The closure of hotels and restaurants in Quito, the capital of Ecuador, has led the city council to re-evaluate its strategies. National tourists are the key to restart tourism.Six of the largest hote…
First New Zealand Tasman travel bubble passengers arrive in Sydney
Hundreds of New Zealanders have landed in Sydney, marking the first of the trans-Tasman flights to jet in from New Zealand.Passengers on board the Air Zealand flight touched down at midday, and will n…
Boeing 737 Max could return later this year
The Boeing 737 Max could be certified to fly again before the end of the year, according to Patrick Ky, executive director of the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA).In an interview with Bloo…
British Airways urges introduction of pre-flight Covid-19 testing regime
British Airways chief executive, Sean Doyle, has called on the government to introduce a pre-flight testing regime as part of an overhaul of its fight against Covid-19.Speaking this morning at the Air…
Passenger numbers fall by two thirds at London Luton
A total of 575,000 passengers travelled through London Luton Airport in September, a decrease of 66 per cent compared with the same period last year.The airport has taken steps to ensure that the airp…
W Chengdu opens to first guests in China
W Hotels Worldwide has expanded its presence in south-west China with the opening of the new W Chengdu.Operated by Marriott International, the property is owned by KWG Group Holdings.It sits within Ch…
MICE industry launches virtual event
The Organisers of the Africa MICE Forums have launched MICE Connect Africa, a day of virtual business-to-business speed-dating, following the postponement of the actual event.The Calaber edition of th…
Countries create health insurance services for Covid-19 cases
Until the beginning of 2020, health insurance services had, in most cases, a clause exempting them from providing coverage if a pandemic were to be declared in the place visited by the tourist. If suc…
Cost of flying to Australia: One way ticket top of Kiwis’ minds Tasman bubble
The possibility of quarantine-free flights to Australia has set rekindled travellers’ wanderlust, in spite of the one-way nature of the travel arrangement.Google searches for flights to the Nort…
American Airlines to move to Daxing International
American Airlines is moving flights to the biggest airport in the world, the new Beijing Daxing International, when service returns from Dallas-Fort Worth.The first arrival is expected on March 27th n…