Corporate DispatchPro Editorial
Carrying the year forward The murmur of voices rising from the departures lounge is cut by the highpitched chime announcing the latest airport updates. The holiday season is typically a busy period for travel. Typically, but not surely, as last year – the year of Covid-19 – has shown. It is the final weeks of 2021, when the world did a collective jiggle to shake off the coronavirus. Vaccines that first started being administered in the richer regions in the dying days of 2020, have since arrived in all countries and the absolute majority of people in all continents have finally had their jab-moment, which has become a thing. The elderly now appear re-invigorated, children carry bigger aspirations. Families kindled a new glowing warmth as they reunited after months of terrible distance. And the reunions were more regular and more jubilant. There is a general sparkle in cities and towns and markets are brimming with confidence. But economies are not out of the woods yet and businesses are still reeling from the devastation of the pandemic. Nevertheless, investors are looking forward to better times and entrepreneurial minds are flickering with possibilities for innovation. The private sector is engaging in creative ways to drive social purpose and share its expertise with public and other stakeholders to strengthen communities, sustain resources, champion social justice, and improve governance. 2021 has been the year for international collaboration, beautifully epitomised in the precarious but hugely successful events from the Tokyo Summer Olympics to the Dubai Expo to the Milan Salone del Mobile.
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