Show Notes for Green Tagged on April 11th, 2021
This week on Green Tagged we summarize the stumbling blocks attractions still face to successfully reopening. Specifically: the differing policies on travel, the new CDC guidelines, and scaling your workforce.
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Introduction
Everyone is at their breaking point, and attractions are stuck in the middle having to navigate a maze of differing policies and political climates.
New Zealand will allow quarantine-free visits by Australians from April 19, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Tuesday, creating a “travel bubble” for the neighbouring nations which have closed borders to the rest of the world to eradicate Covid-19.
In Britain, residents still can’t travel abroad for holiday, but they’re moving forward with a Vaccine Passport “that would allow people seeking to travel or attend events to show they either have received a coronavirus vaccine, tested negative for the virus, or recently had Covid-19.” Further, “Once travel resumes, Britain will rank countries on a traffic-light system as green, yellow or red…People arriving from “green” countries will have to be tested for the virus but won’t face quarantine.”
Japan’s state of emergency failed to contain the new variant and now Tokyo, Kyoto, and Okinawa are trying to push more measures, while the public isn’t cooperating. “upturn in cases has outpaced the government’s expectations, with the public becoming desensitized to the impact of such warnings. In ending the emergency declaration, the central government essentially conceded that a further spike was inevitable, and instead shifted its focus to minimizing another wave of cases.”
A medical specialist suggest Chinese people won’t resume overseas travel until next spring, stating “Given China’s current vaccination speed, I think we will have an immune barrier next spring. Then we will have to communicate with other countries.”
And finally, here in the US we have some updates.
“United States coronavirus cases have increased again after hitting a low point, and some of the states driving the trend have also been hit hardest by variants, a new analysis shows.” Via NY Times.
Carnival Cruise Line and Disney Cruise Line are canceling sailings from US ports through the end of June. Disney also announced cancellations of all Disney Magic cruises from European ports through Sept. 18.
But – we have new news from the CDC that might make our cleaning easier.
“The C.D.C. advised that there was very little chance of contracting Covid from surfaces…” “Disinfection is only recommended in indoor settings — schools and homes — where there has been a suspected or confirmed case of Covid-19 within the last 24 hours,” Dr. Walensky said during the White House briefing. “Also, in most cases, fogging, fumigation and wide-area or electrostatic spraying is not recommended as a primary method of disinfection and has several safety risks to consider.”
So where does that leave attractions? What rules do you follow and how quickly do you ramp up capacity?
It seems we’re plowing ahead with opening announcements crowding the news. The largest being the opening of Avengers Campus on June 4.
Is there cause for concern as opening policies differ from place to place?
Scaling Up Your Staff
Taking care of your staff is essential, but don’t build you house on rented land. You can’t having a thriving experience if you’re outsourcing your culture.
Japan airlines “are trying to reduce personnel costs by asking companies and organizations that accept their employees to shoulder wages and other costs…. The period of temporary transfers ranges from one day to two years.”
RWS Entertainment Group has announced the launch of RWS Staffing, a turn-key staffing solution for theme parks and resorts. This innovative service supports the live entertainment and full-scale productions RWS is known for, assisting clients with a very real need to fill seasonal operations and guest service positions.
