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Articles tagged “portugal”

News Blog

Portugal Plans $4.7 Billion Lisbon-Porto High-Speed Rail Line

Portugal is getting in on the high-speed rail bandwagon. The country's prime minister, António Costa, unveiled Wednesday plans for a new $4.7 billion (€4.9 billion) passenger rail line that, when it opens in 2030, will cut travel train times between Lisbon and Porto by an hour-and-a-half to one hour and 19 minutes. The planned line…

Edward Russell | 2 years ago

News Blog

The UK and Portugal Hope New Visa Fixes Can Fix Persistent Labor Shortages

Staffing problems in the hospitality industry continue to linger. Now, two countries are aiming to amend visa regulations to counter them. A petition has been launched in the UK that seeks to allow European Union nationals to come to the UK to work in hospitality for up to two years. “The government should create a…

Matthew Parsons | 2 years ago

Airlines

More Summer Travel Blues as 60 Flights Get Cancelled at Portugal’s Lisbon Airport

Ground crews in Portugal aren't well paid, and they are taking the opportunity to press their demands on one of the busiest travel days of the year.

Sergio Goncalves, reuters | 2 years ago

Business Travel

Behind Brazil’s Plan to Launch South America’s First Digital Nomad Village

As a perfect example of how countries can embrace a "locals first" approach to tourism, the government is supporting a new NomadX-backed project in the north-west of the country, after a similar scheme in Europe injected $30 million into the local economy.

Matthew Parsons | 2 years ago

Behind Brazil’s Plan to Launch South America’s First Digital Nomad Village

Business Travel

Remote Work’s Negative Side Gets Debated by European Politicians

The travel industry tends to portray remote work with Instagram-friendly images of people working on their laptops by beaches or pools, but politicians warn of psychological and social risks, gender inequality, and falling salaries. The hunt for the middle ground has begun.

Matthew Parsons | 2 years ago

Remote Work’s Negative Side Gets Debated by European Politicians

Tourism

European Tourism Recovery Challenged by Inflation and Labor Woes

We aren’t sure what recovery will look like, but we know it will be different than what we’ve seen following past financial crises.

Karolina Tagaris, Reuters | 2 years ago

European Tourism Recovery Challenged by Inflation and Labor Woes

Cruises

Carnival Terminates Cruise in Lisbon After Covid Outbreak Grows

With the number of Covid cases reaching 64, or less than two percent of all those on board, Carnival Corp.'s AIDA Cruises has had to call time on the voyage. The cruise industry would have been hoping for a better start to 2022 than this.

Andrei Khalip and Miguel Pereira, Reuters | 2 years ago

Carnival Terminates Cruise in Lisbon After Covid Outbreak Grows

Tourism

Portugal’s Tourism Will Be Big Factor in Its Economic Recovery in 2022

Portugal exports are expected to grow to 13 percent in 2022 versus 10 percent this year. Leading that charge will be tourism, the Bank of Portugal reports. Will Omicron require a revision on that bullish prediction?

Sergio Goncalves, Reuters | 2 years ago

Portugal’s Tourism Will Be Big Factor in Its Economic Recovery in 2022

Tourism

Portugal Sets Out a Three-Phase Plan to Exit Its Coronavirus Restrictions

A sensible approach that lasts until October, but at such a late stage will people be happy being forced to use digital certificates or show negative Covid test results?

Catarina Demony and Sergio Goncalves, Reuters | 3 years ago

Portugal Sets Out a Three-Phase Plan to Exit Its Coronavirus Restrictions

Coronavirus

Portugal Tells Unvaxxed UK Tourists to Quarantine to Slow New Covid Surge

It feels as if Europe's hoped-for summer reopening is coming apart one country at a time as Covid-19 variants gain traction and some citizens forgo vaccinations.

Catarina Demony, Reuters | 3 years ago

Portugal Tells Unvaxxed UK Tourists to Quarantine to Slow New Covid Surge