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Articles tagged “omicron variant”

Tourism

Mexico’s Unrestricted Holiday Tourism Fuels Covid Surge, Deaths Now Nearing 300,000

Mexico saw a surge of American and Canadian tourists over the holiday season. Good for the trade, but the country is paying the price now.

Diego Ore and Roberto Ramirez,and Laura Gottesdiener, Reuters | 2 years ago

Mexico’s Unrestricted Holiday Tourism Fuels Covid Surge, Deaths Now Nearing 300,000

Tourism

Israel to Reopen to Vaccinated Visitors From Medium-Risk Countries

Expect more countries to follow in Israel's footsteps as governments realize that travel bans are ineffective in stopping the spread of Omicron — as well as the need to revive tourism industries battered by travel restrictions.

Dan Williams, Reuters | 2 years ago

Israel to Reopen to Vaccinated Visitors From Medium-Risk Countries

Airline Weekly

U.S. Airlines Kick Off 2022 With Operations in Disarray

It's been a challenging start of the year for U.S. airlines. Lost in the coverage of travelers stranded at airports was that 91 percent of U.S. flights during the holidays flew as scheduled. Still, it was a mess.

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U.S. Airlines Kick Off 2022 With Operations in Disarray

Hotels

U.S. Hotels Show a Resilience to Omicron Especially on Christmas Day

In a period of Omicron, these occupancy rates are short of a Christmas miracle, but the industry should still take them as a win given the disruptions the variant wrought.

Tom Lowry | 2 years ago

U.S. Hotels Show a Resilience to Omicron Especially on Christmas Day

Cruises

CDC Warns Not to Travel on Cruise Ships No Matter What Your Vaccine Status

Senior U.S. health officials deliver another blow to the cruise industry with a level four warning, the highest level, for people thinking about hitting the seas. The industry says it's perplexed by this, but these on-board outbreaks have hit 90 ships so far.

Praveen Paramasivam, Reuters | 2 years ago

CDC Warns Not to Travel on Cruise Ships No Matter What Your Vaccine Status

Tourism

India’s Goa Beach Tourists Gather to Ring in New Year Despite Variant Restrictions

India reported 13,154 new COVID-19 cases and 268 deaths in the last 24 hours. That tells you all you need to know.

Sunil Kataria, Reuters | 2 years ago

India’s Goa Beach Tourists Gather to Ring in New Year Despite Variant Restrictions

Airlines

JetBlue to Cut Nearly 1,300 Flights Through Mid-January

JetBlue is seeing way ahead and it doesn't look good, prompting the carrier to cancel flights now that extend well into January. Executives say they need to see case counts come down.

Anirudh Saligrama, Reuters | 2 years ago

JetBlue to Cut Nearly 1,300 Flights Through Mid-January

Coronavirus

South America’s Vaccine Success Should Be Watched Closely by Travel Industry

Global travel industry leaders should take note of the incredible turnaround and success in South America against coronavirus, now becoming the most vaccinated region in the world. While it deserves plaudits, the Omicron variant presents new challenges, even in a part of the world with a long history of "cultura de vacinacao."

Gram Slattery and Agustin Geist, Reuters | 2 years ago

South America’s Vaccine Success Should Be Watched Closely by Travel Industry

Airlines

Short-Staffed Travel Companies Could Get Relief From CDC Quarantine Cut to 5 Days

Just last week Delta Air Lines CEO asked the CDC to cut quarantine times, saying the "Omicron surge may exacerbate shortages and create significant disruptions.” That has certainly proven to be true in the past four days, and now U.S. health officials seem to get the message by cutting isolation time for the asymptomatic in half.

Reuters, Skift | 2 years ago

Short-Staffed Travel Companies Could Get Relief From CDC Quarantine Cut to 5 Days

Airlines

Mass Flight Cancellations Trigger U.S. Selloff in Travel Stocks

Four days straight of flight cancellations is spooking Wall Street, which dumped its travel holdings on Monday as new uncertainty returns to the industry.

Aishwarya Nair and Abhijith Ganapavaram, Reuters | 2 years ago

Mass Flight Cancellations Trigger U.S. Selloff in Travel Stocks