Universal Orlando Resort plans to open its theme parks to the public on June 5.Universal Orlando CEO John Sprouls and executive vice president of resort operations Rich Costales presented Universal&rs…
Opportunities for tourism businesses? ECO and community tourism
Tourism and entertainment, two industries with a lot in common even amid the pandemic, have suffered together since the beginning of the outbreak and, coincidentally, will be the last to recover.Bars …
Sabre and Lufthansa are at an impasse
The pending end of Lufthansa Group’s participation in the Sabre GDS could be a sign of things to come, according to Phocuswright senior analyst Norm Rose.“I see a major trend toward NDC ad…
Macau launched its tourism recovery plan
Macau, which received almost 40 million tourists in 2019, last week announced a tourism recovery plan, which will have three phases. With no active cases right now, after two waves of cases that initi…
Seychelles cruise ban will last until 2022
The Seychelles Islands restricted the arrival of cruise ships to ports despite the fact that the coronavirus outbreak had a small impact on the country.While tourism has been one of the industries har…
US airlines can temporarily halt service to 75 airports, because of coronavirus
The U.S. Transportation Department said late on Friday it had granted tentative approval to 15 airlines to temporarily halt service to 75 U.S. airports because of the coronavirus pandemic.Airlines mus…
Covid-19 coronavirus: 2020 is the year of exploring our own backyard
COMMENT:I’m going to sound really disgustingly positive for a bit but bear with me.The Covid-19 pandemic is, by far, one of the worst s*** sandwiches we’ve been handed in our lifetime. It&…
TSA implementing virus-related procedures
Under new airport screening procedures, travelers won’t hand boarding passes to TSA agents.Instead, they’ll place their paper or electronic passes on the reader themselves. After scanning,…
Zim focuses on tourism recovery plan
The Zimbabwe Tourism Authority (ZTA) is drafting a ‘destination Zimbabwe tourism recovery plan’ to facilitate the recovery of the tourism sector post-COVID-19.It plans to roll out several …
European states are cautious about reopening borders
The European tourism ministers agreed to reopen their borders on the basis of bilateral agreements between countries with the same epidemiological data. However, the 27 ministers were unable to agree …