Dear Friends,

After a brief start to recovery, the unpredictability of COVID-19 has again brought the momentum of the travel and tourism industry to a halt. The recent headlines of the more destructive second wave have again put travel bans and major event cancellations and the word “progress” seem like a thing of the distant past. While the timeline is hard to predict in the second wave, organisations, associations, companies in the better positions need to take bigger steps now to be ready to help and take initiative for the revival of the industry, support the economy and on their personnel front gain market share, enter new markets, and offer new products. TTJ May 2021 issue keeps going and focuses on the many challenges of the more than a year-long pandemic. While the fight is on! Read on .... Happy Reading!