EasyJet Holidays

easyJet holidays launches new travel trade portal and partnership with more than 3000 agents

easyJet holidays has started its roll out to the independent travel trade with a soft launch with a handful of initial partners. The move, which will then see all 3000 trade partners on board by early September, means customers can book with an independent travel agent not just online via the easyJet holidays website. The […]

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MSC Cruises

MSC CRUISES postpones restart of MSC MAGNIFICA

MSC Cruises announced today that regretfully the Company must postpone the restart of MSC Magnifica until 26 September.   In connection with the recent introduction of additional testing measures for residents of Italy having travelled to Greece, we are seeing cancellations and a softening in demand since the ship’s itinerary includes as many as three […]

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Memorandum of Understanding will be signed for tourism cooperation between the Italian-Cypriot Chamber of Commerce and the Cyprus Hotel Association

The Italian-Cypriot Chamber of Commerce and The Cyprus Hotel Association announce that a Memorandum of Understanding will be signed in September between the two Organizations with the purpose to formalize an institutional cooperation aimed to develop jointly initiatives and projects for the promotion of Cyprus Tourism and Hospitality sector in all the possible areas. The […]

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ACI Europe: Latest traffic data shows disastrous COVID-19 impact on airport industry

European airport trade body, ACI EUROPE, today released its air traffic report for June, Q2 & H1 as well as an interim update for July. The report reveals the devastating impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Europe’s airports, with passenger traffic decreasing by -64.2% during the first half of the year – and almost coming to complete standstill in the second Quarter, with a […]

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Pololikashvili

UNWTO, ONCE Foundation and ENAT call for the reopening of tourism destinations to cater for the needs of people with disabilities

According to the newest data from UNWTO, 40% of global destinations have now eased restrictions on travel introduced in response to COVID0-19. Now, with tourism steadily returning, UNWTO has joined disabled people’s organizations and organizations from across civil society to design a basic set of recommendations aimed at maintaining the ethos of “Accessible Tourism for All” in the […]

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wttc

WTTC says UK is heading to ‘worst case scenario’ threatening nearly three million Travel & Tourism jobs

Nearly three million jobs in the UK – and 197 million worldwide in the Travel & Tourism sector globally – look set to be lost due to the collapse of travel, according to the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC). WTTC economic modelling conducted less than two months ago predicted this ‘worst case scenario’ would […]

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MSC Cruises reveals details of company’s comprehensive health and safety protocol

MSC Cruises’ CEO Gianni Onorato revealed the full details of the Company’s comprehensive health and safety protocol that has been developed to support the restart of operations in the Mediterranean, designed to protect the health and safety of guests, crew as well as the local communities that the Company’s ships will visit. MSC Cruises has […]

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Pololikashvili

UNWTO: 40% of destinations have now eased travel restrictions

UNWTO has surmised that up from 22% of destinations that had eased restrictions on travel by 15 June and the 3% previously observed by 15 May. It confirms the trend of a slow but continuous adaptation and responsible restart of international tourism. At the same time, however, of the 87 destinations that have now eased travel restrictions, just four have completely […]

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TUI UK announces streamilining of retail and closes 166 of its stores

TUI UK and Ireland announced that it is set to streamline its retail estate and will close 166 TUI high street stores replacing them with a new homeworking sales and service team. Customers value the personal service and support TUI travel advisors offer; the business is looking to move 70% of the 900 impacted roles […]

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