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Knowland hosting COVID-19 webinar

Topics include business stabilization, preparing for the rebound and the ‘new normal’

Ed Brock
By Ed BrockApr 24, 2020
Ed Brock

Ed Brock is an award-winning journalist who has worked for various U.S. newspapers and magazines, including with American City & County magazine, a national publication based in Atlanta focused on city and county government issues. He is currently senior editor at Asian Hospitality magazine, the top U.S. publication for Asian American hoteliers. Originally from Mobile, Alabama, Ed began his career in journalism in the early 1990s as a reporter for a chain of weekly newspapers in Baldwin County, Alabama. After a stint teaching English in Japan, Ed returned to the U.S. and moved to the Atlanta area where he returned to journalism, coming to work at Asian Hospitality in 2016.

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HOSPITALITY ANALYTICS FIRM Knowland will hold a webinar series on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the industry beginning next week. Themes include business stabilization, preparing for the economic rebound and the “new normal” of events and meetings.

Hosts for the new series include Kristi White, Knowland’s vice president of product; Kristin House, senior vice president at ConferenceDirect; and Allison Ahrens, president of Hospitality Revenue Solutions LLC. The scheduled webinars, each to begin at 1 a.m. ET, are:

  • April 28 - Part 1: Perspectives on Taking Action Today to Stabilize and Protect Your Business
  • May 5 - Part 2: Perspectives on Positioning for Rebound
  • May 12 - Part 3: Perspectives on the Future New Normal of Events and Meetings

Attendees at a previous Knowland webinar in March revealed in a survey that they were optimistic that they would survive the downturn with their businesses intact.

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