Hilton partnered with American Express to donate one million hotel rooms across the United States from next week until the end of May, to give doctors, nurses, EMTs, paramedics and other frontline medical staff a place to sleep, recharge or isolate.
Read MoreSome hotels in Germany offer an alternative to working from home during lockdown by proposing 'hotel offices', including fast WiFi, a desk, telephone and fax, parking space in front of the door, and lunch, snacks and drinks delivered to the room.
Read MoreThe project was created in partnership with local entrepreneurs, restaurants, and artists to create a hotel experience during lockdown. This includes a virtual check-in, a curated locally sourced welcome box delivered via mail, live online entertainment and even a virtual concierge.
Read MoreTo offer people in quarantine the opportunity of exploring South Africa’s beautiful outdoors, Tintswalo’s is offering virtual safaris called ‘On the Beat’ from its Manyeleti Game Reserve.
Read MoreFrance said it would pay for hotel rooms for victims of domestic violence and open pop-up counselling centres after figures showed the number of abuse cases had soared during lockdown. About 20 centres would open in stores around the country so women could drop in for help while getting groceries, and an extra one million euro will be given to anti-domestic abuse organisations.
Read MoreThe JTB uses its digital platform to throw virtual dance parties weekly over Instagram Live, but will also feature cooking demos and wellness sessions like yoga and other relaxing self-care practices for people in quarantine.
Read MoreThe company developed a documentary called ‘The Birders’ which tells the story of a birdwatching road trip. If the documentary is watched alongside the species-spying checklist created by the company then participants are able to play along and try their best to identify more than 100 Colombian bird species from home.
Read MoreThe hotel is donating 81 rooms to help homeless people who are showing signs of the virus stay in quarantine, and is also offering rooms for those on the frontlines who have to stay in the city for work.
Read MoreThe hotel launched the so-called ‘COVID-19 Service’ that offers a customisable stay in a luxurious hotel room with add-on services such as a COVID test for $500 and health checks from a nurse or doctor twice a day for $800.
Read MoreE-commerce platforms in China are pivoting to online travel tours to famous tourist sites around the world including marketplaces for souvenirs. The virtual tours are booming: On March 1, over 1 million people visited the Potala Palace in Lhasa, Tibet, - virtually!
Read MoreThe company recently announced it will, together with its hosts, help provide housing to 100,000 healthcare professionals, relief workers, and first responders worldwide during the crisis.
Read MoreThe city explained they will rent 1,000 rooms from 5 different hotels for people who have been exposed to the COVID but do not require hospital care. The goal of this is to lighten the burden of hospitals currently under pressure.
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