Europe

Spain’s minister of industry, trade and tourism, Reyes Maroto, has announced the official portal for Spanish tourism which receives over 15 million visits a year, has undergone a…

British travel tech firm Travelport has launched the Travelport COVID-19 Smartpoint Plugin. The plugin provides travel agencies with the latest information on government restrictions,…

Croatia gains momentum as an increasing number of tourists chose to take advantage of the freedom of movement and border openings throughout the course of June.

With one of the lowest COVID-19 infection rates in Europe, a sparsely populated land, and a propensity for outdoor entertainment, Latvia has become one of the safest travel destinations…

New research from Accor reveals a third of corporate travel managers across Northern Europe believe their business travel programmes will recover within six months, driven primarily by…

New data from UKinbound, shows 88% of tour operators and destination management companies are set to make large scale redundancies as a result of the Covid-19 crisis unless the Government…

Consumer confidence is slowly returning, with two main trends- short-term booking windows and long-term reservations towards the end of 2021. This was revealed by the latest edition of…

Last week’s announcement that Turkey is one of the 73 countries which will allow British tourists to visit and not require them to quarantine upon their return to the UK, came as welcome…

Global recruitment firm, TMS Talent, has acquired digital and technology specialist recruitment business, Scout Talent. This key move effective 13 July 2020 is in line with TMS Talent’s…

Loganair, the UK’s largest regional airline, and Blue Islands, the growing Channel Islands-based airline, have formed an extensive partnership to offer their customers a broad new range…

As COVID-19 restrictions ease throughout the UK, the largest Channel Island has re-opened its borders to welcome visitors once again. The Visit Jersey website has seen over a 40%…

Wizz Air Abu Dhabi, the newest national airline of the UAE, has announced that it will base two state-of-the-art brand new Airbus A321neo aircraft and start six routes from Abu Dhabi on…

The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) has called upon all travellers to don protective face masks to show they ‘wear to care’ in the new normal of travelling. As countries…

Wolfgang Jani, chief financial officer of Austrian Airlines, will leave the company as at the end of August. He assumed the position of CFO and member of the executive board in April…

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) emphasised the aviation industry’s commitment to its emissions reduction goals and called for the International Energy Agency (IEA) to…

Bookings for the flights operated by British Airways’ subsidiary BA CityFlyer have exceeded expectations, with passengers eager to take advantage of the safe travel conditions.

The likelihood of a stable and quick recovery is expected to be greater for destinations that rely more heavily on domestic and short-haul travellers.

The five-star Steigenberger Hotel & Resort Camp de Mar, which is operated by the RIMC Hotels & Resorts Group, officially reopened for business on 1 July following weeks of…

Kew Green Hotels, one of the UK’s leading hotel management companies with over 55 hotels in its portfolio, is expanding into the South East Asia market through a joint venture with…

It seems that the elderly are braver than we thought. A survey conducted by Flavours Holidays has revealed that the silver generation is willing to travel amid the risk.

It is expected there will be a rise in the number of domestic tourists participating in adventure tourism such as climbing, surfing, hunting, caving, diving, cycling, rafting, and hiking…