When we began the search for a new board member, we were focused on finding a leader with both strong business acumen and a unique perspective that will help United capitalize on our strengths as we emerge from the COVID-19 crisis United Airlines names Laysha Ward to its Board of Directors Ward brings an impressive […]
Tourism
EU aviation and tourism urge coordinated COVID-19 measures to save jobs
The current patchwork of restrictions across Europe is causing confusion for Europe’s travel and tourism industries, and amongst its workers 14 European stakeholders in aviation and tourism urge international coordination of all restrictive measures related to COVID-19 The group asserts that coordination is required on travel restrictions, vaccination certificates, and testing requirements A clear and […]
Airline COVID-19 cash burn continues
It’s the time to ask governments for their restart plan and to offer any support from airline industry that could help At the industry level, airlines are now not expected to be cash positive until 2022 Estimates for cash burn in 2021 have ballooned to the $75 billion to $95 billion range from a previously […]
A Realistic View by a Minister, who is Resilient and a Hero
Organization in charge of global tourism like UNWTO had been criticized to act helpless in addressing the global COVID-19 crisis the Global Tourism Resilience and Crisis Management Centre takes the challenge. When hurricanes devastated Caribbean nations in 2017 this tourism minister got busy minimizing the damage. When hurricanes hit again in the same minister asked […]
Australia Government handing out cash for events
Just like so many other countries around the world, the MICE industry has been suffering due to the impact of COVID-19. With barely any travel taking place and people for the most part sheltering in place at home, the meetings and events industry has virtually shut down, no pun intended. Without in-person meetings, not only […]
Hawaii Tourism excited about Oahu opening further as of Thursday
Not only the travel and tourism industry welcomes this move by Honolulu to move the island of Oahu from tier 2 to tier 3. Today Honolulu Mayor Blangiardi asked Hawaii Governor to authorize for Honolulu to move from tier 2 to tier 3. Tier 3 is allowing restaurants to serve with full capacity and lifts […]
Europeans Plan Their Summer Vacations
54% of Europeans are expected to travel in the next six months, either domestically or to other European country, which reveals the strong pent-up demand to resume travel, says the European Travel Commission (ETC), ensuring that increasing vaccination campaigns is still crucial for recovering travel within Europe. European airports lost 1.72 billion passengers in […]
A Life or Death Decision on COVID-19 is for Americans to follow German rules
A Mask is not a mask. Two masks are not doubling up. There is a life and death difference in wearing a N95 compared to a surgical mask or a clothes mask. CDC remains quiet and there may be a reason for it. Is it all a big lie to confuse the American people? Why […]
Ukraine International Airlines resumes flights to Baku, Azerbaijan
Until the end of April, Ukraine International Airline plans to operate flights to Heydar Aliyev Airport on Tuesdays and Saturdays. UIA to resume flights to Baku from March 13, 2021 Restart will resume direct flights between the capitals of Ukraine and Azerbaijan Until the end of April, UIA plans to operate flights to Baku twice […]
Vancouver Convention Center announces new Director of Facilities Management
Don joins the Convention Center with 15 years of leadership experience in facilities operations and maintenance, as well as an extensive technical background as a professional engineer Don Marcellus joins the Convention Center with 15 years of leadership experience in facilities operations and maintenance Most recently, Don worked at BC Ferries The Convention Center has […]