New Normal Now (NNN) - Ready Or Not? The A to Z!

Originally posted on 19 October 2020 (Without Prejudice)

Angst - Of the uncertainty.

Belly up - Hotels shutting their doors.

Cost - Still too many staff on reduced salary.

Demand - Down to a trickle from foreign tourist.

Expenses - Eagle eyed by hotel owners more than previously.

Finance - Keys being handed back to lenders.

Global - We are not alone in this.

Hospitality - Not one sector spared.

Increase - Positive cases each and every day.

Jobs - Scarcity in hospitality industry.

Kick start - Rebuild rural tourism.

Long - For domestic and regional tourist.

Mentality - New Normal Now (NNN).

Nepotism - Rears it's ugly head.

Occupancy - On negative ground.

Profits - Plummeted by > half and more.

Quest - Still search for a vaccine.

RevPar - Escalated importance in budgeting.

Sanitize - Key word for travelers globally.

Travelers - Seeking staycations and rural destinations.

Unilateral - Government policies remain complicated.

Volume - Air travel down by 60% plus.

W - Who? When? What? Where? Why?

Xenophobia - Rearing it's ugly head.

Year 2020 - The year when travel stopped nearly standstill.

Zenith - Of the covid19 pandemic is yet to come.