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After the severity of the pandemic disruption, visitors are pouring back into the world’s leading theme parks. However, while 2021 saw something of a return to form, with attendance up 70% year on year, they still lag behind pre-pandemic numbers of guests. With the industry said to need a quarter of a billion people through the doors to maintain healthy margins, the 141 million people attending last year leaves much work to do.
The politically partisan debate following the collapse of the Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), has been fragmented into two main arguments. Some claim President Trump’s rolling back much of the Dodd-Frank regulation, enacted as part of the response to the 2008 financial crash, and the Volcker Rule may have led to a return of so-called ‘casino banking’. Others claim such regulations, while well-intentioned, have weakened not strengthened banks and financial institutions. Some outliers claim it has made little difference.
This year’s Valentine’s Day is set to be the most unusual in living memory. The meal for two, picked from a chronically overpriced set menu, in a packed restaurant is sadly restricted. The spa weekend away in a country hotel for the same price as a family week away on the Med are unavailable at present. With that mind, we sincerely send our love and hope to go back to being mercilessly fleeced again next year.
Inflation and geopolitical crises are having a major impact on the fortunes of Freight Forwarders across the European market. That’s according to a recent survey by DP World, which surveyed companies within the industry during October.
During the summer months, mention of Christmas and the holiday season may be the furthest thing from consumer thinking, but for the world’s leading toy companies, it becomes their sole focus. In 2021, planning for the all-important final quarter is being hamstrung by a unique set of circumstances that could lead to shortages and sharp price hikes of famous brands from Barbie to Play-Doh.
Alongside fish and energy, road haulage is probably the most talked-about market of 2021. Across the world, qualified and reliable drivers are increasingly able to name their prices. Across the EU, 400,000 drivers are needed to fill capacity, the US is seeing drivers offered up to $310 an hour and Britain is left with 100,000 vacancies as the exodus of EU nationals exacerbates a problem that has existed for years.
The Global market for planes, weaponry and all things airborne has enjoyed a strong post-COVID recovery. Boeing and Airbus have seen deliveries jump 16% year on year to 659 completed and delivered aircraft.
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