Global Wellness Summit 2021 To Take Place in Tel Aviv
17 March 2021
The Global Wellness Summit (GWS), the foremost gathering of international leaders in the multitrillion-dollar global wellness economy, announced that its 2021 conference will take place in Tel Aviv, Israel.
The summit will take place from November 15–18 at the Hilton Tel Aviv, set on the shores of the Mediterranean Sea. It’s the first time in its 15-year history that the GWS will be held in the Middle East.
Delegates will experience three days of expert keynotes and panels on the very different and very bright future for wellness as the world emerges from the pandemic. The GWS aims to provide a once-in-a-lifetime experience for attendees, immersing them in the vibrant cultures of Tel Aviv and Israel, bursting with history, art, spirituality and innovation.
UgoVirtual Debuts UgoConference
17 March 2021
UgoVirtual™ debuts UgoConference™, a next-generation browser-based online event and presentation solution that enables organizations to easily connect, engage, educate and interact with audiences around the world with no limitation on audience capacity.
UgoVirtual is a leading global provider of a comprehensive digital platform of modular engagement solutions designed to meet the rapidly expanding needs of the virtual/hybrid conference and event management industry.
UgoConference provides a single point of registration and access to digital presentations and content for virtual and hybrid events that are focused on workshops, plenaries, keynotes, corporate training and 1:1 meetings. This new addition to UgoVirtual’s expanding modular solution set eliminates the cumbersome plug-ins, onboarding and learning curve associated with some popular presentation and web conferencing platforms.
17 March 2021
A new study finds out that the amount of money that Middle East travellers spend on international leisure travel, will begin to exceed 2019 pre-COVID levels, in as little as three years.
The study is based on a recent YouGov survey, commissioned by Reed Exhibitions, the organiser of Arabian Travel Market (ATM) 2021.
In 2019, spending on international leisure travel in the Middle East was significant, representing 47% of the total overall travel spend, compared with 37% spent on domestic leisure travel and 8% each on international and domestic business travel.
In 2020, spending on international leisure travel was only 20% of the amount spent a year earlier. However, this year, spending compared with 2019, will recover to around 50%. It will increase to 75% in 2022 and 95% in 2023, until 2024, when spending in this segment will exceed pre-COVID levels by up to 10%.
Coronavirus Pandemic Hit SBB Very Hard 16 March 2021
After a good start to 2020, the coronavirus pandemic hit SBB very hard. SBB revealed the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and what has changed today.
An average of 843,000 passengers were transported per day more than a third less than in the previous year (1.32 million passengers per day). Passenger kilometres fell by 40.6% in long-distance traffic, they dropped by 43.7%, and in regional traffic by 32.4%. The sharp drop was due the measures imposed by authorities to combat the pandemic: many commuters worked from home, while leisure passengers from Switzerland and abroad also travelled significantly less because of restrictions.