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Episode 4: The Lights are Out in the Travel Sector – Will They Ever Go Back On?
FromA podcast about work, the future and how they will go together
Episode 4: The Lights are Out in the Travel Sector – Will They Ever Go Back On?
FromA podcast about work, the future and how they will go together
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35 minutes
Released:
May 29, 2020
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Podcast episode
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Many sectors have been impacted by the pandemic, but none more completely than the travel sector. One week is was functioning at full capacity, and then the next the lights had completely gone out, or so it seems. When they go back on, they will shine on a completely different sector, one is which work roles have changed quite dramatically. To get some perspective on where travel and its workers are headed, in this episode we talk to two guests with slightly different vantage points. Will Seccombe is President of Connect Travel, a company that handles Event Market for B2B Businesses in the travel sector. He actually plans to do his next event in August 2020, albeit it will be one that involves N95 masks and lots of sunshine to kill germs. When he thinks of the workers in the sector, he foresees different roles for them, perhaps with staggered hours. He is bullish though, and thinks that travel will always be an important sector. Shashank Nigam is President of Simpiflying, a marketing company for the airline industry. He does not think airlines are done, but he does think they are done doing business as usual. In his view, the...
Released:
May 29, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
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