Non one expects a return to normal once the current crisis ends. Indeed, it’s generally accepted that life in Thailand will be significantly different in the short and even the long term. Some aspects will never be the same again.
So what’s in store for us in this ‘new world’?
So what’s in store for us in this ‘new world’?
Here are the BigChilli’s predictions:
• More people will work from home and in isolation. Many person-to-person meetings will be replaced by video calls.
• An increase in online education, as well as fun activities like piano lessons, dancing and yoga.
• The mask will become a wardrobe staple.
• Businesses will shift to smaller, flexible office space, or co-working sections, leading to a glut of office space, especially in prime buildings.
• Domestic tourism and family travel will boom, with kids being the decision makers.
• Many independent mid-market restaurants will not reopen. Online F&B will grow rapidly in popularity.
• Nightlife areas like Patpong, Nana and Soi Cowboy will struggle to re-establish themselves.
• The expected recession will see a significant fall in the price of property, especially condos. The car market will be flooded with second-hand vehicles at bargain prices.
• An increase in online education, as well as fun activities like piano lessons, dancing and yoga.
• The mask will become a wardrobe staple.
• Businesses will shift to smaller, flexible office space, or co-working sections, leading to a glut of office space, especially in prime buildings.
• Domestic tourism and family travel will boom, with kids being the decision makers.
• Many independent mid-market restaurants will not reopen. Online F&B will grow rapidly in popularity.
• Nightlife areas like Patpong, Nana and Soi Cowboy will struggle to re-establish themselves.
• The expected recession will see a significant fall in the price of property, especially condos. The car market will be flooded with second-hand vehicles at bargain prices.
• Online shopping will become even more popular.
• People will spend less on clothes. Lavishing the cash on luxury items will be drastically reduced.
• Shopping centres will change in format with restaurants replacing many shops.
• An increase in home cooking, growing vegetables and even brewing beer.
• People will spend less on clothes. Lavishing the cash on luxury items will be drastically reduced.
• Shopping centres will change in format with restaurants replacing many shops.
• An increase in home cooking, growing vegetables and even brewing beer.
• People will be far more cautious in their spending habits, and save more of their income, if possible.
• Families will spend more time together at home; online games will be even more popular.
• Less physical contact will mean fewer touch screens and an expansion of voice and machine vision interfaces that recognize faces and gestures.
• Video conferencing and webinars will increase but some face-to-face meetings and conferences will happen.
• An increase in video consultations with doctors, replacing personal visits.
• An increase in e-sports that create games of football, rugby and baseball, as well as F1 car races.
• Less trust in mainstream media (MSM), more attention to independent websites and citizen journalists.
• More government surveillance.
• Beginning of the end of paper money.
• Families will spend more time together at home; online games will be even more popular.
• Less physical contact will mean fewer touch screens and an expansion of voice and machine vision interfaces that recognize faces and gestures.
• Video conferencing and webinars will increase but some face-to-face meetings and conferences will happen.
• An increase in video consultations with doctors, replacing personal visits.
• An increase in e-sports that create games of football, rugby and baseball, as well as F1 car races.
• Less trust in mainstream media (MSM), more attention to independent websites and citizen journalists.
• More government surveillance.
• Beginning of the end of paper money.
Travel Industry predictions from Andrew Wood:
• Online Travel Agents (OTAs) will lose their stranglehold on hotel bookings and their huge 25% commissions. Hotels will take firmer control of room inventory — having best available rates only on their websites for direct bookings and their own social media platforms.
• Travel Agents regrettably will see even further business declines in their business volumes post Corvid-19. Potential travellers will continue to DIY digitally as they are
becoming increasingly computer proficient and savvy surfers.
• Green travel and care of the environment will see record volume growth as the travelling public now ‘get-it’ after the effects of a virus that stopped the world in its tracks.
• As domestic and family travel grows, 5-star hotel occupancies will decline. Mid-range hotels will see the fastest growth.
• Travel Agents regrettably will see even further business declines in their business volumes post Corvid-19. Potential travellers will continue to DIY digitally as they are
becoming increasingly computer proficient and savvy surfers.
• Green travel and care of the environment will see record volume growth as the travelling public now ‘get-it’ after the effects of a virus that stopped the world in its tracks.
• As domestic and family travel grows, 5-star hotel occupancies will decline. Mid-range hotels will see the fastest growth.
About the author:
Andrew was born in Yorkshire England, a 40-year professional
hotelier, who is currently President of Skal International Bangkok and guest lecturer at various universities in Thailand including Assumption University's Hospitality School and the Japan Hotel Schoolin Tokyo.
Andrew was born in Yorkshire England, a 40-year professional
hotelier, who is currently President of Skal International Bangkok and guest lecturer at various universities in Thailand including Assumption University's Hospitality School and the Japan Hotel Schoolin Tokyo.
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