Oct 19, 2021 WEBINAR: Resetting the Hotel Balance Sheet to be fit for recovery By Graeme Smith The travel and leisure industry is desperately trying to get up from the COVID canvas, yet continues to face a wave of economic...
Aug 04, 2021 Blink and you missed it: the two-month recession By Greig Taylor As reported by the Business Cycle Dating Committee (not a corporate Peloton matchmaking group!) of the National Bureau for Economic...
Jul 12, 2021 THINKIN PODCAST: Post-pandemic business travel: is the end really nigh? By Beatrix Morath Last week we convened a panel of experts from across the business travel industry (and globe) to discuss 'Post-pandemic business travel:...
Jul 01, 2021 Are the operational challenges of restart creating a ‘moment of truth’ for international business travel? By Beatrix Morath Last week I took my first international air travel business trip in more than 15 months. While it was wonderful to get ‘back on the...
Mar 03, 2021 PODCAST: Planning now for future success By AlixPartners We joined London First to discuss the critical importance of planning ahead, as leaders transition away from survival to focus on value...
Feb 08, 2021 WEBCAST: Navigating Business Recovery By AlixPartners Why now is the time to shift from survival mode to a view of long-term value creation.The New Year has ushered in a further wave of...
Dec 17, 2020 The turkey insurance or the immense potential of creativity in retail By AlixPartners I recently came across this interesting article from USA today about an unusual partnership between an insurer (Progressive) and a...
Nov 25, 2020 WEBCAST: Hotel insolvencies - why this time it's different By Graeme Smith Over the course of the pandemic there have been numerous comparisons made between the impact of Covid-19 and the Global Financial Crisis...
May 18, 2020 New operating models are starting to emerge to help hospitality emerge from lockdown By Graeme Smith Necessity is the mother of invention and this is proving to be the case in the hospitality industry as it plots its emergence from...
Apr 29, 2020 Can the hospitality and leisure industry survive the social distancing phase of lockdown exit? By Graeme Smith In recent days there has been increasing speculation about the exit route from lockdown and in particular about the potential for social...
Apr 24, 2020 Digital tools can enable a strong restart By Bernd Brunke In many places around the world very analogue tools have been used in the early days of the crisis. People have had to sign into books to...
Apr 22, 2020 Covid-19 regulations and customer demand will be key drivers of pricing for travel companies By Steve Braude As companies across the travel value chain start to consider what re-start plans and timing might look like, evaluating potential demand...
Apr 22, 2020 Are intermittent closures the "new normal" and do business practices need to change to reflect this? By Graeme Smith In life we like certainty and strive to simplify issues into distinct options. Unfortunately the reality is almost always much more...
Apr 14, 2020 Who's going to lead the recovery - the business traveller or the leisure traveller? By Graeme Smith As the dust has settled on the close down process and company boards come to terms with new business terms such as furloughing, thoughts...
Mar 31, 2020 Travel companies new and old have a very fine balance to strike in the COVID-19 crisis By Steve Braude For many travel companies, their instinctive reaction during the COVID-19 travel shut-down will be to prioritise customer refunds in...