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Saturday, Jan 16, 2021

Global Hospitality Insights in COVID-19 Times Webinars - Mental Health Issues

The hospitality industry faces overwhelming uncertainty and risks right now. The loss of a job and loss of stability increases a person’s risk to experience *Mental Health Issues *and they are at a mu...

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Friday, Jan 15, 2021

Vaccine Certificate - a solution for safe travel but cannot be seen as the only way to travel - MHRA

*The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Health, Hon Chris Fearne* has in the last few days been promoting in European Union circles, including EU Ministers of Health, European Centre for Disease P...

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Wednesday, Jan 13, 2021

How to spend a weekend in Malta - National Geographic

* Beyond its ancient history and melting-pot cuisine, Malta’s islands offer striking, sun-blessed coastlines for outdoor adventures. Here's how to plan the perfect long weekend on the Mediterranean ar...

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Tuesday, Jan 12, 2021

The Outlook of the European Aviation sector is not Rosy

*While the aviation sector was hit hard all over the world, it seems that European companies were affected the most. According to the latest data, Europe lost more than half of its airline seat capaci...

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Tuesday, Jan 12, 2021

How to benefit from TikTok in Tourism Marketing

* Up to 60 seconds long videos, underlaid with music and spiced up with graphic effects. This is how TikTok users present themselves to their audience on this social media platform which is gaining im...

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Monday, Jan 04, 2021

UNWTO will accelerate tourism in the Middle East with Google

The* United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO)* in partnership with *Google* hosted their second edition of the global *Tourism Acceleration Program* in the Middle East region, a program desig...

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Monday, Dec 28, 2020

The Vaccine is our way out of the Pandemic - MHRA

*MHRA welcomes the arrival of the* *COVID-19 vaccine in Malta* and the first vaccination which was administered to Ms. Rachel Grech, a Mater Dei Nurse. It is anticipated that by June 2021 the whole po...

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Saturday, Dec 19, 2020

The rise of nomadism and how travel and hospitality are responding

*“The question you should be asking isn’t, “What do I want?” or “What are my goals?” but “What would excite me?”  Tim Ferriss* Like the overall theme in Tim Ferriss’s best seller “The 4 Hour Work Week...

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Thursday, Dec 17, 2020

Tourism Back to 1990 Levels as Arrivals Fall by More than 70%

* International arrivals fell by 72% over the first ten months of 2020, with restrictions on travel, low consumer confidence and a global struggle to contain the COVID-19 virus, all contributing to th...

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Wednesday, Dec 16, 2020

Newly proposed EU platform rules can support digitalization of European hospitality SMEs

As the European umbrella organisation for hotels, bars, cafés and restaurants in Europe, HOTREC believes that the Digital Services and Markets Acts, presented on 15 December by the European Commission...

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Wednesday, Dec 16, 2020

Government to draft strategy for tourism sector for the next ten years

The Government will be drafting a strategy for the tourism sector to cover the next ten years. In a meeting with the Malta Hotels and Restaurants Association, MHRA, Tourism Minister Clayton Bartolo di...

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