MADRID, 4 December 2020: The number of destinations closed
to international tourism has continued to fall, according to the eighth edition
of the UNWTO Travel Restrictions Report.
UNWTO says 70% of all global destinations have eased restrictions...
LONDON, 4 December 2020: International business travel could restart if an agreement is secured to safeguard journeys of up to 72-hours free from quarantines, says the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC).
The joint...
ZURICH, 4 December 2020: After the bankruptcy of STA Travel and the buyback of Globetrotter by its founders, the question surfaces; what will happen to DK Travel Group?
Switzerland's leading travel trade journal, Travelnews,...
BANGKOK, 4 December 2020: Fares on Lufthansa Group airlines -- Lufthansa, SWISS, Austrian Airlines, Brussels Airlines and Eurowings -- can be rebooked as often as needed free of surcharges or fees through to the end of February...
LONDON, 3 December 2020: The World Travel & Tourism
Council (WTTC) and the Spanish Government successfully hosted a hybrid
conference in La Palma, that focused on global tourism recovery and delivered a
formal declaration on the way forward.
LONDON, 30 November 2020: The World Travel & Tourism
Council (WTTC), which represents the global travel and tourism private sector,
will hold its second virtual event 1 December tagged ‘One Voice - To Recovery
& Beyond’.
Hosted...
GENEVA 27 November 2020: The International Air Transport
Association (IATA) released data this week that illustrates the devastating
impact of Covid-19 on international connectivity.
The pandemic disrupted airline connectivity as seen the
dramatic shifts in the annual...
GENEVA 26 November 2020: Pressure on governments to act increases as the International Air Transport Association (IATA) 76th Annual General Meeting (AGM) unanimously resolved to call on governments to reopen borders to travel urgently.
LONDON, 25 November 2020: Europe’s most resilient destinations
in the face of the devastating Covid-19 pandemic turn out to be traditional
leisure hotspots rather than business travel destinations.
It is just of the key takeaways identified...
GENEVA, 25 November 2020: British Airways' former chief, Willie Walsh, is in line to take over the top International Air Transport Association post 1 April after the current director-general and CEO, Alexandre de Juniac, steps down at...