Travel Pass will provide travelers with easy access to COVID-19 entry requirements for their destination and accredited testing centers at their point of departure Under this trial, Hong Kong Airlines will work closely with IATA to test its Lab App, a key module in Travel Pass Passengers on a selected route will be invited to […]
It is economically imperative to find the pathways to reopening U.S. Travel Association President and CEO Roger Dow issued the following statement: “The standard of evidence should be exceptionally high for rules that effectively single out certain industries as other parts of the economy are allowed to reopen. Restrictions have taken a disproportionately heavy toll […]
The WTTC Global Summit is scheduled to bring major travel industry leaders together in Cancun on April 25-27. This event now has competition in the Dominican Republic thanks to an hostile approach by a hostile World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) secretary general. Is this the end of a badly needed cooperation between the private and public […]
Prior to arriving in the islands, nearly all of the respondents were aware of the local government mandates in place to prevent the spread of the virus Vast majority of visitors rated their trip as “Excellent 92 percent of visitors said their Hawaii trip either exceeded or met their expectations 85 percent of respondents saying […]
11 million COVID-19 vaccine doses had already been administered in France 188 people have been hospitalized with COVID-19 in a single day in France 95,337 people have died of coronavirus since the start of the outbreak in France France’s national hospital system is nearing the breaking point French health authorities released the latest coronavirus data […]
The Vice President for the Zero-Emission Aircraft Project at Airbus, Glen Llewellyn, recently spoke during a CAPA Live event about what they are doing inside their ZEROe project. The aviation industry has set itself very aggressive targets in terms of CO2 emissions reduction. Airbus is looking into what is the best configuration for a zero-emission […]
Sandals Resorts International announced this month its decision to provide 300 health care workers across the Caribbean islands in which it operates with complimentary 2-night stays at its award-winning all-inclusive resorts. This has been an extremely difficult year for everyone particularly heroes on the front lines and our healthcare workers. For their bravery and sacrifices, […]
Hawaii’s beaches and hotels are getting more lively again, of course with social distancing and mask requirements. One reason are new options for arriving airline passengers to bypass lengthy lines to clear COVID-19 checks and questions. United Airlines, Hawaiian Airlines, Alaska Airlines and Southwest Airlines are part of this scheme. Arriving airline passengers in Honolulu […]
According to the latest data,TripAdvisor experienced a 61% YoY decrease in revenue in 2020 COVID-19 pandemic did not spare the world’s most visited travel and tourism website TripAdvisor suffered tremendous losses in 2020 TripAdvisor downsized number of its employees significantly, only a year after investing in its workforce The travel and tourism industry was one […]
Compared to the previous year, air traffic has been reduced significantly, and we can see that reflected in the lower number of bags mishandled in 2020 as compared to 2019 Allegiant Air takes best care of your luggage for a second year in a row American Airlines overtakes Envoy Air as the worst luggage handler […]