Bookings for summer international air travel to destinations in the Western Hemisphere are down 26.8% from last year, according to an analysis by ForwardKeys.The analysis, completed on March 24, inclu…
North America
AMResorts and Blue Diamond close properties in Caribbean, Mexico
AMResorts has closed its resorts in the Caribbean and Mexican-Caribbean region, with tentative reopening dates ranging from May 8 to June 1, depending upon health protocols and guidelines in each dest…
Carnival ship’s transformation put on hold
Carnival Cruise Line is suspending work on the Carnival Victory’s refurbishment in Spain. After a $200 million overhaul, the ship is to be renamed Carnival Radiance.The ship is drydocked in the …
Foreign & Commonwealth Office urges Brits overseas to return home
The Foreign & Commonwealth Office has advised all British people travelling abroad to return to the UK now, if commercial flights are still available.The government body warned international trave…
Bench Events to launch Hospitality Tomorrow online conference
Bench Events is organising a complete online conference to bring together industry leaders to discuss the unprecedented economic circumstances caused by the Covid-19 outbreak.The event will address wh…
Hurtigruten suspends operations from pole to pole
Hurtigruten will cease operations from pole to pole until the end of April in the wake of the global coronavirus outbreak,“To temporarily suspend operations was a difficult decision to make.&ldq…
Millions of seats cancelled following EU border closure
As many as 48,200 flights and 10.2 million seats could be scrapped after the European Union moved to close external borders for 30 days earlier this week.That is according to new research from Forward…
Hotel industry requests aid amid mass layoffs
As the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic wreaks havoc on U.S. hotel occupancy, the American Hotel and Lodging Association (AH&LA) and other hospitality leaders are asking the federal government to buo…
U.S. Travel to White House: Covid-19 will be six times more damaging than 9/11
Fallout from the Covid-19 coronavirus will be six times worse for the travel industry than the terrorist attacks of 9/11, a new report from Tourism Economics estimates.The analysis, which the U.S. Tra…
Critics want strings attached to an airline bailout
President Donald Trump and treasury secretary Steve Mnuchin promised anew Tuesday that the federal government will buoy U.S. airlines against the deep losses from a clampdown on travel due to the Covi…