NEWS AND UPDATES
Hotel Resilient COVID-READY Launch Webinar
390 participants – mostly from hotels and resorts – across 22 different countries, registered to participate in Hotel Resilient’s COVID-READY launch webinar and launch event on Monday, May 25 2020.
COVID-19: Why is this crisis different and transformative
The global travel and tourism industry are no stranger to crises. Past pandemics lead to steep declines in regional tourism and travel for a range of indicators, such as hotel occupancy rates, air passenger numbers, and reduced investments in tourism infrastructure
Tourism stakeholders in the Philippines come together around Hotel Resilient
More than 40 representatives of hotels and resorts, tourism associations and relevant government ministries came together on October 30, 2017, at the Dusit Thani Manila, to attend the Executive Briefing on Hotel Resilient (link to GIDRM website).
GIDRM AND PARTNERS INITIATE TRAINING COURSE DEVELOPMENT FOR PRIVATE SECTOR DISASTER AND CLIMATE RESILIENCE
GIDRM, in association with the iPrepare Business facility at ADPC, co-organised a 4-day Course Developers’ Workshop from 8-12 May, 2017, in Bangkok, Thailand. The Course Developers’ Workshop brought together risk management and training experts from the...
Cebu meeting tackles climate resilient standards for hotels
UN body-led initiative seeks feedback from region’s business, travel and tourism sectors’ representatives. Tourism stakeholders from Central Visayas and international experts converged in Cebu City yesterday to come up with standards that will strengthen the hotel...
Asian Business Forum on Risk Reduction and Resilience Building
The Asian Business Forum on Risk Reduction and Resilience Building, which was held on April 20-21, 2016, was organized by the Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC), the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Global Initiative on Disaster Risk Management (GIDRM). The...