As the global tourism sector faces the greatest challenge of a generation, the Global Travel & Tourism Resilience Council is preparing to host a full-day virtual summit.Entitled ‘Re-engineering Readiness’ the event will take place on Tuesday, May 26th from 10:30-19:30BST.Free…
The Coronavirus pandemic has brought the tourism industry worldwide into an unprecedented crisis. Russia is the second most affected country after the USA and Russian tourism has also suffered greatly. However, the start of the process of normalization is approaching…
It’s an announcement that sounds almost too good to be true.But under a bold tourism plan to lure visitors back to Japan, the government has launched a new campaign that will help offset travel costs for visiting tourists.According to The…
While 34.3% of safari operators have seen cancellations on bookings in southern and East Africa for this year, since the outbreak of COVID-19, the majority (65.7%) have seen their clients postponing their trips rather than cancelling them.This according to Your…
Falkland Islands lawmaker MLA Mark Pollard this week said that the coming tourist season is likely to be, “very tough, and a very late one if there is one at all.” However MLA Pollard emphasized that he was expressing his…
Qantas CEO Alan Joyce says there is a near negligible risk of getting Covid-19 on a plane.Asked how people can fly while social distancing, he said: “Because the cabin’s pressurised, 99.9 per cent of all viruses, all bacteria, are filtered…
Norwegian Cruise Line said Camille Olivere will resign as senior vice president of sales at the end of June. This was Olivere’s second stint with the cruise line.Norwegian Cruise Line chief sales officer Katina Athanasiou said in a note to…
There is currently a great deal of uncertainty about air traffic. What measures can be expected onboard? What will the air travel experience be like? One question that the experts address now is the “Minimal Connecting Time” (MCT), the shortest…
The American giants Airbnb and TripAdvisor as well as their Dutch group Booking.com will soon have a competitor in France. The French government plans to set up a national booking platform dedicated to tourists who want to access offers for…
The Maldives authorities announced their strategy to revive the tourism sector after the Corona lockdown. However, this has little to do with sensible measures and much to do with taking advantage of the situation.Currently, airlines are gently ramping up their…
