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A Brighter Future for Colombia?
STR | October 11, 2021
Colombia’s accelerated vaccination rollout and lessened restrictions on eligibility pushed the country’s vaccination rate to 32.1% as of 22 September, according to Our World in Data. Is that growing vaccination rate helping improve hotel performance in this key South American country? The answer would seem to be, yes, but to a lesser extent for some areas of the country. As noted in one of our first articles regarding the early stages of Colombia’s recovery, the country’s hotel performance has been closely tied to the pandemic timeline. Most recently in August, Colombia’s hotel occupancy reached 48.8%, which was 76.9% of the 20...
Hotel Sales Teams: Two Sales Tasks You Can Do This Week to Get Ready for the Rebound
Doug Kennedy | March 31, 2020
By Doug Kennedy For most hotels in North America, the sales team is entering week three of the Covid19 disruption. The first week or so was just crazy, as salespeople from all market segments endured a frantic wave of cancelations and postponements. Just as that wave was starting to pass, most sales leaders had to make the difficult move of furloughing or laying off sales staff to pare down the payroll costs. As we begin week three, those who are still working are finding new challenges in taking over tasks usually done by support staff or colleagues from other departments who are now not available. Soon enough though, most salespeop...
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