VisitBritain’s inbound tourism forecast for 2021 predicts first signs of slow recovery

Overall, VisitBritain is forecasting 16.9 million inbound visits in 2021. While this is an increase of 73% on this year, it is less than half of the 40.9 million visits the UK saw in...

Biden launches attack on Trump as Putin finally congratulates election winner

Democrat Joe Biden has attacked Mr Trump's refusal to concede defeat, calling attacks on the election and election officials "simply unconscionable" and attempts to overturn the result an "abuse of power".

Major US baseball team to change ‘unacceptable’ team name

Cleveland Indians baseball team has announced it will change its name, saying it is "no longer acceptable in our world".

Sadiq Khan urges ministers to rethink relaxing COVID rules over Christmas

Sadiq Khan has called on the government to rethink its relaxation of coronavirus rules over Christmas.

US hotel industry forecast adjusts in response to COVID-19 Winter surge and anticipation of vaccines

CBRE’s Q3 2020 forecasts call for a return to 2019 occupancy, average daily room rates (ADR), and RevPAR levels in 2024. In general, properties that operate in the lower-priced chain-scale segments will recover to...

Tripadvisor emerged as top travel intermediary among influencer conversations on Twitter over last six months, reveals GlobalData

A major spike around Booking Holdings on Influencer platform was noticed in August, when the company announced its plan to lay off up to 25% or about 4,000 employees of its workforce globally.

50% of airlines could disappear within 3 years

The way of getting around has been completely changed by the Covid19. The pandemic makes flights much more complicated: risky border crossings, risks of quarantine and flight cancellations.

2020 traffic round-up and 2021 roadmap to recovery revealed in latest m1nd-set research

Traffic declines during 2020 vary from -47% to -61% for domestic travel and from -69% to -82% for international travel according to m1nd-set. Total traffic fell from 4.48 billion travellers in 2019 to just...