Trip.com Group has reported a $754 million loss in the first quarter as the coronavirus pandemic disrupted global travel.For the three months to March 31st, the China-based travel operator recorded a net loss of 5.4 billion yuan ($754 million), down…
The Turks & Caicos Islands will officially reopen its borders on July 22nd as the Caribbean destination bids to restart its tourism sector in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.Turks & Caicos premier, Sharlene Cartwright-Robinson, announced the move earlier.She said…
ForwardKeys has revealed that domestic air travel in China, which has been recovering slowly in the wake of the Covid-19 outbreak, has now reached more than 50 per cent of what it was at the equivalent moment in 2019.The figures…
Only the open-access national parks – namely Golden Gate Highlands, parts of the Garden Route and Table Mountain national parks (with the exception of Boulders Beach and Cape Point) – opened on Monday, June 1.This follows the Minister of Tourism,…
Latam, South America’s largest airline group, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization.The filing, made Monday in a federal bankruptcy court in New York, applies to Latam’s subsidiaries in Chile, Peru, Colombia, Ecuador and the U.S. Its largest affiliate in…
Hertz Global Holdings filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection last Friday, though the car rental company said it would be able to continue operations as it begins restructuring.The company had been negotiating with creditors to reduce payments required under its…
American Airlines has detailed plans to cut as many as 5,000 positions from among its 17,000 management and support staff in the coming months.The figure is on top of almost 39,000 staff who have taken voluntary leave or early retirement…
The National Trust is to reopen some gardens and parklands in England and Northern Ireland from June 3rd.As the government loosens restrictions in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak, the organisation said it would open nearly 30 sites to those…
Tourism officials in Cyprus have said they will cover the costs of any traveller who becomes sick with Covid-19 while on holiday there.The move comes as the country prepares to reopen its tourism sector next month in the wake of…
Japan has lifted a state of emergency and is preparing to begin a phased relaunch of the domestic tourism sector.The nationwide state of emergency has been in place for seven weeks.However, new cases of Covid-19 are steadily declining, with officials…
