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Ms. Anya Nara

Rita Anya Nara

Author, The Anxious Traveler

Rita Anya Nara is the author of The Anxious Traveler: How to Overcome Your Fear to Travel the World (2013). She has been recognized by The Chicago Tribune, ABC Online, Yahoo Finance, Fox Business News, The Good Day Sacramento Show, The AAA Show, The Kathryn Zox Show, World Travelers of America, Bankrate, Inc., RadioMD, and Travel Industry Today as an expert in recognizing the psychological challenges facing travelers, and how to successfully manage them. Ms. Nara personally overcame the limitations of panic disorder and social anxiety to travel to over 40 countries around the world, for both business and leisure, and specializes in empowering prospective tourists and business travelers to trade their armchairs for suitcases. Through her outreach to her readers and blog followers, she is increasingly aware of the number of people around the country -- and the world -- who have the money and time to travel, but lack the confidence to begin their journey. She provides valuable insight to industry specialists on what specific fears are holding pack potential customers -- fears that go far beyond concerns about terrorism or flying. With her help, this previously untapped market is making the ultimate journey: from daydreamer to traveler. Ms. Nara received her Bachelor of Science degree from the University of California at Davis in 2000, and resides outside the Bay Area when not traveling.

Ms. Anya Nara can be contacted at 916-721-6457 or ritaanyanara@gmail.com

Coming up in April 2021...

Guest Service: Health and Safety First

Though expectations are that hotels will return to some semblance of normalcy in 2021, their highest priority must continue to be the health and safety of guests and employees. To that end, hotels are training their guest service personnel in enhanced cleaning routines, which include the following practices - bathrooms, elevator buttons, remote controls and other high-touch items, are disinfected and cleaned with a higher frequency; all tables, chairs and menus in restaurants are cleaned at a much higher frequency, and after each seating; floor markers in public areas to remind guests and team members to maintain physical distance; hand alcohol stations and disposable gloves in lobbies and restaurants; loose items such as pens, note pads and information material removed from rooms and meeting rooms; limiting the number of seats in restaurants and public areas; and revised food & beverage offerings. The April issue of the Hotel Business Review will review how guest service personnel are being trained to maintain health and safety protocols in their operations.


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