Joseph Galea

December 20, 2024

Are Hotels Hostage to Online Travel Agencies?

I often meet frustration from hoteliers complaining that they find themselves hostage and overly reliant on Online Travel Agencies (OTAs) for their bookings.
November 16, 2021

Reflections of a Summer

This Summer’s revival of travel is significant as it indicates that we are slowly regaining our freedom.
June 17, 2021

Revenge Travel

Whenever the media feels the need to emphasize the importance and magnitude of a certain event, new buzzwords are coined and many of these become part of our daily lingo.
April 22, 2020

2020 Vision: Hospitality Outlook for the New Decade

What are the major trends and concepts which will affect hospitality in the next ten years? Tourism Consultant Joseph Galea shares his thoughts in this feature which was prepared before the COVID-19 pandemic but the importance of issues like customer engagement and paying more than lip service to the issue of sustainability, both during and after this pandemic, is stronger than ever.