Carnival Cruise Line canceled cruises from all U.S. homeports except Miami and Port Canaveral in November and December, citing the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) deci…
Wynn is building its own Covid testing lab in Vegas
Wynn Resorts is in the process of building its own on-site rapid Covid-19 testing lab at the Wynn Las Vegas, with plans to have the center up and running by Thanksgiving.The lab, which will have th…
Responsible tourism – Cape Town’s way forward
Responsible and sustainable tourism will be Cape Town’s ‘next normal’ in the wake of COVID.This is according to tourism stakeholders at a webinar hosted by the City of Cape Town o…
Spanish tourism suffers, GDP decreased by 17.8%
The Covid-19 pandemic has hit the entire world of tourism hard and countries that are particularly dependent on tourism have felt the effects even more. One of these countries is Spain, with the po…
Four Seasons to operate San Domenico Palace in Italy
Earlier this year, Lufthansa partnered with DFS Aviation Services to develop a new concept for more efficient flight profiles.The efficient flight profiles concept facilitates continuous descent op…
Whitbread to cut 6,000 jobs as furlough scheme ends
Whitbread, owners of the Premier Inn brand of hotels, has confirmed it will cut 6,000 jobs across its portfolio.The company, which also operates the Beefeater chain of restaurants, said the move wa…
Fred. Olsen unveils new Balmoral itineraries
Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines has launched eight new itineraries for its ship, Balmoral, including a number of regional departures from Portsmouth.Clare Ward, director of product and services for Fred. …
Brussels government approved €30 million aid for tourism
Approving the proposal of the Secretary of State for Economic Transition, Barbara Trachte, the Government of the Brussels-Capital Region decided to provide specific and large-scale assistance to th…
Thailand added to England quarantine safe list
Visitors arriving in England from Thailand and Singapore will no longer be expected to isolate for 14-days from Saturday after both countries were added to the safe travel list.Both destinations ar…
Airline CEOs converge on White House to ask for aid
White House chief of staff Mark Meadows planned to meet with airline industry CEOs Thursday as they press for an extension of the Payroll Support Program.“We’ve got tens of thousands of…