Coronavirus and Travel
Coronavirus
Travel’s Final Push to Full Recovery Stalled: New Skift Travel Health Index
Continuing uncertainties and headwinds suppressed growth in October, with the Skift Travel Health Index sitting around the 85 percent mark since June with little movement.
Business Travel
Amadeus Targets Blended Travelers With TrustedStays Partnership
Originally set up during the pandemic to help nurses book and stay in homes, rather than hotels, TrustedStays has now "commercialized" its platform. It potentially opens the door to short-term rental operators that were previously locked out from corporate bookings.
Cruises
Carnival’s Relaxed Covid Rules Help Push Demand Above 2019 Levels
The focus on returning passengers and relaxation of Covid-19 rules have helped the cruise company's recovery. The next step (and more challenging one) is to win over first-time cruise passengers.
Tourism
Hong Kong to End Hotel Quarantine From September 26
Inbound arrivals to Hong Kong will not be required to undergo mandatory hotel quarantine from September 26.
Tourism
Do Magazines and Newspapers Still Influence Where You Take Your Vacations?
Forty-five percent of global consumers make travel decisions based on information they gather in newspapers and magazines, according to a survey by UK-based market research company YouGov.
Tourism
UK Government Not Clear if Covid Travel Restrictions Worth $585 Million Worked
Despite spending around $585 million on implementing its traffic light system as part of its wider response to manage travel during the Covid-19 pandemic, the UK government does not know…
Tourism
Japan Welcomed More Refugees From Ukraine Than Foreign Tourists Since Reopening
With just 1,500 foreign tourists arriving to take a package tour last month, it's been a painfully slow restart for Japan after the two-year ban.
Meetings
How to Protect Your Events From the BA.5 Covid Variant
A new Covid variant, BA.5, is on the rise. What does this mean to your upcoming events?