Holiday Trends 2020
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Ruth Watts
Data ScienceRuth uses techniques ranging from key driver analysis to econometric modelling, quantifying customer perceptions and feelings and translating these into strategies that will drive growth. The results have been used with great success to guide business decisions at both operational and strategic levels.
ruth.watts@bva-bdrc.com
Matthew Petrie
Data ScienceMatthew is a highly experienced researcher whose work has spanned the sectors of media, hospitality, consumer products, policy and arts & culture. Matthew has directed innovative research focusing on digital engagement and also specializes in keenly understanding the impact of technology on his clients’ businesses and advising them on maximizing its potential to achieve their goals.
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Anette Liles
Data ScienceAnette is a highly skilled researcher with 20 years of qualitative and quantitative experience both in-house and on the client side. Her specialist knowledge includes travel/hotels, technology, media, designing and conducting research studies to evaluate brand strategy, positioning, content and creative development.
anette.liles@bdrc-americas.comBlogs
How have mortgage intermediaries adapted in the face of a pandemic?
2nd Sep 2020
As the Government encourages more people to return to the office, we have been looking at how businesses are responding.
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Are you afraid of staying at a hotel? Don't be.
26th Aug 2020
Anubhuti Manglik, has been been busy setting up www.hotelitout.com, a collaborative blogging website which shares updates on the hotel industry. Anu's blog gives a useful round-up of the new measures employed by the main players in hotel accommodation.
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Banks the unexpected NPS ‘winners’ of Covid-19?
25th Aug 2020
It seems a global pandemic may well have been an unexpected saviour (for NPS at least!) in retail banking, with three of the big four Australian banks and a number of Tier Two brands seeing substantial uplifts in NPS.
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Mortgage Payment Deferrals Offer a Lifeline to Landlords
6th Aug 2020
In the Q2 wave of our Landlords Panel research programme, we interviewed c800 members of the National Residential Landlords Association with BTL borrowing to assess take-up of mortgage payment holidays and the drivers for doing so.
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UK Landlords Bouncing Back after Initial Covid Crisis
4th Aug 2020
Just after the lockdown was announced, as you can imagine, we found business sentiment among investors had reached its lowest ebb in 14 years of our quarterly tracking. Three months on and confidence is slowly flowing back to the sector.
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Daring to dream: The highs and lows of a recent booking experience
4th Aug 2020
It started with a dream of being on a beach. We imagined getting the train to Margate, Broadstairs or Brighton on a sunny Friday morning. However, forecasts of the Great British weather during the period of our planned domestic getaway were anything but great.
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Will Government support for the hospitality industry make a difference?
28th Jul 2020
Following on from Rishi Sunak's announcements of VAT cut and 'Eat out to help out' scheme, will it stimulate demand for the hospitality industry? See how our insight from our attitudinal segmentation in our free weekly COVID tracker sheds some light.
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Keep calm and focus on Customer Satisfaction: The hygiene measures will become a ‘hygiene factor’
24th Jul 2020
To all the hoteliers and venues reopening their doors, best of luck! I bet things are all systems go with the revival of the hospitality sector, the roll out of new hygiene measures and the balancing act of staffing levels.
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How can visitor attractions secure revenue / donations during a critical time?
23rd Jul 2020
The Natural History Museum may have been sleeping for a while – 60 million years for some of its guests – but its staff have been wide awake, as their reopening plans demonstrate.
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The Post COVID-19 World for Businesses in Singapore
13th Jul 2020
A report on how Singaporean businesses have so far been affected by COVID-19 and the new measures they will seek to implement, including any new technologies they will adopt or upgrade.
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UK Consumer Sentiment on the Impact of COVID-19 - Presentation to the Tourism Society
2nd Jul 2020
Our CEO recently shared findings from our consumer sentiment tracker with the Tourism Society. Cris' presentation is available to download.
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Catalyst to change: the 5 major changes expected in the Singapore consumer market post-COVID-19
29th Jun 2020
BVA BDRC Asia undertook a survey of consumers in Singapore to assess the ways in which lockdown has changed consumer behaviour, but more importantly the economic impact on households.
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