday, Feb 13, 2021

MHRA and GħBA agrees to commence collaboration

The *Malta Hotels and Restaurants Association (MHRA) *and *Għaqda Bdiewa Attivi (GħBA)* are pleased to announce that a collaboration agreement have been struck between the two organizations. The MHRA...

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Friday, Feb 12, 2021

Employers cautiously welcome European Commission economic forecast and the adoption of the RFF

*The Employers' Group of the European Economic and Social Committee takes note of the encouraging economic projections released yesterday by the European Commission in the Winter forecast [1] and welc...

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Wednesday, Feb 10, 2021

The 1st MHRA REPORTS webinar discussed tourism, travel & hospitality sector.

The *Malta Hotels and Restaurants Association (MHRA)*, with the support of *Bank of Valletta* and *Deloitte*, hosted the first edition of *MHRA REPORTS, *which is a series of online discussion program...

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Friday, Feb 05, 2021

Webinar Programme - Tourism, Hospitality & Travel - Yesterday - Today - Tomorrow

Malta Hotels and Restaurants Association (MHRA)  published the Webinar programme details for* *the forthcoming* * MHRA BOV Deloitte  *Webinar Programme - Tourism, Hospitality & Travel - Yesterday - To...

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