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Up to 75 million jobs are at immediate risk in global tourism due to the coronavirus pandemic, according to the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC). The alarming figure, based on research from WTTC, shows a punishing tourism GDP loss to the world economy of up to USD 2.1 trillion in 2020. The latest projection - which represents a 50%…

Destination management organisation Visit County Durham has announced support for visitor economy businesses in the county, for whom the current COVID-19 outbreak has had a significant effect. Visit County Durham works on behalf of businesses and public agencies to support the growth and development of the county’s visitor economy, which is…

The Singapore Tourism Board (STB) has rolled out the SG Clean quality mark to the tourism and lifestyle sectors as it seeks to rebuild trust in the wake of the Covid-19 outbreak. Among the first to be certified are those along the popular Orchard Road shopping belt. These include food and retail businesses in malls such as Plaza Singapura…

Bench Events, the leading organiser of conferences and forums for the hotel, aviation and restaurant sector is organising a complete live conference experience on the internet. The aim is to bring together industry leaders to discuss the unprecedented economic circumstances caused by the COVID-19 outbreak and what the industry can do…