In this ongoing series, we explore how humans of travel are mitigating the ongoing COVID19 outbreak. Prashant S More – International Tourism & Destination Management Consultant pens his thou…
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Emirates reveals new coronavirus refund policy
Seeking to quell concerns among travellers, Emirates has updated its Covid-19 travel waiver policies.The airline hopes to now present one simplified approach for rebooking and refunds on tickets issue…
#Voices of Travel: We are looking into offering unconventional holidays, says Saran Subba
In this ongoing series, we explore how humans of travel are mitigating the ongoing COVID19 outbreak. Saran Subba, Founder and MD, Hi on Life reflects upon Nepal’s capability to deal with crises …
#Voices of Travel: The industry might be ripe for another round of disruption, Jaal from Rezlive.com tells us
In this ongoing series, we explore how humans of travel are mitigating the ongoing COVID19 outbreak. Today Jaal Shah, Founder, Rezlive.com tells us that the COVID crisis will encourage innovative disr…
#Voices of Travel: Change the way we do business and think out of the box, suggests Nagsri
In this ongoing series, we explore how humans of travel are mitigating the ongoing COVID19 outbreak. Today Nagsri Sashidhar from NAGSRI shares her story with us.The journey with the travel industry st…
Red Sea Project marine planning wins praise
A paper detailing the marine spatial planning models that informed master planning of the Red Sea Project has been published in the scientific journal Frontiers in Marine Science.The paper was co-auth…
Tourism campaigns spread hope for better times
As the pandemic continues to hold down industries and nations, tourism across the world is reacting to the pandemic’s effect on the industry and sending messages to their visitors all around the…
Saudi sovereign wealth fund takes Carnival Corporation stake
Carnival Corporation has seen a sharp rise in its share price following a decision by the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia to take a significant stake in the company.The sovereign wealth fund sn…
Dubai seeks to postpone Expo until October 2021
The government of the United Arab Emirates has formally requested the postponement of Expo 2020 Dubai.The move came in a letter addressed to Dimitri Kerkentzes, secretary general of the Bureau Interna…
Aviation capacity falls dramatically in first week of April
Analysis by ForwardKeys has revealed that the Covid-19 crisis has brought the aviation industry to its knees.In the week to April 5th, international airline seat capacity fell to just 23 per cent of w…