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== The post pandemic recovery plan ==  
== The ‘New Normal’ Plan ==
In your Business assignment year 0 (Preparations), you have to make many decisions on the strategy of your hotel. Now, in this Creativity assignment year 0, you are going to formulate a ''Covid19 recovery plan'' for the next 12 months. How will your hotel adapt, as governments relax the current measures, and the world will hopefully return to a new ‘normal’?
In your business assignment 1.0, you must take many strategic decisions. Now, in this creativity assignment, you are going to formulate a New ‘Normal’ plan for the next 12 months. Most Covid 19 measures have been lifted or relaxed, in our country and others. But there is still the fear of new variants. And: super-high inflation … financial markets in turmoil … no abatement of sustainability concerns … the threat of further escalation of war, and – last but not least: serious (hospitality) labor shortages.


== Situation ==  
How will your hotel adapt?
Your hotel offers a wide array of hospitality services, many of which involve people being in close proximity to one another. As more and more people get vaccinated, governments are issuing “Re-Opening” plans, in which they communicate how they intend to relax the current measures over time. This poses managerial questions such as, but not necessarily limited to the following:  
 
* How does it affect your hospitality product?  
== Situation ==
* How would you welcome, as the country opens up again, your guests?  
The Emerald Forest offered a wide array of hospitality services. But now that you have taken over, we find ourselves in a world which is in many respects quite different from the one pre-pandemic. This poses managerial questions such as, but not necessarily limited to the following:
* What type of security and safety can you offer?  
 
* How would you communicate this?
·      How does the “New Normal” affect your hospitality product? How will demand be different? How will supply – the products and services you offer, and those of your competitors?
* (How) can you turn this into a USP?
·      How are you going to make sure your staffing is OK – both in terms of quantity and quality?
''Do not go overboard in researching specific countries’ regulations; Amstelburg, Budano and Copenstadt could be in any country and hotel guests could come from anywhere. Keep a bird’s-eye view. ''
·      Is there any way you can turn your ideas and plans into a USP?


== Goal ==
== Goal ==
Define the post-pandemic recovery plan for your hotel, in line with your strategy and service level. Describe the consequences for your operations and communication.
Define the New Normal plan for your hotel, in line with your strategy and service level.


== Task, deliverable ==
== Task, deliverable ==
Task, deliverable
Check the internet and other sources for best practices (how are other hotel operators dealing with the new normal?) Develop a plan that best suits your hotel and create an informational memo for all employees in the hotel.
Check the internet and other sources for best practices, examples from the industry and maybe also outside the hospitality field. Based on your investigation, design a recovery plan that best suits your hotel and create an instructional memo for all employees in the hotel, explaining the implications of said plan.
 
* Overview of inspirational best practices outside your hotel
* Present what you consider to be the most relevant New Normal characteristics, and the most inspirational best practices you found.
* Based on this and other sources: present the 3 main topics of your plan.
* Based on this, present the 3 main ‘action points’ of your plan.
* Write a short (max 1 page) instruction memo to all employees. What do you expect from them, what not? What do they need to know?
* Write a short (max 1 page) information memo to all employees. What does it mean for them? What do they need to know?


== Assessed elements ==
== Assessed elements ==
* How well does the plan define the ‘new normal’ and the likely re-opening route?  
* How well does the plan show the team’s own and original interpretation of the ‘new normal’, and how it is going to impact their hotel?
* Does the plan comply with the new normal?
* Is the plan aligned with the new strategy for the property?
* How well does the plan tie in with the new strategy?
* Is the plan likely to be understood by employees?
* Is the plan likely to be understood and executed by employees?  
* Are ethics and international cultural differences taken into consideration?
* Are ethics and international cultural differences taken into consideration?
 


== Handing in ==
== Handing in ==
Hand in your material by uploading it in the right folder in the Capstone Course in LMS
Hand in your material by uploading it in the right folder in the Capstone Course in LMS
* Be careful to write your own material: plagiarism check
* Be careful to write your own material: plagiarism check
* Be in time!
* Be in time!
 


== Additional information ==
== Potential sources of information ==* CBRE Hotels -  https://www.cbrehotels.com/research-and-reports/
* [[Corona]]
* HVS - https://www.hvs.com/insights/
* [https://www.hospitalitynet.org/ Hospitality Net (Hospitality Industry News]
* Hotel News Now - https://www.costar.com/news/section/hospitality
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvWa2UCCKno Post-covid customer behaviors in the Hospitality Industry]
* STR - https://str.com/data-insights
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBbNJktpTQA Here is how hotel could change in post-coronavirus world]
* Financial Times / Wall Street Journal / Conde Nast Travel /  
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjA1rUedXg4 Hospitality Talks:  When will Travel rebound?]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bpmzz4Ojbkk Link think-tank for the Hospitality Industry]
* [https://str.com/data-insights-blog/coronavirus-hotel-industry-data-news COVID-19: Hotel Industry Impact & Recovery]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLwbwfCPzj4 Last April 2020 Covid at Postillion Hotels]


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The ‘New Normal’ Plan

In your business assignment 1.0, you must take many strategic decisions. Now, in this creativity assignment, you are going to formulate a New ‘Normal’ plan for the next 12 months. Most Covid 19 measures have been lifted or relaxed, in our country and others. But there is still the fear of new variants. And: super-high inflation … financial markets in turmoil … no abatement of sustainability concerns … the threat of further escalation of war, and – last but not least: serious (hospitality) labor shortages.

How will your hotel adapt?

Situation

The Emerald Forest offered a wide array of hospitality services. But now that you have taken over, we find ourselves in a world which is in many respects quite different from the one pre-pandemic. This poses managerial questions such as, but not necessarily limited to the following:

· How does the “New Normal” affect your hospitality product? How will demand be different? How will supply – the products and services you offer, and those of your competitors? · How are you going to make sure your staffing is OK – both in terms of quantity and quality? · Is there any way you can turn your ideas and plans into a USP?

Goal

Define the New Normal plan for your hotel, in line with your strategy and service level.

Task, deliverable

Check the internet and other sources for best practices (how are other hotel operators dealing with the new normal?) Develop a plan that best suits your hotel and create an informational memo for all employees in the hotel.

  • Present what you consider to be the most relevant New Normal characteristics, and the most inspirational best practices you found.
  • Based on this, present the 3 main ‘action points’ of your plan.
  • Write a short (max 1 page) information memo to all employees. What does it mean for them? What do they need to know?

Assessed elements

  • How well does the plan show the team’s own and original interpretation of the ‘new normal’, and how it is going to impact their hotel?
  • Is the plan aligned with the new strategy for the property?
  • Is the plan likely to be understood by employees?
  • Are ethics and international cultural differences taken into consideration?


Handing in

Hand in your material by uploading it in the right folder in the Capstone Course in LMS

  • Be careful to write your own material: plagiarism check
  • Be in time!


== Potential sources of information ==* CBRE Hotels - https://www.cbrehotels.com/research-and-reports/



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