The pandemic of covid-19 has impacted business tourism on a level nobody could have ever foreseen. International and national restrictions have left the hotel industry at a dead end, with a unique choice to ensure the survival of city hotels: redefining their business models.

 

While many hotels had already started their digital revolution and were thinking of innovative business strategies, the covid-19 has turned this will to change into a real must for the sector.  Moreover, the restrictions are far from being over, and the true economical impacts of the pandemic have yet to be made tangible.

 

International network airlines remain largely grounded and activities of the MICE segment are currently minimal or inexistant. Consequently, finding creative and innovative strategies have become the most important objective of city hotels.

Our project deals primarily with hotels located in swiss cities, even though its outcomes will surely benefit hotels in other urban areas. The project is supported by Innotour, the incentive instrument of the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO), the Service for the Promotion of the Economy and Innovation of the State of Vaud and Hotela.

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