Thailand is latest tourist destination to ditch mask mandate
Phuket: Thailand scrapped a mask mandate and allowed nightlife venues to remain open for longer hours as the Southeast Asian nation rolls back its remaining Covid curbs amid a decline...
IATA urges governments to prioritize vaccination for aviation workers
GENEVA – The International Air Transport Association (IATA) renewed its call on governments to ensure that employees in the aviation sector are considered as essential workers during the impending COVID-19 vaccine campaign,...
COVID-19 creates pent-up travel demand
CHICAGO – The newly released 2020 Incentive Travel Industry Index (ITII) survey found that two-thirds of incentive travel buyers and suppliers expect incentive travel to recover within one to two years, once...
Travel after Covid 19 and eSIM
Travel is restarting slowly driven by the positive news of vaccine development helping the Govts to open travel. Key hotel market in UAE have reached or surpassed 50% occupancy rate...
Digital Disruption Will Shine a Light on Contactless Technology in 2021
Article written by David Millili, CEO of Angie Hospitality The year 2020 will be known for halted travel and major disruptions in the hospitality industry. One positive takeaway has been the different...
Air bubble expands to South America and Africa
India's aviation ministry recently announced that passengers traveling from Europe and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Qatar are now allowed to travel onwards to South America and Africa. This...
Travel & Tourism deal activity fell 23.3%
A total of 89 deals were announced in the global travel and tourism sector during November 2020, which is a decrease of 23.3% over 116 deals announced during the previous...
UAE hotel industry continues to regain occupancy
LONDON - The key hotel markets in the United Arab Emirates have reached or surpassed 50% occupancy due to strong domestic and recent international demand, according to preliminary data and...
Beeyonder launches virtual travel platform for the holidays
BOSTON - Beeyonder, a virtual travel startup on a mission to foster memorable travel experiences for people with conditions that prevent or inhibit their ability to travel, launched its platform for...
ETC urges EU governments to lift quarantines
BRUSSELS - The European Travel Commission (ETC) has today welcomed the new Guidelines for COVID-19 testing and quarantine of air travellers from the European Centre for Disease Control (ECDC) and the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), which...
Indians exempted from the USA's proposed visa bonds for now
By TOI The Trump administration in the US has come up with a visa-bond pilot program, which implies that travellers from certain countries will have to furnish a bond. The...
Canada extends international travel restrictions
by Tribune Ottawa, November 30 Canada has announced an extension of restrictions on international travel in an effort to prevent the further spread of the novel coronavirus amid an ongoing...