US Travel issued a statement welcoming Katherine Tai as the new US Trade Negotiater. A longtime congressional staff lawyer, won Senate confirmation on Wednesday as the first woman of color to serve as the top U.S. trade negotiator. The Senate approved her nomination 98-0, marking a rare bipartisan agreement in a deeply-divided Washington. Among her […]
Damage comes into focus as hundreds of travel leaders engage US Congress on relief needs Travel and tourism had supported employment for 11% of US workforce prior to the onset of COVID-19 Travel-supported jobs fell by 5.6 million in 2020 (16.7 million to 11.1 million) Latest round of relief was helpful, but there are a […]
The world is becoming more interconnected and globalized every day. More and more people dare to travel across the globe. Some come for the crazy adventures. Others travel to receive new experiences and make new great memories. Some people are just curious to see what is out there. Seeing new, different, and unique cultures […]
Frankfurt Airport implements extensive countermeasures to reduce costs Fraport AG says traffic slump leads to negative Group result Fraport has taken various measures at all levels to reduce costs amid the Covid-19 pandemic Fraport noticeably reduced operating expenses by nearly a third During fiscal year 2020 (ended Dec 31), the Covid-19 pandemic severely impacted financial […]
The pause in operation affects seven-day Alaska Inside Passage cruises on Emerald Princess and Majestic Princess The pause affects seven-day Alaska Inside Passage cruises on Emerald Princess and Majestic Princess Princess will offer to move guests from cancelled voyage to the equivalent cruise in 2022 Princess will transfer the commission earned by travel agents from […]
Twitter is deeply concerned by increased attempts to block and throttle online public conversation Russian authorities are preparing to impose a complete ban on the Twitter Russian authorities claim that they have filed over 28,000 requests for posts to be taken down Twitter urged to comply with the orders to take down the specified content […]
The Hawaii Tourism Authority remains quiet. Hotel executives do not want to talk, Hawaii must remain a secret jewel.Competing destinations did not yet notice, but Hawaii is recording record numbers of arrivals this month and it may become a lot bigger. Hawaii’s travel and tourism industry is experiencing an unexpected rebound With international borders closed, […]
Google has broken into the online tourism market, making its move months before the travel fever that is expected after the mass vaccination of the population begins. Hotel booking links are now listed in Google Travel’s search engine for free through the largest online tour operators in the world, such as Expedia and Booking. […]
To secure health of the population, restrictions are extended until 23.59 pm of April 16, 2021 Russia extends Great Britain flight ban Russian Federation halted all commercial air service with the United Kingdom on December 22, 2020light ban was initially imposed due due to the new coronavirus strain spreading in UK Russian coronavirus response center […]
Demand for leisure city travel, vacations in the suburbs, family trips and study tours showed a strong upward trend China’s tourism sector reported encouraging numbers during the Spring Festival holiday China’s civil aviation industry handled approximately 23.95 million passenger trips in February Increasing hotel bookings are also pointing to people’s willingness to travel According to […]