Editorial: Brief retrospective of pandemics and the hospitality, tourism and events industry: signs and strategies of resilience and rebound

Abstract

Brief retrospective of pandemics and the hospitality, tourism and events industry: signs and strategies of resilience and reboundThe hospitality, tourism and event industry (HTE) has shown time and time again its ability to adapt and regain growth despite significant events and disturbances that have challenged its livelihood. These events have ranged from natural disasters, attacks on human freedoms and life and the spread of infectious disease, to name a few. Often, the remarkable resilience of the HTE industrythe ability of the industry to recover and adjust to disturbanceshas been a source of hope for the COVID-19 pandemic that has plagued the globe (Lombardi, Pina e