May 06 / admin@aplbc
APLBC announces partnership with Founder of The Travel Coach Network to drive understanding of Wellness Travel.
At APLBC, we’re renowned as a global hotel representation and co-sourcing company that provides sales, integrated marketing and revenue management for independent hotels and managed apartments. Through using our extensive reach to target over 160,000 corporate, MICE, hi-end leisure and entertainment organisations globally, we help our partners achieve their objectives by delivering greater brand awareness …
Jul 02 / admin@aplbc
The Current Situation in Travel Industry, All You Need To Know: A Compilation from AP LBC on Asia and America
The COVID-19 pandemic had created a massive impact in the travel industry and continue to affect the world’s most prolific and busy industry for a second year in succession. At AP LBC, our travel and globe-trotting experts have compiled a list of important updates on the industry and how the virus has created a massive …
Apr 15 / admin@aplbc
How the Rollout of Vaccines Impact the Corporate Travel? A Brief insight
With vaccines now available, there is a clearer future for business travel on the horizon, but it also brings some various organisational complexities for travel managers. Questions regarding hygiene, safety, and testing protocols plague business travellers and the organizations they represent. Major corporations have praised the usefulness of video-conferencing software, as well as the money …
Continue reading "How the Rollout of Vaccines Impact the Corporate Travel? A Brief insight"
Apr 09 / admin@aplbc
Why I love this industry called travel
In November 2019, in a moment of clarity I’d long been heading towards, I had the brilliant idea (I thought so, and it turned out so did a few other people) to set up my own representation company specialising in co-sourcing and offering hotel and apartment groups the ability to tap into the very best …
Apr 07 / admin@aplbc
Co-Sourcing – Stop the Employee Revolving Door
The economic recession triggered by Covid-19 has wreaked havoc on businesses large and small. With our hotel sector undoubtedly among the hardest hit. For some organisations, the best way forward has involved operating with reduced staff numbers, and remaining employees assuming additional roles. The pandemic is amplifying a situation that’s long been a problem within the …
Continue reading "Co-Sourcing – Stop the Employee Revolving Door"
Mar 29 / admin@aplbc
Travel Trends: An Update About Asia
Asia has been unique, fragmented and complex at the same time with its multiple cultures and races that make up a big part of the globe. We were brought up with strict ethics, morals and values. With the world modernizing every day, we have learnt and adapted to different ways of communicating and handling multi-cultured …
Mar 25 / admin@aplbc
The Rise of Co-sourcing: Staying Agile During the Pandemic
The nearly instantaneous economic recession triggered by the Covid-19 shutdown has wreaked havoc on businesses large and small. The hotel sector is among the hardest hit. The industry surpassed one billion unsold room nights for the first time in history. For comparison, there were 786 million unsold room nights during the Great Recession of 2009. The existing …
Continue reading "The Rise of Co-sourcing: Staying Agile During the Pandemic"
Mar 24 / admin@aplbc
Millennial vs. Gen Z: The Main Difference That Set Them Apart
Recognizing the dynamics and personality traits of each generation is part of the pleasure — and part of the challenge — for advertisers and business owners. Simply put, Gen Z does not respond to deals and ad strategies in the same way as Millennials do, so it’s time to educate yourself about the main distinctions …
Continue reading " Millennial vs. Gen Z: The Main Difference That Set Them Apart"
Mar 05 / admin@aplbc
Travel Optimism Amongst Americans is Up – What Can We Expect Next?
Over a year into the global pandemic, there are glimmers of hope that we may be seeing the beginning of the end of the crisis in the United States. Covid-19 cases and hospitalizations decline after a winter of holiday surge; vaccine distribution are progressing despite initial challenges; and the likelihood of a new federal aid …
Continue reading "Travel Optimism Amongst Americans is Up – What Can We Expect Next?"
Dec 03 / admin@aplbc
In Search of My Excellence.
Bringing definition to ‘success’. How do you define your ‘success’? Is it more about a final destination? Or how you complete the journey? Although we have a common idea of ‘success’, it can mean different things to different people. In these moments of restriction and uncertainty, many might define success as ‘getting through’, ‘reaching a new …
Nov 13 / admin@aplbc
Hospitality Trends: Lockdown 2.0 – Now What?
This could be one of the best weeks for our industry in a long while. There are certainly grounds for optimism thanks to the recent news that there could finally be a credible vaccine available as soon as this Christmas. I have every confidence in its potential to accelerate travel industry’s recovery timeline, but at …
Continue reading "Hospitality Trends: Lockdown 2.0 – Now What?"