COVID19

Food insecurity is at the forefront of global threats and its prevalence is intensifying. An estimated 54.5 million people are severely food-insecure in the Eastern Mediterranean region as a result…

While the Lebanese Media, Publishing, and Content Creation industry appears to have been largely resilient to the disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, it has had to review its operational…

At a time when Lebanon is witnessing the most severe political, economic and even security crises, the ambitions of entrepreneurs in Lebanon refuse to surrender to this reality. In this…

The fortunes of the Lebanese hotel industry and of enterprises in the hospitality sector have been entwined not only with the economic problems that erupted in late 2019 and coincided…

Applying behavioral strategies that utilize insights from psychology and behavioral economics while maintaining freedom of choice -otherwise known as ‘nudges’- have the potential to gently steer people towards greater adherence…

Before October 17, 2019, most 4- and 5-star hotels in Beirut reported annual average room occupancy rates of 75 to 80 percent before the first coronavirus case in Lebanon was…

After a year of living face to face with SARS-CoV-2, it is high time to recognize the relationship existentially and give credit where credit is due. The coronavirus is confronting…

February 26Lebanese citizens protest in Riad El Solh square against economic conditions and demand access to their bank deposits. January 17Lebanon initiates a total lockdown and curfew from January 14…

One has to assume that there are many reasons why somewhat articulate people tend to intellectualize social and economic moments of despair or change. Distancing ourselves in various ways from…