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Travel's Reopening and Coronavirus Recovery

The latest news about coronavirus recovery around the world and the reopening of travel and tourism in destinations around the world.

Skift Research subscribers can view the latest data about country-by-country recovery at the Skift Recovery Index. Data about public companies can be viewed at the Skift Health Score.

Tourism

Spain May Open Some Cities But Not Others to Foreign Tourism First

Spain's Foreign Minister Arancha Gonzalez Laya has declined to give a timetable on when popular cities like Barcelona or Madrid will reopen to foreign visitors. But with summer tourism upon us, the travel sector needs clarity pronto.

Ingrid Melander and Belen Carreno, Reuters | 4 years ago

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Boutique Hotels Push Back on Major Chain Brand Conversion Tactics

Travelers may crave familiarity during the coronavirus recovery, but boutique hoteliers say familiarity can be achieved without making your property feel generic and sterile.

Cameron Sperance, Skift | 4 years ago

Tourism

Greece to Welcome Specific Nationalities First as It Reopens to Visitors

Many countries have put selective travel bans in place, and these bans increasingly appear to be driven more by politics than science.

Angeliki Koutantou, Reuters | 4 years ago

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MGM Resorts Plans Early June Reopening for 4 Las Vegas Properties

The whirring sound of slot machines is coming back to the Las Vegas Strip, but it will be awhile before Sin City is back to normal operations.

Sharon Bernstein, Reuters | 4 years ago

Business Travel

A Plunge in Tourism Is Hurting Luxury Retail in Europe

The fashion capitals of Paris, Rome, and Milan are awakening to a harsh reality. Chinese and other Asian tourists accounted for a crucial slice of the luxury retail sector’s sales in Europe before coronavirus, but those visitors aren't likely to return soon.

Silvia Aloisi, Francesca Piscioneri, and Christian Lowe, Reuters | 4 years ago

Coronavirus

EU Health Agency Slams Border Closures as Too Late and Costly to Tame Coronavirus

The fine print in this Tuesday report by Europe's top health agency is that border controls can sometimes be effective in delaying an epidemic at its start or in isolated regions. In other words, now that the pandemic is unleashed, many travel restrictions aren't worth the cost to society.

Francesco Guarascio, Reuters | 4 years ago

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European Airline, Hospitality Stocks Surge Amid Talks of Lifted Travel Restrictions

A V-shaped recovery still seems overly optimistic, but reports of eased travel restrictions and low infection rates amid businesses reopening is a strong argument for something more accelerated than an L-shaped recovery to Europe's travel sector. That was enough to convince investors.

Thyagaraju Adinarayan, Reuters | 4 years ago

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Germany Moves to Ease Travel Restrictions on 31 European Countries

Germany needs to fire up its economic engine soon to prevent sinking even deeper into its worst recession since World War II, but critics are cautioning against opening borders too soon to countries hit the hardest by coronavirus.

Reuters | 4 years ago

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Development Pipeline for New Hotels Throttles Ahead Remarkably to Record Highs — For Now

The U.S. hotel industry may already be inching into recovery territory while hotel construction has yet to begin a decline that could last years.

Cameron Sperance, Skift | 4 years ago

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The Decline of Celebrity Chefs and the Future of Travel Post-Pandemic: The Long View This Week

There may be too many (celebrity) cooks in the kitchen, and how that evolves from here on out could signal a similar editing of voices in the world of travel and hospitality.

Cameron Sperance, Skift | 4 years ago