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Articles tagged “vaccines”

Airlines

United Airlines First U.S. Carrier To Require Covid-19 Vaccines for U.S. Employees

Considering that more employers are requiring staff to be vaccinated, it was only a matter of time before a major airline mandated Covid shots for employees. But an important question remains: How will companies deal with staff that refuse to be vaccinated?

Abhijith Ganapavaram and Tracy Rucinski, Reuters | 3 years ago

United Airlines First U.S. Carrier To Require Covid-19 Vaccines for U.S. Employees

Mergers and Acquisitions

Expedia Awaits Comeback of International Travel to Solidify Market Share Gains

After shutting down or selling eight businesses — some of which were relatively inconsequential — since the beginning of 2020, Expedia Group doesn't expect any more such asset dispositions as part of its drive to make the company simpler and more focused. But selling brands may turn out to be the easiest part of the exercise.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 3 years ago

Expedia Awaits Comeback of International Travel to Solidify Market Share Gains

Airlines

Vaccine Requirement to Reopen International Travel? White House Sends Mixed Signals

A decision on whether the White House will mandate vaccines for international visitors seems months away. The issue has complexities, and with the Delta variant raging, the Biden administration doesn't appear to be in a hurry to resolve them.

David Shepardson, Reuters | 3 years ago

Vaccine Requirement to Reopen International Travel? White House Sends Mixed Signals

Coronavirus

Dear Travel Industry: Here Are 3 Ways You Can Address Vaccine Equity Now

By remaining silent on vaccine equity, the travel industry's big players are as accountable as vaccine-hoarding governments for a deepening tourism divide. Intrepid Travel is setting an example — will others follow?

Lebawit Lily Girma, Skift | 3 years ago

Dear Travel Industry: Here Are 3 Ways You Can Address Vaccine Equity Now

Business Travel

Why Vaccine Maker Pfizer Is Curbing Work Travel This Year

Even those companies that expanded during the crisis are rethinking their travel programs, reinforcing the resilience of virtual meetings for 2022 and beyond.

Matthew Parsons, Skift | 3 years ago

Why Vaccine Maker Pfizer Is Curbing Work Travel This Year

Tourism

Britain to Now Lift Quarantine Restrictions for Non-UK Vaxxed Travelers in Latest Twist

To say it's hard to keep up with the twists and turns in the UK's travel policies week to week, let alone day to day, would be vast understatement.

William James and Sarah Young, Reuters | 3 years ago

Britain to Now Lift Quarantine Restrictions for Non-UK Vaxxed Travelers in Latest Twist

Coronavirus

South Korea to Exempt Some People Vaccinated Overseas From Covid-19 Quarantine

South Korea rode out the pandemic with strict restrictions on visitors, but in a sign that the pandemic's urgency is easing, will now let some vaccinated visitors bypass quarantines. The rule exemption applies to visitors vaccinated abroad, although they still must be tested on arriving in the country.

Josh Smith, Reuters | 3 years ago

South Korea to Exempt Some People Vaccinated Overseas From Covid-19 Quarantine

Tourism

Asia’s Paradox as First to Contain Covid But Last to Travel

While travel is resuming in the West, it is retreating in the East as Asian countries struggle to kickstart international tourism safely amid surges in Covid-19 cases, clusters and, most worrisome, more contagious variants. A sad reversal of fate.

Raini Hamdi, Skift | 3 years ago

Asia’s Paradox as First to Contain Covid But Last to Travel

Tourism

EU Expands Proposal to Welcome All Vaccinated Travelers to Europe

The EU wants to expand its lists of travelers from seven permitted countries to all travelers, which, if approved, would be a boon for the tourism industry looking to make up for significant lost ground in the summer of 2021.

Gabriela Baczynska, Reuters | 3 years ago

EU Expands Proposal to Welcome All Vaccinated Travelers to Europe

Tourism

Europe to Allow Vaccinated Americans to Travel to Continent This Summer

The American vaccination program has been so successful that the unthinkable even a few months ago has happened. So much for competence.

Rafat Ali, Skift | 3 years ago

Europe to Allow Vaccinated Americans to Travel to Continent This Summer