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Coronavirus and Travel

Airlines

White House Will Hold Talks With U.S. Cruise and Airline Executives on Coronavirus Risk

Don't worry, U.S. airlines and cruise ship companies. Demand is dropping like a rock. But Mike Pence is on the case. What could go wrong?

David Shepardson and David Holland, Reuters | 4 years ago

White House Will Hold Talks With U.S. Cruise and Airline Executives on Coronavirus Risk

Tourism

European Tourism Losing More Than $1 Billion a Month From Virus: EU Commissioner

It's not just Chinese tourists who aren't visiting Europe anymore. Expect the economic losses to steepen.

Rosie Spinks, Skift | 4 years ago

European Tourism Losing More Than $1 Billion a Month From Virus: EU Commissioner

Tourism

Virus Cuts Thailand’s Tourist Arrivals Projection This Year by 6 Million

For Thailand's tourism, which is much more used to a growth narrative, plunging visitor numbers is a sobering reality the industry is now facing. Unfortunately, the tourism free fall hasn't stopped.

Orathai Sriring, Reuters | 4 years ago

Virus Cuts Thailand’s Tourist Arrivals Projection This Year by 6 Million

Airlines

Lion Air Postpones Planned IPO Amid Global Fears Over Travel Demand

Things are going to get worse for most of the world's airlines before they get better. This is no time for an airline to sell a public offering.

Anshuman Daga and Scott Murdoch, Reuters | 4 years ago

Airlines

IAG Says It Won’t Repeat Past Mistakes With Coronavirus Response

Willie Walsh has accumulated decades of experience across the aviation industry, and he's big enough to admit he's made mistakes in the past. The situation looks bleak at the moment, but what happens when the market recovers?

Patrick Whyte, Skift | 4 years ago

IAG Says It Won’t Repeat Past Mistakes With Coronavirus Response

Airlines

Finnair Warns of Coronavirus Hit to Profit as Travelers Stay at Home

Less than a month ago, Finnair's CEO was saying the outbreak would have “relatively limited” impact on the airline’s financials. How quickly things have changed.

Reuters | 4 years ago

Finnair Warns of Coronavirus Hit to Profit as Travelers Stay at Home

Business Travel

Coronavirus Threatens to Take $560 Billion Out of Global Corporate Travel Spending

A projected shaving of 37 percent off the forecast for 2020 global corporate travel spending is already a worrisome decline, but the figure could still go higher if the virus outbreak turns into a global pandemic.

Jamie Freed, Reuters | 4 years ago

Coronavirus Threatens to Take $560 Billion Out of Global Corporate Travel Spending

Tourism

Asia Tourism Wants to Finally Tackle a Dangerously Hot Situation

With the impacts of climate change already upon us, the tourism sector will soon be forced to take aggressive actions to curb its carbon emissions. Because inaction is increasingly not an option.

Xinyi Liang-Pholsena, Skift | 4 years ago

Asia Tourism Wants to Finally Tackle a Dangerously Hot Situation

Coronavirus

Marriott Is Already Reopening China Hotels During Coronavirus Crisis

Marriott was already having trouble in Asia-Pacific in 2019 before the coronavirus impact hit. The company isn't forecasting a major impact outside of Asia, and it's already reopening hotels inside China. It pays to collect fees — and not actually own or run hotels — during a crisis like this.

Andrew Sheivachman, Skift | 4 years ago

Marriott Is Already Reopening China Hotels During Coronavirus Crisis

Online Travel

Online Travel’s eDreams Odigeo Sees Bookings Tumble After Coronavirus Outbreak

Online travel agency eDreams Odigeo has been pretty explicit in its bookings breakdown. Similar businesses should also expect a rocky few months ahead as the world deals with the outbreak and spread of coronavirus.

Patrick Whyte, Skift | 4 years ago

Online Travel’s eDreams Odigeo Sees Bookings Tumble After Coronavirus Outbreak